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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised to speed up work on the proposal.

Lithuania says it is expelling two Belarusian diplomats accused of conducting activities «incompatible with their diplomatic status» amid international outrage over Belarus’s forced landing of a Vilnius-bound passenger flight in Minsk and the detention of a dissident journalist. The two members of staff at the Belarusian Embassy in Vilnius were given seven days to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on May 28. Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said the decision was also “an expression of solidarity” with Latvia, which saw its entire embassy staff expelled from Belarus.

Belarus has been stripped of hosting next month's European track cycling championships amid international outrage over the diversion of a passenger jet and the arrest of a journalist and his girlfriend who were taken off the flight after it landed in Minsk. The European Cycling Union said in a statement on May 27 that in light of the “current international situation,” the organization’s management board “decided to cancel the 2021 Elite Track European Championships scheduled in Minsk (Belarus) from 23 to 27 June 2021.” Enrico Della Casa, president of the European Cycling Union, said the organization has been monitoring the situation, “which has now developed into an international debate.” The decision to cancel the event in Minsk was made

Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka met in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin as EU foreign ministers debate possible targets for new economic sanctions against Minsk in response to its diversion of a commercial plane and the arrest of a journalist on board. Greeting Lukashenka on May 28, Putin emphasized that the one-day meeting was scheduled prior to the «outburst of emotions» prompted by the plane diversion on May 23. «We have topics to discuss without these developments,» he told Lukashenka. «Yes, it is an outburst of emotions,» Lukashenka agreed. Belarus dispatched a fighter.

Hydrological reserve “In the floodplain of the Ditva River” Peatlands, beavers and return to the origins The hydrological reserve “In the floodplain of the Ditva River” was created in Voronovo district in 1998 to ensure the natural hydrological regime of the Ditva River and restore the flora and fauna. It was proposed to increase the area of the reserve to 898.58 hectares after surveying the territory by BSU scientists.

#Belarus Day 291. Belarusians have gathered in neighbourhoods in #Minsk.

Hockey’s global governing body has criticized Latvian officials for removing the Belarusian flag from a display at the sport’s world championships in Riga and replacing it with a flag used by the opposition. The switch on May 24 during the 16-nation tournament, which Minsk was originally scheduled to co-host, saw the official Belarusian flag swapped out for the red-and-white flag that has been adopted by opponents of the country’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

написала в Twitter 26 мая журналистка Анна Любакова. #Belarus Day 291. Belarusians have gathered in neighbourhoods in #Minsk. They are chanting, "Go away, you * Lukashenko * and your OMON * riot police * !" These people have been living in fear for months - but they are on the streets again and again. Because they are fed up pic.twitter.com/NTDKhXwlCX

On 18 September morning, cycling activists handed out fruits to Minsk residents who travelled to their job or university by bike. In this way they wanted to thank people for their choice and to draw attention to the lack of a cycling environment. In recent years Belarusian cities have truly flourished with cyclists.

Belarus has been accused of hijacking a European jetliner and engaging in an act of state terrorism when it forced a Ryanair flight to perform an emergency landing in Minsk after a bomb threat and arrested an opposition blogger critical of authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. Roman Protasevich, a former editor of the influential Telegram channels Nexta and Nexta Live, was detained by police after his flight was diverted to Minsk national airport. Minsk confirmed that Lukashenko ordered his military to scramble a Mig-29 fig

Belarus's authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed into law legislation that allows police and security forces to shoot at demonstrators. The law, endorsed by Lukashenka on May 17, frees law enforcement officers from responsibility for dama

A Belarusian political activist who was sentenced in January to five years in prison for participating in anti-government protests has reportedly died. The precise circumstances of Vitold Ashurak’s death weren’t immediately clear. The news website Onl

The head of NATO has joined the leaders of several EU countries in demanding an investigation into the diversion on May 23 of a Lithuanian-bound flight to Minsk, where authorities arrested one of its passengers, opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance was closely monitoring the «forcible landing» of the flight — from Athens to Vilnius — in Belarus and the reported detention of Pratasevich.

European Union leaders, who are set to hold a summit on May 24, have warned of punitive steps against Belarus over the forced diversion and landing of a Ryanair plane to Minsk that was carrying a prominent opposition journalist on an internal EU flight. Belarusian authorities scrambled a military jet to escort the civilian plane, which was en route to Vilnius from Ath

Как пишет EarthSky, уже 10 мая этого года приложение Cicada Safari (да, для этого есть специальное приложение) зафиксировало тысячи отчетов от людей, которые обнаружили цикад на своих дворах.

Belarus is eager to increase supplies of food products to Saudi Arabia, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko said as he met with Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Belarus Abdulrahman Bin Suleiman Al Ahmed on 15 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agricultural and Food Ministry. The parties discussed the state of cooperation and prospects for strengthening the bilateral trade and economic relations between the two countries. “We would like to continue increasing supplies of

It is necessary to fix the way food markets operate and to ensure access to them for farmers, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he toured a farmers' market near Minsk on 14 May, BelTA has learned. Earlier, the president had given an instruction to build a farmers' market where anyone could sell products of their own make. Now the president wanted to know how his instruction was fulfilled. “I wanted

The first findings of the investigation into the genocide of Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War tentatively suggest that the official data on the number of civilian victims will be much higher, Belarus' Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs. The investigation launched by the Prosecutor General's Office involved a great amount of effort, including excavations, searches and interviews with eyewitnesses, the study of archival materials with the involvement of well-known historians, etc. According to Andrei Shved, the evidence unearth

Tens of thousands of people in Belarus have been swept up in the crackdown launched by Alyaksandr Lukashenka after he was declared winner of a presidential election last August that much of Belarus rejected as rigged. His main challenger, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said she was forced to leave Belarus for Lithuania a day after the August 9 poll amid threats to herself and her family. She is not the only leading Belarusian opposition figure to have faced threats, jail time, or.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month as the Belarusian strongman faces growing isolation from the West over his crackdown on peaceful protesters. The visit is scheduled for the end of May, Kommersant reported, and will be Lukashenka’s third trip to Russia this year. The two leaders will discuss their closer integration, among other issues, the paper reported. Putin has been pushing Lukashenka in recent years to take steps toward the integration of their economi

Belarusian opposition figure Maryya Kalesnikava has been charged eight months after her arrest last year for urging people to protest against a disputed presidential election that left Alyaksandr Lukashenka in power. Kalesnikava's associates told RFE/RL on May 13 that, according to official documents, Kalesnikava was charged with conspiracy to seize power by unconstitutional means, public calls for action against national security, and creating and leading an extremist group. If found guilty, Kalesnikava faces up to 12 years in prison. Kalesnikava is a key

The Supreme Court on May 14 found 29-year-old Captain Dzyanis Urad guilty of high treason and sentenced him the same day. Belarusian courts have been meting out tough punishments to protesters and officials like Urad who support them in a bid to quash mass opposition to Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka's brutal 27-year rule. Urad was arrested in M

On the territory of the Gomel and Grodno regions, the tax for vehicles up to five tons is set at one base unit [BYN 29 / $11,50 / €10]. Its payment should be carried out by the driver of the car in Belarusian rubles before crossing or when crossing the border at checkpoints. The fee will be paid as a contribution to the revenues of the relevant regional budget at the location of the border checkpoints. If the fee is paid to the regional budget, not at the location of the checkpoint through which the border is crossed, the fee will be considered unpaid.

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