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The National Bank asked commercial banks to buy foreign currency higher than selling in an attempt to prevent a black currency market.

An outbreak of African swine fever brought from Belarus was registered in one of the districts last year, the local veterinary service claimed.

Belarus' Customs officials comment on the news reports about the blocked goods in transit from the Baltic Sea enclave to the mainland Russia.

It will happen on January 1, 2015. Its creators claim that the portal "fulfilled its mission".

The Belarus president on December 22 decided to discharge the head of Mahilou regional administration.

The detentions took place primarily in Minsk and Minsk region.

Police in Minsk detain two people in Prytycki Street and two more at the Expobel shopping center for illegal foreign currency transactions.

Ukraine's First National Channel will start broadcasts in Belarus in January, Ukrainian sources report.

The fee will be in force until February 1, 2015.