Almost 370,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 369,703 arrivals: 25,786 non-citizens and 83,999 citizens of Latvia, 239,591 Lithuanian citizens and 20,327 Polish citizens. Over the past week, Belarus hosted 3,752 visa-waiver arrivals: 232 non-citizens and 745 citizens of Latvia, 2,379...

Around 71,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since February, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. “From 24 February to 16 December, Belarus admitted 70,935 citizens of Ukraine. 15,890 people arrived in Belarus directly from the territory of Ukraine. 43,801 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 9,344 – via Lithuania and 1,900 - via Latvia,” the committee informed. Over the past week, Belarus admitted around 1,000 citizens of...

The Energy Ministry of Belarus and Russia's Gazprom discussed cooperation in the gas sector, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry. A working visit of Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi with Gazprom Chairman Alexey Miller took place in St. Petersburg. The parties discussed the most important issues related to the gas sector, the ministry said.

Timely managerial decisions accelerate business turnaround, Stanislav Sadovnikov, Deputy Director of the Reorganization and Bankruptcy Department of the Economy Ministry, said as he delivered a lecture as part of advanced training of specialists who will represent the government in the management bodies of joint-stock companies, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry. Stanislav Sadovnikov spoke at Belarusian State Economic University and the Center for...

Paramilitary units are being trained in Poland and Lithuania in order to destabilize the situation in Belarus, the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry told BelTA. Personnel of the Central Office for Fight Against Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry received information about the creation of a paramilitary extremist force titled as Pospolitoye Rusheniye in Poland and Lithuania and about the units the force is made up of. These...

Over 362,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 362,300 arrivals: 25,389 non-citizens and 82,675 citizens of Latvia, 234,971 Lithuanian citizens and 19 265 Polish citizens. Over the past week, Belarus hosted 4,227 visa-waiver arrivals: 241 non-citizens and 751 citizens of Latvia, 2,804 citizens...