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A community portal about Belarus with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Its capital city is Minsk... [more]
A community portal about Belarus with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Its capital city is Minsk, and other important cities include Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. The country, with one-third covered in forests, is populated by 9,755,000 people. Officially, the country is known as the Republic of Belarus.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko sent a message to Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday stating that Minsk understood and supported Russia's decision to ...
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MOSCOW, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Belarus would recognize the ...
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MINSK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Belarus will decide by the end of the year whether to sell half its shares in the Naftan oil refinery and Polimir petrochemical firm to Rosneft (ROSN.MM: Quote , Profile , Research ) or LUKOIL (LKOH.MM: Quote , Profile ...
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... pro-Western groups in Belarus in an attempt to overthrow the regime of President Aleksandr Lukashenko, which has maintained close ties to Moscow. ...
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SOCHI, Russia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Russian officials say they will sign a pact creating a unified air defense system with Belarus after a meeting between the countries' leaders.
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Minsk - Belarusian MPs on Tuesday said they supported Russia's move to accept the independence of the renegade Georgian provinces South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Belapan news agency reported. 'I think it was an absolutely correct decision,' said ...
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The Minister of State for Interior Affairs H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Belarus Interior Affairs Minister Vladimir Naumov signing a joint security agreement in Minsk yesterday.
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The USA highly appreciated Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenkos latest announcement to release two political prisoners. Washington expressed its willingness to improve considerably its relations with Minsk. Its no pure chance that the U.S. reaction to the reconciliatory gesture of the...
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SOCHI, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Belarus will sign an agreement this fall on creating a unified air defense system, a Russian presidential aide said Tuesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander ...
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MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to sign an agreement this fall to set up a joint air defense system, a Russian presidential aide said. At a meeting in the ...
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Russian pair Olga Kapranova and Evgeniya Kaneva dominated day one of the individual as Beluras led the group rhythmic gymnastics qualification rounds on Thursday.
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MINSK, Belarus : Belarusian authorities have released two men seen by opposition politicians and the West as political prisoners.
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MINSK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Belarus, preparing for the start of Europe's 2010 World Cup qualifiers next month, held a strong Argentina side to a 0-0 draw in a ...
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MINSK, Aug 20 - Belarus, preparing for the start
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MINSK -- Belarus has discussed improving its ties with the United States with a senior U.S. diplomat, after authorities released the last of what the West calls political prisoners, the Foreign Ministry said. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State ...
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MINSK. Aug 22 (Interfax) - Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG bought just under 10.884 million shares in Belarus's Priorbank on the market for $50.173 million on August 21, the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange told Interfax. The sale ...
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MINSK, Belarus — Belarus held a weakened Argentina team to a 0-0 draw yesterday in a friendly ahead of upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Argentina were without several of their best players, including FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, who are at the ...
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Alexander Hleb(L) of Belarus vies with Carlos Tevez of Argentina during their national teams friendly match in Minsk. The match ended on a 0-0 draw in the first ever meeting between the two countries MINSK (AFP) - Two-time world champions Argentina ...
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Argentina were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Belarus in an exhibition match played in the city of Minsk, on Wednesday. ...
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MINSK : Belarus on Wednesday released the last two prisoners who the West says were held for their political beliefs, opening the door to improved ties with the United States and the European Union. Sergei Parsyukevich, a businessman jailed in April ...
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Belarus Cup was this year played in two groups. The group winners, Keramin and Junost, played each other in today’s final.
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MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus on Wednesday released the last two prisoners who the West says were held for their political beliefs, opening the door to improved ties with the United States and the European Union. Sergei Parsyukevich, a businessman jailed ...
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Vyacheslav Hleb of Belarus vies with Denis Herman of Argentina during their friendly match in Minsk.
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IP Tikkurila has its office and warehouse in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The new company is led by Mr. Mauno Nurm, Country Manager, who has several ...
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The European Union and United States have welcomed the Belarus authorities' release of two dissidents regarded by the West as political prisoners.
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WASHINGTON : The United States is praising moves by Belarus to release detainees described by the Americans as political prisoners.
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Belarus held a weakened Argentina team to a 0-0 draw Wednesday in a friendly ahead of upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
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20 (Xinhua) -- The United States welcomed Belarus' release of last two political prisoners in Belarus on Wednesday, saying that paves the way for improving ...
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Minsk/Brest-Litovsk Belarus Moscow "Fire cracker wall" Russian president Medvedev and Alexander Lukaschenko Belarus will sign in automn a missile defence system installed at the polish boarder, probably ...
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MINSK, August 18 (Itar-Tass) -- President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has been staying in Sochi at present. Lukashenko arrived in Russia on a working visit, his press service said on Monday. On August 19 Alexander Lukashenko is to meet President ...
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Andrei Aramnau broke three weightlifting world records to help Belarus win their first Beijing Olympics gold medal yesterday.
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Minsk (AFP) Aug 6, 2008 - Russia could base bombers and missiles in neighbouring Belarus in response to US missile defence plans in Eastern Europe, Moscow's ambassador to Minsk said Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported.
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"Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three heavyweight world records to win his country's first Olympic gold in weightlifting.
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Etihad Airways became the first airline from the Gulf region to fly to Belarus this week when the Abu Dhabi-based carrier launched a twice-weekly service to the country's capital, Minsk.
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Belarus offered its sympathy and assistance in Moscow's conflict with Georgia after Russian authorities earlier this week reproached Minsk for offering what ...
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MINSK, Belarus | A Belarusian opposition leader who was jailed following the widely denounced presidential election in 2006 has been released, his daughter said Saturday. Alexander Kozulin was arrested during a protest challenging the re-election of ...
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Andrei Aramnau of Belarus tries a lift during ...
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MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus said on Thursday it would stop sending children for short summer stays with U.S. families after a girl taking part in such a program failed to return home, the second such incident in three years. Authorities in Minsk ...
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Surikov complained that Belarus had not even offered to send aid for people injured or made homeless in South Ossetia.
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MINSK, Aug 13 (Reuters) The president of Belarus, taken to task by Russia for offering limited support in its conflict with Georgia, expressed condolences today to victims and offered to send assistance. Yesterday, Moscow's ambassador to Belarus said ...
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Washington welcomed Saturday the release of Belarus' highest-profile political prisoner, former presidential candidate Alexander Kozulin. "The United States welcomes the release today of Belarus political opposition figure Alexander Kozulin," State ...
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... European Union to push for his release. Belarus is set for another parliamentary election next month which the president has promised will be free and fair.
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Lena sent us this beautiful photo taken at the Slavic Bazaar while she was in Vitebsk Belarus last month.Taken at the Ampitheater during one of the concerts. Thanks Ed & Lena! Beautiful Photo! A BELARUS BRIDE BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN BRIDES FROM BELARUS! www.abelarusbride.com
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The Social Democratic Party of Belarus (Gramada) met for its Extraordinary Congress in Minsk August 3, 2008. The resolution was to strip Alexander Kozulin off the chairmans office. Kozulin, whom the West considers a political prisoner, is currently serving a sentence in colony. The new leader of...
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BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Germany, Hungary and Belarus ...
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Continuing its strategy of growth in Eastern Europe, Tikkurila has established a sales company - IP Tikkurila - in the capital city Minsk to be responsible for the marketing, sales and distribution of ...
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An opposition figure was freed after months of pressure from the United States and the European Union on Belarus’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.
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MINSK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Belarus said on Tuesday that Moscow could not understand why its western neighbour, nominally a close ally, had failed to offer the Kremlin open support in its conflict with Georgia. Belarus, whose ...
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Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Belarus have common interests and concerns on regional and international issues. more... | PDA
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From AP MINSK, BELARUS -- An American lawyer was sentenced Monday to three years in prison in Belarus in a case that raised already high tensions between ...
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MINSK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The president of Belarus, taken to task by Russia for offering limited support in its conflict with Georgia, expressed condolences on Wednesday to victims and offered to send assistance. On Tuesday, Moscow's ambassador to ...
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Etihad Airways launches Flights between Abu Dhabi and Belarus.
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MINSK, Belarus : An American lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison in Belarus in a case that raised already high tensions between Washington and the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic.
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MINSK - A court in Belarus jailed a U.S. lawyer for three years on Monday on charges of industrial espionage and carrying forged documents, a verdict certain to plunge relations between the ...
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By Michael D. Shear Turns out, the exile to Belarus was not permanent. Former Sen. Phil Gramm, the lawmaker-turned-lobbyist who was unceremoniously sent to the cooler by his friend, Sen. John McCain for saying that the recession was "mental," appeared in Aspen with the GOP nominee today. After...
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Resize MINSK, Belarus -- An American lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison in Belarus in a case that raised already high tensions between Washington and the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic. Emmanuel Zeltser's sentencing Monday comes ...
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The price of natural gas sold by Russia to Belarus will exceed $200 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2009, Russia's ambassador in Minsk said on Wednesday.
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Friday, July 25, 2008 - ?2005 IranMania.com LONDON, July 24 (IranMania) - Iran's foreign minister says the Islamic Republic and Belarus have similar interests and ...
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Korea currently shares a 1-2 record with Belarus and Latvia in Group A and braces for a crucial match against Belarus Friday, which may determine its fate ...
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MINSK, Belarus _ Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two countries were strongly united in their resistance to U.S. imperialism and Washington`s lackeys.The fields were signed over after...
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Belarus halts student trips to U.S. Fallout centers on teenager who refused to leave Petaluma family BY PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The government of Belarus on Thursday halted future humanitarian trips to ...
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Belarus demands to revise prices for gas supplied from Russia, Interfax reported with reference to Belarus First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko.
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Bones of two mammoths, more than 25,000 years old, have been found on a construction site in Minsk. Scientists at the Belarus Academy of Science believe they belong to two young mammoths.
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 MINSK, Belarus: A Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that Russia could deploy short-range missiles and strategic bombers in Belarus in response to planned US missile defence sites in ...
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MINSK, Belarus, July 17 (UPI) -- Gazprom said Thursday it will sue the nation of Belarus if it does not repay its full natural gas debt to Russia.
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For its part, the US continues to call on Belarus authorities to release Alyaksandr Kozulin and other political prisoners and respect the human rights of ...
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MINSK, Belarus : A Russian diplomat said Wednesday that Russia could deploy short-range missiles and strategic bombers in Belarus in response to planned U.S. missile defense sites in Europe.
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UPDATE: Russia May Put Bombers In Belarus To Counter US Plans (Nasdaq) MINSK, Belarus (AFP)--Russia could base bombers and missiles in neighboring Belarus in response to U.S. missile defense plans in Eastern Europe, Moscow's ambassador to Minsk said Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported...
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Friday, August 01, 2008 - ?2005 IranMania.com LONDON, August 01 (IranMania) - The implementation of Iranian-Belarusian agreements was discussed during the meeting of Belarusian Foreign ...
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MINSK, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Belarus should expect an increase of more than 50 percent in the price of Russian gas imports to more than $200 per 1,000 cubic metres, Moscow's ambassador in Minsk said on Wednesday. Belarus pays the cheapest price for gas ...
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Russia’s gas will cost over $200/th cu meters for Belarus in 2009, the RF Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov announced in Minsk Wednesday during the news conference. “Based on the estimate, the gas price for Belarus will exceed $200/ths cu ...
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LJ user Alcorets posts an amendment (RUS) to the Belarus law on counteracting terrorism, which has been adopted as a consequence of the July 4 bomb blast in Minsk.
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Russia's envoy to NATO says Russia-Belarus ties should be strengthened, and that the two countries could never join the Western military alliance. Speaking at a Moscow-Minsk-Brussels video conference hosted by RIA Novosti, Dmitry Rogozin said that with the increasing global influence of the...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid a visit to his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and inked an oil deal with the former Soviet republic. Other world leaders have avoided Belarus on grounds of human rights violations.
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MINSK (Reuters) -- Russia may consider deploying strategic bombers or station tactical missiles in its close ally Belarus as a counter-measure to a planned U.S. missile shield in Europe, Moscow's envoy to Minsk said on Wednesday. The United States ...
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Belarus put themselves into medal account as they thrashed Latvia 80-57 on Monday in a rematch of the bronze-medal playoff at the European Women's Basketball Championships.
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MINSK * Authorities in ex-Soviet Belarus yesterday demanded the return home of a girl who failed to turn up for a flight after spending the summer with a family in the United States, the second such incident in ...
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A special envoy from Belarus is expected to meet Saturday in Petaluma with a 16-year-old Belarusian girl who has refused to return to the country after a summer visit with a host family. Pavel Shidlovsky, an official from the Belarus capital of Minsk ...
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