Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei dies
Belarus foreign minister Vladimir Makei died Saturday, according to a brief report from the Belarusian state media service Belta. He was 64. Before joining the civil service, Makei had a … Read More
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Russia planning false flag attacks on ally Belarus to drag it into war: Ukraine intel
Russia is planning a series of “false-flag” attacks in Belarus, targeting a nuclear power plant and other key infrastructure sites to drag the country into war, according to Ukrainian intelligence. … Read More
EU slaps more sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
European Union foreign ministers on Monday approved a new round of sanctions against Iran over the regime’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. The bloc targeted 29 individuals and three entities … Read More
EU warns Lukashenko of sanctions over joint grouping of troops with Russia
The European Commission on Monday raised the spectre of further sanctions against Belarus, urging Minsk to stop spreading “false accusations” against Ukraine and to call off a joint grouping of … Read More
Alexander Lukashenko gifts Vladimir Putin a tractor for birthday
Russian President Vladimir Putin got an unusual gift for his 70th birthday on Friday: a tractor. As the leaders of several ex-Soviet nations met at the Czarist-era Konstantin Palace in St. … Read More
Europol dismantles network smuggling migrants through Belarus into EU
Eleven people were arrested in Poland and the UK for smuggling migrants from Belarus into the EU, Europol announced on Friday. The cross-border investigation uncovered a network of Syrian and … Read More
Meet the Belarusians fighting for Ukraine to keep hopes alive of change at home
Despite only having a very small number of fighters under his command in Ukraine, Vadim Prokopiev has big ambitions. Leading a group of more than 100 volunteers from Belarus, he wants … Read More
