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Since the start of the year 2023, over 389,000 residents of the neighboring EU states of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have taken advantage of the visa waiver to come to Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
Since the start of this year, 389,214 tourists from the neighboring EU states have arrived in Belarus visa-free. This included 234,210 citizens of Lithuania, 89,550 citizens and 27,337 non-citizens of Latvia, and 38,117 Polish citizens.
Some 774,200...
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Belarusian athletes are competing in the Russian Biathlon Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, BelTA has learned.
The competition program featured 20 teams from different Russian regions and two Belarusian teams in the mixed relay event on Saturday. Hanna Sola covered her distance in the leading position. Iryna Leshchanka, skiing in the second leg, tagged in third. Mikita Labastau halved the Belarusian team's lagging time but tagged in fifth. Clean-shooting Pavel Belko finished second. The event was...
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Speech by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the narrow-participation session of the CSTO Collective Security Council
First of all, I want to thank you all for speaking and sharing your thoughts on the situation in the region and the world. Here is my take on what is happening.
National and collective interests
Each of us looks at the world through the prism of national interests. This is understandable and justified. We, the heads of state, bear responsibility for our...