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News Belarus Minsk: Belarus, Uzbekistan discuss prospects for deepening cooperation

Published on: Tuesday 17 March 2026
Belarus, Uzbekistan discuss prospects for deepening cooperation
News source: https://eng.belta.by/society/view/belarus-uzbekistan-discuss-prospects-for-deepening-cooperation-178034-2026/

The national trade union center hosted a meeting between Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) Yuri Senko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Belarus Rakmatulla Nazarov.

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus GDP reaches 14.65 bln USD in January-February 2026

Published on: Tuesday 17 March 2026
Belarus GDP reaches 14.65 bln USD in January-February 2026
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/18/belarus-gdp-reaches-1465-bln-usd-in-january-february-2026

Belarus' gross domestic product (GDP) reached 43.9 billion Belarusian rubles (14.65 billion U.S. dollars) in January-February 2026, the country's National Statistical Committee said Tuesday.

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus’ ambassador takes stock of working trip to Russia’s Perm Territory

Published on: Tuesday 17 March 2026
Belarus’ ambassador takes stock of working trip to Russia’s Perm Territory
News source: https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/belarus-ambassador-takes-stock-of-working-trip-to-russias-perm-territory-178035-2026/

Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Yuri Seliverstov visited Perm Territory of Russia on a working trip on 16-17 March. Following negotiations with region’s Governor Dmitry Makhonin, he spoke to journalists about the results of the visit.

News Belarus Minsk: Minsk, Moscow Agree On Oil Transit Tariff Hike As Compensation For Tainted Oil

Published on: Tuesday 06 August 2019
Minsk, Moscow Agree On Oil Transit Tariff Hike As Compensation For Tainted Oil
News source: https://www.rferl.org/a/minsk-moscow-agree-on-oil-transit-tariff-hike-as-compensation-for-tainted-oil/30096386.html

As a result, Minsk lost transit revenue. Russia is almost the sole supplier of oil and gas to Belarus and owns the Druzhba pipeline through which Moscow sends a quarter of its oil exports to Ukraine, ...

News Belarus Minsk: Turchin, Turkcell Group discuss promotion of BeST telecom operator in Belarus

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Turchin, Turkcell Group discuss promotion of BeST telecom operator in Belarus
News source: https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/turchin-turkcell-group-discuss-promotion-of-best-telecom-operator-in-belarus-122988-2019/

Aleksandr Turchin noted that Belarus will consider all the proposals put forward by the Turkish side, however a level playing field will remain the guiding principle of all decisions taken by the government.

News Belarus Minsk: Report: Belarus firm involved in North Korea ICBM mobile launcher

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Report: Belarus firm involved in North Korea ICBM mobile launcher
News source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/07/29/Report-Belarus-firm-involved-in-North-Korea-ICBM-mobile-launcher/3471564402997/

The MZKT-79221 chassis is manufactured at a plant in Minsk, Belarus, according to the report. RELATED N. Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into East Sea, South says The China-based joint venture ...

News Belarus Minsk: Ukraine- Trilateral Contact Group holding meeting in Minsk

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Ukraine- Trilateral Contact Group holding meeting in Minsk
News source: https://menafn.com/1098770331/UkraineTrilateral-Contact-Group-holding-meeting-in-Minsk

(MENAFN - UkrinForm) A meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the peaceful settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine has begun in Minsk, Belarus. Darka Olifer, the spokesperson for ...

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus: Heaven for nature lovers

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Belarus: Heaven for nature lovers
News source: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/gallery/lifestyle/180719/belarus-heaven-for-nature-lovers.html

(Photo: AP/ Sergei Grits) Pedestrians are reflected in a puddle as they walk on a street on a windy sunny day in Minsk. (Photo: AP/ Sergei Grits) Chamomile flowers are photographed during sunset in a ...

News Belarus Minsk: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres To Come To Belarus

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres To Come To Belarus
News source: https://charter97.org/en/news/2019/7/18/341714/

UN Secretary General António Guterres will arrive in Belarus for the first time in early September ... Approaches and the Use of New and Emerging Technologies" will be held in Minsk on September 3-4. ...

News Belarus Minsk: International Testing Agency to support anti-doping programme at Minsk 2019 and Lausanne 2020

Published on: Saturday 11 May 2019
International Testing Agency to support anti-doping programme at Minsk 2019 and Lausanne 2020
News source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1079070/international-testing-agency-to-support-anti-doping-programme-at-minsk-2019-and-lausanne-2020

The Games will take place in Belarus' capital city Minsk from June 21 to 30. The ITA will then prepare the anti-doping programme for the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. The Youth Olympics will be ...

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus: Use European Games to Spur Media Freedom

Published on: Friday 03 May 2019
Belarus: Use European Games to Spur Media Freedom
News source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/03/belarus-use-european-games-spur-media-freedom

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) should establish a complaints hotline for journalists during the 2019 European Games. Belarus will host the games, a multi-sport event for more than 4,000 athletes, in Minsk from June 21-30.  

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus' Novopolotsk refinery still operating under capacity - Belta

Published on: Saturday 11 May 2019
News source: https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5N22N091

MINSK, May 11 (Reuters) - The head of Belarus’ state oil company Belneftekhim said on Saturday that the Novopolotsk refinery continues to operate below capacity after deliveries of contaminated ...

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus Deports Ingushetian Activist To Russia

Published on: Friday 10 May 2019
News source: https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-deports-ingushetian-activist-to-russia/29933946.html

Belarus has deported to Russia an opposition activist from the North Caucasus region of Ingushetia despite his fears of persecution for his political activities. The migration department of the Minsk ...

News Belarus Minsk: Two sambists to help carry Minsk 2019 Flame to Belarus' capital

Published on: Saturday 11 May 2019
News source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1078991/two-sambists-to-help-carry-minsk-2019-flame-to-belarus-capital

Sambists Daria Pavlenkova and Alexander Strelchonok will be among the Torchbearers for the Minsk 2019 Flame of Peace Relay as it continues its journey to the Belarusian capital prior to the start of ...

News Belarus Minsk: Belarus' Lukashenko says damages from contaminated oil 'enormous': Belta

Published on: Friday 10 May 2019
News source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-idUSKCN1SH08X

MINSK (Reuters) - The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday the cost of damages from contaminated oil received via the Russian Druzhba oil pipeline was ‘enormous’ and Belarus ...