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Belarus allows bear hunting for first time since 1990
Yemen News Agency SABA
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June 30, 2025
[Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:36:56 +0300] Minsk – Saba: The Belarusian Ministry of Forestry announced on Monday that authorities in Minsk have permitted bear hunting for the first time since 1990 due to a sharp increase in their population. In a statement...
Freed Belarus Opposition Leader Addresses UN Days After 5-Year Prison Ordeal
Canada Free Press
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GENEVA — Sergei Tikhanovsky, Belarus opposition leader and husband of President-elect Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, addressed the UN Human Rights Council, days after his release from prison, where he had spent five years as a political prisoner under...
Nigeria Customs Signs Cooperation Agreement With Belarus
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
Tunde Bakare The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters with the Republic of Belarus. The agreement was concluded on Friday, 27th June 2025, as...
Belarus’ special forces train with new gyroplanes
Defence Blog
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June 30, 2025
Belarusian special operations troops have begun using Belarusian-built “Yastreb” gyroplanes in a new phase of flight training exercises, according to official footage released from Maryina Horka, a key training ground for elite units. The training...
Will The Price Of Cars From The EU Rise Sharply In Belarus?
Charter 97
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8 Brussels is changing the rules. There is talk in the EU that owners of used cars will become more difficult to sell them because of the planned innovations by the European Commission. All this means that it may become more difficult for...
Special operation in Belarus prevents drone attack
APA
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Belarus’s State Security Committee has prevented an attempted drone attack on strategic facilities, APA reports citing the committee’s press service. It was noted that the “Harpun” special operation, conducted for this purpose, lasted 732 days. As...
I lost half my weight in jail, but I'm not broken, says freed Belarus opposition leader
BBC
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June 30, 2025
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent Reporting fromLithuania ShareSave Sergei Tikhanovskyholds a poster of himself to show what he looked like before being arrested Sergei Tikhanovsky has barely spoken for more than five years....
I lost half my weight in jail, but I'm not broken, says freed Belarus opposition leader
BBC
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June 30, 2025
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent Reporting fromLithuania ShareSave Sergei Tikhanovskyholds a poster of himself to show what he looked like before being arrested Sergei Tikhanovsky has barely spoken for more than five years....
Now that tractors from Belarus are here
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned 2,000 agricultural tractors to kick-start the administration’s Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. The event took place at the National Agricultural Seeds Council, Sheda, along the...
TMSG: Atiku’s Stance On Nigeria-Belarus Tractor Deal, Diversionary
News Investigators Nigeria
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June 29, 2025
News Investigators/ The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has advised Nigerians to ignore ploys by the opposition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to distract attention from the successful Nigeria-Belarus tractor deal which analysts...
One Hundred Kilograms Of Hashish Were Tried To Be Imported Into Belarus
Charter 97
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9 Tried disguising it as pear puree. Customs officers stopped the importation of about 100 kg of hashish from the European Union to Belarus. Lithuanians and Belarusians were involved in the movement of drugs, reports the State Customs Committee....
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets Russian President in Minsk, Belarus
Gulf Daily News Online
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Shaikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has met Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting today in Minsk, Belarus. At the outset of the...
SAC Chairman departs Belarus for Russia
Eleven Myanmar
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The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who departed for Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation via Belarus, was seen off with a guard of honor by the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus and the...
Introduced New Requirements For Polish Visa Application In Belarus
Charter 97
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4 Signing up has become more difficult. From June 26, 2025, in order to register on the VFS website for a Polish visa, one must upload not only a photo of the face and a spread of the document, but also a snapshot of its cover. In addition, the...
Belarus Supplies Air Defense System to Myanmar Junta: Activist Group
The Irrawaddy
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June 28, 2025
Belarus has supplied an air defense system to Myanmar’s junta to defend against anti-regime drone strikes, Justice for Myanmar said. The rights group said on Saturday that it had uncovered significant, ongoing military collaboration between the...
Hotak returns to Kabul after Belarus victory
Pajhwok Afghan News
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June 29, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak returned to the country on Sunday after defeating Russian opponent Saiged Zirkov in Belarus. Hotak secured the win in the Global Series Open competition held Friday at Prime...
Fishing Is Banned On Many Water Bodies Of Belarus
Charter 97
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2 A list appeared. A ban on recreational fishing is set on many Belarusian water bodies at certain times, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources. The corresponding resolution published on the National Legal Internet Portal. The majority of...
Belarus: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council
International Federation for Human Rights
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June 26, 2025
On 26 June 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement at the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Belarus. The...
Belarus qualifying for European soccer event forces UEFA to find third co-host nation
The Porterville Recorder - California
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA changed the hosting plan for its 2026 European Championship for indoor soccer on Friday because Russia’s military ally Belarus has qualified for the finals tournament. Co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania “prohibit the...
Customs Deepens Global Support, Signs Cooperation Agreement With Belarus
New Telegraph
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June 28, 2025
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening international enforcement alliances with the signing of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters with the...