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CONFLICT15h agoWho is behind ‘Black Rus,’ the mysterious group claiming responsibility for an armed incursion into Latvia from Belarus?Meduza [en]
SCI & TECH1d agoCatholic archbishop in Belarus blesses AI-generated icon of Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager known as the internet’s patron saintArchbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, the former head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, blessed an AI-generated icon on October 11, the Belarusian outlet Katolik.life reported.Meduza [en]
POLITICS4d agoKyiv protests Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affairesKyiv has lodged a protest over Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in the Republic of Belarus to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTER4d agoToo Soon? Swathes Of Chernobyl-Affected Land In Belarus To Lose 'Contaminated' StatusA recent announcement that 177 cities, towns and villages will lose their “contaminated” status on January 1, 2027 affects some 566,400 people from a total of 930,600 living on Belarusian territory that was contaminated by the 1986 nuclear accident in Soviet Ukraine.RFE/RL
POLITICS5d agoRussian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent years fighting EU sanctions over Belarus. He finally won (but remains sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine).EU ambassadors removed Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.Meduza [en]
BUSINESS6d agoSanctioned Belarus Trucks And A Mystery Logo: 'HAL' Vehicles Spotted In MinskBelarus’s Minsk Automobile Plant is under Western sanctions, limiting who can buy the vehicles produced there. That may be the reason trucks branded with the previously unknown “HAL” badge have been spotted amid strengthening trade relations between Belarus and Indonesia.RFE/RL