News: Belarus

We have started to collect the most important news related to Belarus in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Belarus – overview

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• December 1st 2020 – September 16th 2020
• September 16th 2020 – August 23rd 2020
• August 21st 2020 – July 31st 2020
• July 30th 2020 – July 25th 2018
• May 14th 2018 – September 12th 2016
• September 8th 2016 – February 22nd 2015
• February 19th 2015 – September 20th 2014
• September 5th 2014 – February 24th 2013
• February 22nd 2013 – April 16th 2012
• March 19th 2012 – June 9th 2011
• June 1st 2011 – January 27th 2011
• January 27th 2011 – September 27th 2010
• September 4th 2010 – October 15th 2008
• October 14th 2008 – November 14th 2007
• October 19th 2007 – December 29th 2006
• December 28th 2006 – March 30th 2006
• March 28th 2006 – February 16th 2006
• January 21st 2006 – December 2nd 2005

Belarus: news

Belarus accuses 'Russian mercenaries' of election plot

Thursday, July 30th 2020, 15:19
related countries: Russia

Russia demands to know why Belarus has arrested 33 of its citizens.
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Belarus election: Snatched from the streets in Europe's 'last dictatorship'

Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 1:21

Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus ahead of next month’s elections.
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Coronavirus: Russia swaps Victory Day parade for air show

Saturday, May 9th 2020, 12:56

The Red Square parade was cancelled because of the pandemic, but in neighbouring Belarus the parade went ahead as planned.
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Coronavirus: Belarus orphanage seeks help amid 'critical' outbreak

Saturday, April 25th 2020, 15:18

A Belarus orphanage says it has at least 23 cases, and that some of the children are "extremely ill".
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Coronavirus: Why are football teams in Belarus still playing?

Wednesday, April 8th 2020, 16:04

Football and life, continue (almost) as normal in Belarus, but anxiety about coronavirus is growing.
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Coronavirus: Belarus Premier League attracts global attention as it plays on

Sunday, March 29th 2020, 14:05

Football fans around the world are turning to Belarus to get their fix during lockdown as the game carries on in the former Soviet republic.
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Maslenitsa festival: Belarus soldiers' show of strength

Sunday, March 1st 2020, 21:28

The intriguing festival that's been celebrated for two thousand years.
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Pompeo offers Belarus oil in rare visit

Saturday, February 1st 2020, 21:37
related countries: United States

He is the first US secretary of state to visit the country for a quarter of a century.
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Kazimir Malevich: A mystery painting, either masterpiece or fake, puzzles experts

Sunday, November 3rd 2019, 0:30

Works by Malevich fetch millions - but Belarus still has to prove that this is one of them.
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Poland tigers: Zoo rescues animals stuck at border

Wednesday, October 30th 2019, 18:44

A truck carrying ten tigers has been stranded at the Belarus border since 26 October.
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'How are we different from traditional couples?'

Thursday, May 16th 2019, 23:10

A gay couple from Belarus speak out in a country rated as one of the most homophobic in Europe by a leading LGBT organisation.
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Unearthing a Nazi massacre in Belarus

Sunday, March 31st 2019, 23:10

Builders working on a luxury block of flats discovered the remains of over 1,000 Holocaust victims
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Uncovering Nazi massacre of Jews on Belarus building site

Sunday, March 31st 2019, 23:02
related places: Brest

A thousand victims of Brest's wartime Jewish ghetto have been found as the city wakes up to its past.
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Would you give bats a home in your fridge?

Friday, January 11th 2019, 15:59

Zoologists in Belarus are helping the flying mammal to get some sleep during hibernation season.
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Priest learns sign language to make sermons more inclusive

Tuesday, December 25th 2018, 0:02

A pastor in Belarus wants his congregation to get the word of God from him and not through an interpreter.
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Red defeat in Belarus Xmas 'star wars'

Thursday, December 20th 2018, 12:44

A Belarus town replaces the Communist red star on top of its Christmas tree after protests.
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Belarus customs find antler horde hidden in fuel tank

Wednesday, July 25th 2018, 9:14

Belarus customs officers find huge antler cache hidden in fuel tank.
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