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Belarus Red Cross says staff to go to Polish border Friday to deliver aid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Employees of the Belarusian Red Cross Society plan to go to the border with Poland on November 12 to provide further humanitarian aid to migrants who have been camping there since early this week, Dmitry Shevtsov, the head of the organization's mis
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Polish government warning Minsk about possible full blocking of border tra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland warned the Belarusian authorities about the possibility of fully suspending all traffic across the border, Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller told the Wirtualna Polska online news outlet.
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Afghan migrants cross over to EU not only from Belarus, but also from Ukra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 10 (ANI): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Afghan migrants cross over to the European Union not only through Belarus but also through other countries, including Ukraine, the Russian state-owned news agency reported.
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EU to impose more sanctions against Minsk soon: Commission
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will impose more sanctions against Belarus over the situation at the Belarusian-Polish border, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Tuesday.
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Austria concerned about refugee crisis on Polish-Belarusian border
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk's use of illegal migration in its own interests is completely unacceptable, Vienna stands for a common EU position against such an approach, the Austrian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
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Belarus may switch to Russian planes if West bans leasing
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): If the West bans Belarusian flag carrier Belavia from leasing planes it may switch to the use of Russian aircraft, Artem Sikorsky, the head of the Belarusian Transport Ministry's aviation department, said on Wednesday.
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Belarus to airlift humanitarian aid to Tajikistan: Defence Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian military pilots will send more than 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Tajikistan, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
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France confirms departure of its ambassador from Minsk
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [Farnce], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The French Foreign Ministry said on Monday that its Ambassador to Belarus Nicolas de Lacoste had returned to France on Sunday, following the unilateral decision of the Belarusian authorities demanding his departure.
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UN office says eager to continue working with Minsk even despite recent cl
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN office in Belarus said on Wednesday it was in contact with Minsk in connection with its claims to the legal aid program and was focused on continuing to work with the republic.
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Belarus sentence mass protest leader Maria Kolesnikova to 11 years in jail
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 8 (ANI): A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, an opposition figure and protest leader against President Alexander Lukashenko to 11 years in prison.
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UK Foreign Secretary decries prison sentences for Belarusian Opposition fi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the lengthy prison sentences handed to Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak by a Minsk court, and urged President Alexander Lukashenko's government to release all politica
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Approximately 60 migrants stuck on Belarus' borders with Poland, Latvia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 60 migrants, mainly from Iraq and Afghanistan, are stuck on Belarus' borders with Poland and Latvia, Deputy Chairman of Belarusian Border Committee Roman Podlinev told Sputnik.
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