By John Irish DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Belarus’ exiled opposition leader said on Monday she did not think Russia would launch an offensive on Ukraine from Belarus after the two…
(Reuters) – An opposition politician who stood against long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko in the controversial 2020 presidential election has been detained, his team said. Andrei Dmitriev, 41, an activist who…
Belarus Claims Its Air Defenses Downed Ukrainian Missile Micaela Burrow on December 29, 2022 Belarus’ defense ministry said it shot down a Ukrainian S-300 missile that landed in Belarussian territory…
(Reuters) – Belarus’ defence ministry said its air defences had downed a Ukrainian S-300 missile in the Brest border region at around 10 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Thursday. Belarus’ state-run…
(Reuters) – The Iskander tactical missile systems and the S-400 air defence systems that Russia has deployed to Belarus are fully prepared to perform their intended tasks, a senior Belarusian…
(Reuters) – The economy of Belarus is expected to shrink by 4% in 2022 after western nations imposed punitive measures, much less than some had forecast, Interfax cited Prime Minister…
(Reuters) – Belarus’ central bank said on Thursday it will remove the euro from its currency basket used to calculate the official exchange rate for the Belarusian’ rouble. The regulator…
(Reuters) – Belarus said on Wednesday that it had signed a credit agreement worth 105 billion roubles ($1.74 billion) with Russia to finance import substitution projects. Belarusian companies will produce…
(Reuters) – McDonald’s restaurants in Belarus are set to be rebranded under a deal made public on Friday, five months after the U.S. fast food giant left neighbouring Russia over…
(Reuters) -Inflation in Belarus fell during October after President Alexander Lukashenko banned retailers from hiking prices in a drastic bid to address falling living standards. Inflation was running at 15.2%…
(Reuters) – Belarus will continue using Belarusian roubles to pay off its debt to Western countries next year, state news agency Belta reported on Tuesday. “Regarding foreign debt payments for…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Monday it had placed all loans made by its main lending arm to Belarus into “nonperforming” status effective immediately,…
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – A flurry of military activity in Belarus this week has caught the attention of Ukraine and the West as a potential sign that President…
(Reuters) – Belarus sees annual inflation coming in at 19% in 2022, state media reported on Thursday citing a discussion between President Alexander Lukashenko and government ministers. In the meeting…
(Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that his military’s SU-24 warplanes had been modified to carry nuclear weapons and that Minsk would react immediately if the West caused…
By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Tom Sims VIENNA – The Russian and Belarusian operations of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) posted the sharpest gains in profit among its subsidiaries in the first…
LONDON -Britain said it would on Tuesday introduce new economic, trade and transport sanctions on Belarus over its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and also sanctioned six Russians it…
(Reuters) – Belarus on Tuesday suffered a temporary mass outage of bank cards, its largest payments processor said, as some of its major banks find themselves under Western sanctions. Card…
(Reuters) – Belarus will conduct military mobilisation exercises in June and July in the Gomel region, state news agency BelTA reported on Monday. The Gomel region of Belarus borders Ukraine…
(Reuters) – Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said on Wednesday he expected interest rates in his country to fall following rate cuts by the Russian central bank, despite accelerating inflation…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s government imposed controls on exports of technology to Belarus on Friday, saying Minsk was directly involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The restrictions – which the island…
KYIV – Kyiv will be ready if Belarus’s armed forces join Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian State Border Service said on Wednesday. Belarus, a close…
(Reuters) – Belarus on Friday announced a ban on trucks registered in the European Union from entering its territory, Interfax news agency quoted the transport ministry as saying. (Reporting by…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday confirmed it had identified seven Boeing 737 Planes operated by Belarusian national carrier Belavia that are in apparent violation of…
(Reuters) – Russia will launch a lunar probe later this year and deepen cooperation with Belarus on space infrastructure and technology, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Speaking at…