Europe Belarus Under a new law, reading banned news can cost seven years in prison; Belarusians who subscribe to banned media on social media will be recognised as "extremists"
Europe Belarus The President of the Constitutional Court stated that abolishing of death penalty will be not considered within the next referendum on the new version of the Constitution scheduled for February 2022
Europe Belarus BelGee joint venture car manufacturer to deliver the new mass produced Belarusian-Chinese electric car "Geometry C" with a power range of 550 km for the fourth quarter of 2021
Europe Belarus The creation of a single gas market scheduled to be signed 1 December 2023 is among 28 programmes of sectoral initiatives the country is developing for economic integration with Russia
Europe Belarus Military exercises Zapad-2021, ending today in the Belarusian and Russian training areas saw the participation of 12.800 military personnel and were regarded as a revolutionary event
Europe Belarus 93 preschool institutions are planned to be built in five years throughout the country within the state program "Education and Youth Policy"
Europe Belarus Belarusian banks are facing problems with SWIFT payments presumably due to the fact that foreign intermediary banks have not yet developed internal working rules after the imposed sanctions
Europe Belarus The capital’s marketplaces are asked to remove the goods imported from Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland because of their sanctions against the country, while the volume of imported food products is planned to decrease to 14% by 2030
Europe Belarus The Ministries of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Nigeria are ready to develop cooperation in countering international terrorism and extremism, illegal drug trafficking, illegal migration and other topics
Europe Belarus The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" signed a cooperation program until 2030 that includes more than 40 projects in nuclear energy and medicine, genetic research and other topics
Europe Belarus The XXX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" starts today until 19 July
Europe Belarus An agritourism cluster will be created in the Brest region with 16 touristic routes for excursions and active recreation
Europe Belarus MILEX-2021 International Exhibition of Military Arms and Machinery (at its 10th edition) starts today in Minsk and ends on 26 June