Ecuador refuses to extradite Belarus cop
August 30th, 2012 - 6:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ecuador's top court has rejected an extradition request for a former Belarusian investigative police officer.According to Belarusian news portal Platforma, 30-year-old Alexander Barankov, wanted by ... Read more...
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EU to work with Belarusian minister despite sanctions
August 21st, 2012 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Aug 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Union has said that it will work with the new Belarusian foreign minister despite the fact that he is subject to EU ... Read more...
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Belarus embassy wraps up in Sweden
August 11th, 2012 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian embassy in Sweden has stopped accepting most documents after a diplomatic row erupted between the two countries. It has turned the task over ... Read more...
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Belarusian border guards get flak over teddy bears
August 3rd, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has blamed the national border guard service over the "bombing" of hundreds of teddy bears from a plane intruding into the ... Read more...
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IOC respects Lukashenko ban: Rogge
July 27th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says his organization respects the decision of the British Home Office to deny London Games accreditation to Belarusian ... Read more...
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Olympics: Belarus denies boycott rumours
July 27th, 2012 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has no plans to boycott the Olympics after President Alexander Lukashenko was refused entry to Britain, the Belarusian minister for sports and tourism said.Lukashenko ... Read more...
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Lukashenko denied accreditation to Olympics: Britain
July 26th, 2012 - 2:55 am ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Accreditation to the London 2012 Olympic Games has not been granted to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the British Embassy in Belarus has confirmed."President Alexander Lukashenko ... Read more...
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IOC, London organisers deny banning Belarus president
July 25th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the organisers of the 2012 London Games Wednesday denied they had banned Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko from attending the ... Read more...
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Belarus may stop oil imports from Venezuela
June 8th, 2012 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 8 (IANS) Belarus' first Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko has said the country may stop importing oil from Venezuela.Reacting to media reports about suspension of Venezuelan oil supplies ... Read more...
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Release bombers’ bodies: Amnesty urges Belarus
March 21st, 2012 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of two bombers executed in Belarus should be returned to their families for proper burial, Amnesty International said in a statement."Despite publicly stating ... Read more...
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Belarus executes Minsk subway bombers
March 18th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has executed two men convicted for a deadly subway bombing in the capital Minsk last year, Belarusian news agency Belta reported.The mother of one ... Read more...
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Belarus executes bomber
March 17th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One of the two men accused of organizing a deadly subway bombing in the Belarusian capital Minsk last year, Vladislav Kovalyov, has been executed by ... Read more...
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Belarus to abolish death penalty after US: President
December 24th, 2011 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Dec 24 (IANS) Belarus will abolish the death penalty as soon as the US abolishes it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said.A court in the capital Minsk sentenced Nov ... Read more...
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Belarusian police cordon off Minsk central square to quell protest
June 16th, 2011 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian police cordoned off a central square in Minsk Wednesday as the country's opposition called for a mass protest against government measures to prop up ... Read more...
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Belarusian President warns action against protesters
June 15th, 2011 - 5:04 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday he will clampdown hard on anyone found protesting against an export ban on fuel and certain goods, the Belta ... Read more...
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Obama urges more pressure on Belarus’ Lukashenko
May 29th, 2011 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pressure must be applied to the Belarusian authorities to put an end to political repression of the country's opposition, US President Barack Obama said ... Read more...
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US to expand sanctions against Belarus: Obama
May 28th, 2011 - 5:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US is set to expand sanctions against Belarus, US President Barack Obama said in a statment Friday."Consistent with our values and principles, the ... Read more...
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Russian embassy bomber jailed in Belarus
May 27th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, May 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Belarusian anarchist was Friday sentenced to eight years in prison for throwing a fire bomb into the Russian embassy compound in the capital Minsk ... Read more...
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Belarus jails two more former presidential candidates
May 27th, 2011 - 6:01 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, May 27 (IANS) A Belarusian court sentenced two more former presidential candidates to jail Thursday, taking the total number of ex-presidential candidates being imprisoned in the country to ... Read more...
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Suspended sentences for Belarus opposition activists
May 21st, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by BNO News
MINSK, BELARUS (BNO NEWS) -- Two former Belarusian opposition presidential candidates and several election campaign activists were handed two-year suspended sentences on Friday, RIA Novosti reported.A Minsk district court found Vladimir Neklyaev, ... Read more...
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Five opposition protesters sentenced to jail in Belarus
May 6th, 2011 - 4:44 am ICT by BNO News
MINSK, BELARUS (BNO NEWS) -- A Belarusian court on Thursday sentenced five opposition activists to jail for participating in the mass protests against the December presidential elections.According to RIA Novosti, a Minsk ... Read more...
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Russian human rights activist detained in Minsk
April 29th, 2011 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, April 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian Law enforcement officers detained a Russian human rights activist, Ivan Kondratenko, in Minsk Thursday, according to a statement issued by the Committee for International ... Read more...
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Belarusian President Lukashenko says Minsk bombing case is solved
April 14th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by BNO News
MINSK, BELARUS (BNO NEWS) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday announced that the deadly Minsk metro bombing was solved after a one-day investigation.According to the BelTA news agency, the President made ... Read more...
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11 killed, 126 injured in metro station blast in Belarus
April 12th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Minsk, Apr 12 (ANI): At least eleven people were killed and 126 others were wounded in an explosion which tore through a metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk on Monday evening.The ... Read more...
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Rush-hour metro blast jolts Belarusian capital, kills 11 (Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 7:30 am ICT by IANS
Minsk (Belarus), April 12 (IANS /RIA Novosti) Eleven people were killed and over 100 injured when a bomb equal to 5-7 kg of TNT exploded at a busy subway station in ... Read more...
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11 dead in Minsk metro blast: Belarus president (Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, April 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eleven people were killed in a blast that hit Belarusian capital Minsk's Oktyabrskaya metro station Monday, said President Alexander Lukashenko while describing the blast as ... Read more...
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Seven dead in Minsk metro blast
April 12th, 2011 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, April 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Seven people were killed in a blast at a metro station in the Belarusian capital Monday.The blast took place around 5.50 p.m. at the Oktyabrskaya ... Read more...
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EU to quadruple aid to Belarusian society
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by BNO News
WARSAW, POLAND (BNO NEWS) -- The European Union will quadruple its aid to Belarus from 4 to 15.6 million euros (21.59 million dollars) to support human rights, European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule ... Read more...
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EU High Representative Ashton meets with Belarusian delegation
January 13th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton on Wednesday met with a Belarusian delegation conformed by leading representatives of the Belarusian opposition and civil society.Ashton, also Vice-President of the ... Read more...
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Opposition presidential candidate freed after being detained in post-election rally
January 4th, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by BNO News
MINSK, BELARUS (BNO NEWS) -- A Belarus' opposition party on Monday announced that presidential candidate Vitaly Rymashevsky was freed after being detained two weeks ago in post-election rally.According to RIA Novosti, the ... Read more...
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Cops ‘threatened to rape’ Belarus Free Theatre director after election protest
December 26th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26 (ANI): Natalia Koliada, the artistic director of the Belarus Free Theatre Company, has revealed how she was threatened with being beaten and raped after her arrest during protests over ... Read more...
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UN human rights chief condemns post-electoral violence in Belarus
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations human rights chief has voiced deep concern about the violence which erupted after Sunday's presidential election in Belarus, which included the abduction of opposition ... Read more...
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Belarus stops gas transit to Europe
June 22nd, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has put on hold gas transit to Europe through its territory until the Russian energy giant Gazprom pays for the use of its pipelines.
"Until we are ... Read more...
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Five killed in fresh Kyrgyz unrest, president in Belarus
April 20th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk/Bishkek, April 20 (DPA) The deposed Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has found refuge in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, that nation's President, Alexander Lukashenko, said Tuesday.
Bakiyev, 60, is in Minsk with three ... Read more...
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Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to establish common economic space before 2012
December 28th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Astana (Kazakhstan), Dec. 28 (ANI): Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have announced plans to create a common economic space before 2012 to further enhance cooperation."We will further deepen the process of ... Read more...
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