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Belarus ceases electricity supplies to Ukraine

Belarus ceases electricity supplies to Ukraine

Belarus plans to cease the recently renewed supplies of electricity to Ukraine as of November 18, the press service of the country's Energy Ministry reported. "Electricity supplies to Ukraine will cease as of November 18 …

Sputnik V study in Belarus demonstrates 96.3% efficacy

Sputnik V study in Belarus demonstrates 96.3% efficacy

A new study of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus has demonstrated its high safety and 96.3% efficacy, with over 1.2 mln people vaccinated, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on …

Polish border guards unleash tear gas on Belarusian border

Polish border guards unleash tear gas on Belarusian border

The Polish border guards used a water cannon and unleashed tear gas on the border with Belarus in response to actions by migrants who started to pelt them with sticks and stones. A group of about 100 migrants on the border with Poland …

Ireland: EU aircraft leasing contracts with Belavia to end

Ireland: EU aircraft leasing contracts with Belavia to end

European Union aircraft leasing contracts with state-owned Belarusian airline Belavia will end as soon as the bloc finalises its new round of sanctions against Belarus, Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney said on Monday. …

Lukashenko pleads for migrants to go home

Lukashenko pleads for migrants to go home

Belarus is ready to facilitate the repatriation of refugees stranded on the border with Poland back to their homeland, but they do not want to return home, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said on Monday according to BelTA news …

Putin suggests that Lukashenko may cut off gas to Europe

Putin suggests that Lukashenko may cut off gas to Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin admits that his colleague from Belarus can stop the transit of Russian gas to Europe, but he hopes that this will not happen. "To be honest, this is the first time I hear about this. I have recently …

Poland to build wall on border with Belarus

Poland to build wall on border with Belarus

Poland intends to strengthen its border security by the end of 2022, the head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mariusz Kamiński said. "We want the fence to be installed by the end of the first half of 2022, it will be a …

Poland ready to cut railroad connection with Belarus

Poland ready to cut railroad connection with Belarus

Poland is ready to block railway connections with Belarus and forbid the traffic between two countries, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland, Mariusz Kamiński, said. “They [the Belarusian authorities] know we can …

Putin explains sharp influx of migrants to EU through Belarus

Putin explains sharp influx of migrants to EU through Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that migrants are trying to get to the European Union through Minsk because of visa-free entry to Belarus. “The migrants are discovering the other routes, it is not surprising that they have …

Merkel ready to talk with Lukashenko, Putin confirms

Merkel ready to talk with Lukashenko, Putin confirms

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the readiness of the Acting Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to talk with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Putin expects the conversation to take place in the near future. …

Group of refugees moving towards Belarusian-Polish border

Group of refugees moving towards Belarusian-Polish border

A group of refugees is moving along the Belarusian-Polish border towards an impromptu refugee camp, Belarusian State Border Committee Spokesman Anton Bychkovsky said on Friday. "The movement of a large group of refugees along …

Merkel blames migration tensions on Belarusian authorities

Merkel blames migration tensions on Belarusian authorities

Germany’s acting Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the current worsening of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border and the influx of migrants should be blamed on …