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16 May 2014
Rene Fasel: Minsk offered a beautiful and practical concept of a fan village"It was a great idea to set up such a village for fans at the basis of the student town. Not least important is the fact that these buildings will not stay idle after,” Rene Fasel said...
15 May 2014
Lukashenko: Belarus wants a strong UkraineBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Belarus Mikhail Yezhel...
14 May 2014
Do Van Mai: Belarus-Vietnam cooperation will lastThe statement was made by Ambassador of Vietnam to Belarus Do Van Mai at the public function held in the House of Friendship on 14 May to mark the 60th anniversary of the Vietnamese nation’s victory in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu...
13 May 2014
IIHF WM in Minsk will help foreign visitors shape unbiased opinion about Belarus“It was important for us that people who had never been to Belarus, active people, ice hockey fans would come here and see the country with their own eyes," Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said...
12 May 2014
Lukashenko: West should not use Ukraine to put pressure on RussiaBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev...
10 May 2014
German fans name Minsk ideal place for ice hockey world championship“Minsk is a hockey city. Everybody likes ice hockey here. We have seen little kids with sticks and adults with ice hockey attributes and drawn flags on their faces,” one of German fans said...
9 May 2014
Foreign leaders congratulate Belarus president on Victory DayThe President of Russia praised efforts of Belarus’ leadership to preserve historic truth about Great Patriotic War events...
8 May 2014
Belarusian troops for Victory Day parade in MoscowRussians and Belarusians should walk across the Red Square together as part of the parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
8 May 2014
Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia cannot stare calmly at the latest events in UkraineBelarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement at the informal meeting of the leaders of five nations in Moscow...
8 May 2014
Tretyak: I am glad big hockey comes to Belarus
“I have seen the two ice arenas. They are well-prepared for the championship. I have been to practically every arena in the world and I can say that Minsk Arena and Chizhovka Arena are of a world championship level”...
8 May 2014
Shagal: Israel’s government decides to abolish visas with BelarusAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Yosef Shagal said in an interview...
7 May 2014
Belarus president: We will not give away our great victoryBelarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow...
5 May 2014
Confidence in Belarus’ successful CIS presidency in 2014CIS Executive Committee Chairman Sergei Lebedev made the relevant statement as he met with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk...
5 May 2014
Belarus president in favor of church’s active participation in state affairsAlexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he met with Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus Pavel...
3 May 2014
Lukashenko: Belarus gets its people’s carAfter visiting the joint Belarusian-Chinese company producing Geely cars, Alexander Lukashenko stressed that this was the place where the Belarusian production of motor cars was rising...
3 May 2014
Belarus calls upon Ukraine’s political forces to stop bloodshedThe statement of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus says in respect to the recent developments in Ukraine...
1 May 2014
Vorsin: IIHF WC opening ceremony will be 17 minutes longHead of the Directorate for the 2014 IIHF World Championship Yevgeny Vorsin explained that the opening ceremony is strictly regulated by the International Ice Hockey Federation...
29 Apr 2014
Khristenko: All major issues on draft EEU treaty settledThe presidents instructed to finalize all the details of the treaty in the shortest time possible and submit the document for signing at the Troika summit in Astana on 29 May...
29 Apr 2014
Putin acknowledges unresolved issues with EEU, confident of compromiseVladimir Putin stated that a lot of work has been done to create "the most advanced integration project on the post-Soviet space.” According to him, the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is already functional and yields real benefits...
29 Apr 2014
Kazakhstan views disagreements on Eurasian Economic Union as resolvable“I do not think we should rush the matter. There is, however, a possibility to meet the deadline and address all the issues. We can come to an agreement,” Nursultan Nazarbayev said...
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