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Belarus hosts over 196,000 visa-waiver travelers since 1 Jan 2025
03.11.2025
Since 1 January 2025, Belarus has hosted 196,855 travelers from 38 countries included in the visa-waiver program, with most of them arriving from neighboring Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.
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Belarusian banks continue supporting economy with national currency
31.10.2025
Belarusian banks continue to actively support the economy with the national currency, BelTA learned from the National Bank of Belarus.
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Belarus’ Yakushau claims clean and jerk bronze at European Juniors
31.10.2025
Belarusian weightlifter Artur Yakushau has won the first medal for the Belarusian team at the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships in Albania, BelTA has learned.
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Belarus’ MFA reviews joint action plan with IFRC
31.10.2025
Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sekreta met with Frank Mohrhauer, Head of the Cluster Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, on 30 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Lithuania officially notifies Belarus about border crossing restrictions, closures
30.10.2025
Belarus’ border service has received an official notification from the State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, saying that on 29 October 2025 the Lithuanian government passed a resolution on restricting and on suspending the crossing of the state border of the Republic of Lithuania, BelTA learned from representatives of the State Border Committee of Belarus.
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Polish government official: Two border crossings with Belarus set to open in mid-November
30.10.2025
A working visit by Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin to St. Petersburg has resulted in the signing of documents for the supply of Belarusian products worth RUB 2.9 billion to St. Petersburg, BelTA learned from the government’s press service.
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Women’s unions of Belarus, Russia’s Rostov forge business, cultural ties
30.10.2025
An agreement on cooperation and a roadmap were signed in Minsk between the Belarusian Women’s Union and the Rostov Oblast branch of the Union of Women of Russia, BelTA has learned.
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Belarus mulls larger diplomatic presence in Kazakhstan
30.10.2025
Belarus plans to expand its diplomatic presence in Kazakhstan. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yermukhambet Konuspayev, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
