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I lost half my weight in jail, but I'm not broken, says freed Belarus opposition leader
BBC
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June 30, 2025
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent Reporting fromLithuania ShareSave Sergei Tikhanovskyholds a poster of himself to show what he looked like before being arrested Sergei Tikhanovsky has barely spoken for more than five years....
Now that tractors from Belarus are here
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned 2,000 agricultural tractors to kick-start the administration’s Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. The event took place at the National Agricultural Seeds Council, Sheda, along the...
"Aryna Sabalenka likes to show her emotions, Iga Swiatek cries after she loses": Jessica Pegula shuts down Belarusian's critics after Coco Gauff drama
Sportskeeda
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June 30, 2025
Jessica Pegula recently weighed in on Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff's post-French Open controversy. According to Pegula, people who criticized Sabalenka over her comments about Gauff have never found themselves in situations that can trigger...
Another political prisoner dies at Mandalay’s Obo; Justice for Myanmar accuses Minsk of arming Naypyidaw
Democratic Voice of Burma
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June 30, 2025
Another political prisoner dies at Mandalay’s Obo Prison A total of 56 political prisoners have died at Obo Prison due to inadequate healthcare since January, a human rights group calling itself Myanmar Prison Witness announced on Friday. It also...
Three Belarusian Hockey Players Were Drafted By NHL Clubs
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1 Egor Borikov The record for the selection of Belarusians at the main talent fair was repeated. Three Belarusian hockey players were selected by NHL clubs at the 2025 NHL Draft, reports "The Point". Montreal secured the rights to goaltender...
One Hundred Kilograms Of Hashish Were Tried To Be Imported Into Belarus
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9 Tried disguising it as pear puree. Customs officers stopped the importation of about 100 kg of hashish from the European Union to Belarus. Lithuanians and Belarusians were involved in the movement of drugs, reports the State Customs Committee....
Global Mayors Dialogue · Qingdao Forum Celebrates Culture, Tourism Together
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) QINGDAO, China, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Mayors Dialogue · Qingdao" forum, themed "Celebrating Culture and Tourism Together," was held on July 19 in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Eight overseas...
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets Russian President in Minsk, Belarus
Gulf Daily News Online
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Shaikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has met Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting today in Minsk, Belarus. At the outset of the...
SAC Chairman departs Belarus for Russia
Eleven Myanmar
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The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who departed for Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation via Belarus, was seen off with a guard of honor by the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus and the...
Unexpectedly, A 17-year-old Hockey Player Was Selected First Among Belarusians At The NHL Draft
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Arseniy Radkov Hockey club "Montreal" has formalized the rights to goalie Arseniy Radkov. 17-year-old goaltender Arseni Radkov became the first Belarusian hockey player selected at the 2025 US National Hockey League draft, wrote the telegram...
Fishing Is Banned On Many Water Bodies Of Belarus
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2 A list appeared. A ban on recreational fishing is set on many Belarusian water bodies at certain times, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources. The corresponding resolution published on the National Legal Internet Portal. The majority of...
Hotak returns to Kabul after Belarus victory
Pajhwok Afghan News
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June 29, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak returned to the country on Sunday after defeating Russian opponent Saiged Zirkov in Belarus. Hotak secured the win in the Global Series Open competition held Friday at Prime...
Georgia’s wine exports to Russia drop more than 1.5-times in 1H 2025
TASS
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July 21, 2025
TBILISI, July 21. /TASS/. Georgia exported 26,500 tonnes of wine to Russia in the first half of 2025, a 1.54-fold decrease compared to the same period last year, according to data from Georgia’s National Statistics Office. From January to June,...
Moscow-Led Eurasian Bloc Holds Landmark Economic Summit in Minsk
The Epoch Times
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June 29, 2025
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's envoy for relations with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's...
Polish archbishop condemns “fear and hate” of migrants as unchristian
Notes from Poland
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July 21, 2025
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UAE Crown Prince, Putin Discuss Strategic Ties, Regional Co-op in Minsk
Sada Elbalad
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June 28, 2025
Sat 28 Jun 2025 | 07:02 PM Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, met on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The meeting came on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian...
Sheikh Khaled meets Putin; Concludes visit to Belarus
Emirati Times
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June 28, 2025
Minsk: His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, held a meeting with Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in Minsk,...
Lukashenko Was Humiliated Right In Minsk
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2 Putin showed who "is the master in the house". Political observer Valeriy Karbalevich at Radiyo Svaboda spoke about the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union, which was held in Minsk. Valeri Karbalevich drew attention to the fact that bilateral...
Ordinary Packaging Of Belarusian Oil Under UV Light Revealed Hidden Secrets
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11 "Focus" caused a furor on social media. Belarusian TikTok was blown up by another household discovery. One of the users discovered that the producers of Brest-Litovsk oil are very serious about protecting their products from fakes. On the...
AFU Operation In Belarus: The Scenario With The Entrance To Minsk Is Voiced
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37 "That would be very interesting." Military and political observer of the group "Information Resistance" Alexander Kovalenko commented on the question whether we should expect surprises from the AFU on the territory of Russia or Belarus. "Quite...