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Excise duties on fuel, alcohol, cigarettes key for Belarus budget

Euroradio has examined a closed part of the Belarusian budget revenues. And it is very interesting.

pixabay.com

11/08/2019 - 22:52

Belarus' foreign exchange reserves reach record high

As of August 1, they amounted to $8.6 billion. Seven years ago, it was almost $300 million less.

Sample photo / pixabay.com

11/08/2019 - 22:48

Belarus' domestic violence toll at 55 deaths in first 6 months of 2019

Men are guilty in 80% of domestic violence killings in Belarus as of July 2019.

Belneftekhim fuel station / Raman Pratasevich, Euroradio

11/08/2019 - 22:26

Excise duties alone make Belarus lose $50 million annually

Russia stopped its fuel supplies to Belarus due to "solvent" schemes.

Euroradio image

11/08/2019 - 22:18

Music

Molchat Doma: Post-punk band from Minsk suddenly stirs emotions around the world

The Minsk-based trio Molchat Doma is becoming a hit elsewhere but the post-Soviet world. Euroradio asks them what is happening.

tennis.by

11/08/2019 - 21:54

Sports

Tennis: Vera Lapko suspends career over health issues

The 20-year-old Belarus tennis starlet says her immune system has weakened, and she needs to fix her last year's knee injury.

Reuters

11/08/2019 - 20:48

More districts in western Belarus open up for visa-free visits

Belarus President signs a decree, which has added five more districts in the Hrodna region to the visa-free zone.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka / Reuters

10/08/2019 - 15:35

20-year-old student sues Lukashenka

University student Yelizaveta seeks to appeal against President Lukashenka's edict which sets the election date ahead of time.

Alyaksei Aleksin / Screenshot from video, president.gov.by

09/08/2019 - 11:20

Lukashenka makes tobacco kiosks owner an exclusive cigarettes importer

Alyaksei Aleksin’s company “Inter Tobacco” now enjoys the state’s exclusive right to import tobacco products.

Picture: pixabay.com

08/08/2019 - 13:18

Online ‘kings’ can't win Belarus election - Central Election Commission chair

Belarus' CEC head says the most active voters consume traditional media, while online generation stays away from elections.

U.S. Charge d'Affaires Jenifer Moore has noted improvement in the relations between Minsk and Washington.

07/08/2019 - 13:04

US ambassador expected in Minsk within 12 months

U.S. Charge d’Affairs Jenifer Moore hopes that in a one year time the flowers would be laid by the U.S. Ambassador.

Aliaksandra Herasimenia / BELTA

07/08/2019 - 10:09

Sports

Belarusian swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia announces retirement

Herasimenia's best achievements were two silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Belarus Prime Minister Siarhei Rumas / sb.by

06/08/2019 - 09:15

Lithuania hopes PM Rumas will attend Kastus Kalinouski's reburial

The ceremony to rebury the remains of the 1863 anti-Russian uprising leaders will be held in the Lithuanian capital in November.

BELTA

05/08/2019 - 22:01

Belarus parliamentary election set for 17 November

Belarus President approves the date of parliamentary election as proposed by the Central Election Commission.

Joanna Ledworuch's poster / realbrest.by

05/08/2019 - 14:25

Culture

Controversial Polish poster removed from exhibition in Brest

Organizers remove a poster from the Cześć Brześć exhibition after a wave of negative comments on social media.

Central Election Commission chairwoman Lidziya Yarmoshyna / BELTA

05/08/2019 - 13:22

CEC chair: August 30, 2020 best date for presidential election day

The CEC chair says it would be too early to conduct a presidential election in spring, too close to the parliamentary election.

Andrea Wiktorin / Raman Pratasevich, Euroradio

04/08/2019 - 19:45

Clichés hinder bilateral relations - outgoing EU envoy

EU envoy in Minsk Andrea Wiktorin says in an interview with Euroradio that she and Lukashenka have come to terms.

zviazda.by

04/08/2019 - 19:32

Rare old gospel found in Belarus

The scientists came across it during an ethnographic internship of history students from Belarus State University near Hrodna.

Screenshot from Belarus 1 TV footage.

04/08/2019 - 17:39

Hundreds of artifacts found in Bielaviežskaja Pušča National Park

Archeologists have recreated a several thousands years-old settlement on the site of a soon-to-be open-air museum in the reserve.

Russian Ambassador in Minsk Dmitry Mezentsev / ria.ru

04/08/2019 - 17:16