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Azerbaijan’s minister of science and education meets Belarusian ambassador
Minister of Science and Education Emin Amrullayev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Azerbaijan Dmitry Pinevich, Ministry of Science and Education told APA. Current cooperation and development...

How Trump's social media ban became a million-dollar penalty for tech companies
Yet another tech firm has decided to settle with US President Donald Trump. YouTube, which is owned by Google, has agreed to pay Trump $24.5 million (Rs 218 crore) to resolve a lawsuit by the president. This is the third such tech company that has...

Minsk to host CIS Heads of Government Council meeting today
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - MINSK, Sep 29 (BelTA/APP): A meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council will be held in Minsk on 29 September, BelTA has learned. The meeting will be held in its traditional two formats: a...

Director and chief engineer of Elbrus cable car face charges after fatal accident
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Russian Intelligence: Ukraine and Poland Preparing False-Flag Operation Against Russia and Belarus
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has warned of a new Ukrainian provocation allegedly designed to drag Europe into a military confrontation. According to the SVR, the scenario centers on a diversionary-reconnaissance group supposedly...
Senior Belarusian official lauds China's achievements, global role
MINSK, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov on Monday praised China's historic achievements under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, calling the country's development path a model in modern world...

“What schools? Forget about schools!” Audonin’s claims about education in Western Belarus don’t hold up to the facts
Fake card Fake: During the interwar period, Polish authorities shut down almost all schools in the Eastern Borderlands, leaving Belarusians without access to education. Fact: The number of schools actually increased during the interwar years, but...

CIS Heads of Government session held in Minsk – Turkmenistan to host next meeting
On 29 September 2025, Minsk hosted the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), bringing together prime-ministers and senior representatives of member states to discuss key issues of...

PM Ali Asadov: Azerbaijan is leveraging digital technologies to bring about industry transformation
Bak, September 30, AZERTAC A plenary session on the theme “Union of New Technologies: Creating the Industry of the Future” was held at the International Exhibition Center BELEXPO in Minsk on September 28. Prior to the plenary session, Azerbaijani...

Kyrgyzstan and Belarus intend to increase trade turnover to $500 million
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev and Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin held talks in an expanded format at the Government House of Belarus. The Cabinet’s press service reported. The Cabinet Chairman...

Azerbaijan’s PM attends meeting of CIS Council of Heads of Government in Minsk
Baku, September 29, AZERTAC Azerbaijan’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov participated in a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government in Minsk, the capital of the Republic of Belarus. Addressing the event in a limited format, Prime Minister Ali...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus M.Ryzhenkov takes part in the high-level week of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (fourth day)
27 September 2025 On September 26, 2025 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, continued his visit to New York to participate in the anniversary session of the UN General Assembly. The Belarusian Foreign...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus M.Ryzhenkov takes part in the high-level week of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (fifth day)
28 September 2025 On September 27, 2025 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, addressed the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. In his speech, the head of the Foreign Ministry gave a comprehensive...

Trump’s Belarus gamble: humanitarian victory or diplomatic stalemate?
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on Sept. 18, 2025 in Aylesbury, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) The rapid thawing of...

‘Not another Belarus’: In Europe vs Russia fight, Moldova President Sandu’s party wins national election
In an election that became a referendum about Moldova’s future, voters on Sunday backed President Maia Sandu’s pro-European vision, refusing to tilt their country towards Russia. The election was anxiously watched by Europe, which has looked...

Russian scientists develop drugs that change Physical Structure within the Body
Russian scientists have developed smart pharmaceutical formulations capable of changing their physical structure from liquid to gel or solid within the body, depending on environmental conditions, such as temperature or pH. Sechenov Medical...

Moldova Has Defeated The Belarusian Regime
5 The dictator's friend failed. The bloc of Igor Dodon, a Russian agent of influence in Moldova and a great friend of Alexander Lukashenko, failed in the parliamentary elections. Politologist Maria Snegovaya noted that Moscow, "as the Kremlin...

Some little-known pages of the history of Turkmenistan’s first textile industry and its workforce
This anniversary year of Turkmenistan’s Neutrality marks one hundred years since the official transfer of the Reutov (Russia) textile factory to Turkmenistan. In 1924, the question arose of building Turkmenistan’s own textile factory, and in the...

CHOICE Newsletter: Wang Yi Visits Central Europe Amid Russian Drone Provocations
Dear reader, October finalizes a change of guard at CHOICE. We’re bidding farewell to our Senior China Analyst Filip Noubel, who is moving on to develop his own projects. We thank Filip for his sharp analysis of Chinese domestic affairs, numerous...

Russia and Belarus regain full IPC membership as Paralympic suspension lifted
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