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Europe needs a new peace treaty, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Ante Josic in Minsk on 23 August, BelTA has learned. “It is easy for me to talk to you as a representative of a religious confession, one of the main confessions in Belarus, because our views – the views of the leadership of Belarus and the Vatican - virtually coincide, especially on security issues. Security in Europe. The positions on the matter are...

Do you remember Aleksandr Lukashenko's workbook from 37 years ago? The Telegram channel Pul_inside had a chance to flip through it and find out what exactly the young chairman of the Gorodets state farm wrote in his workbook. Photos with the workbook were recently published by the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo. The workbook was returned to the president by Governor of Mogilev Oblast Anatoly Isachenko, who also headed Gorodets farm back in the day. The reaction of the head of state, when he...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent a letter of birthday greetings to Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Your educational work and activities in defense of traditional Christian values unite people, strengthening love for the Fatherland in their hearts,” the message of greetings reads. “You have gained well-deserved authority in the church, political and public circles not only in Armenia, but also...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the country celebrate Foundation Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. In his message of greetings to the president of Hungary, the head of state emphasized: “As you correctly noted in your message to me, the main foundation on which cooperation between the states should be built is an absolute commitment to the...

In an interview with the Rossiya TV channel Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked about sincerity in politics, BelTA has learned. "It should be borne in mind that politicians very rarely say what they think," the head of state said. The interviewer asked whether Aleksandr Lukashenko himself how sticks to such a model. The president said that he prefers to be sincere always, including in politics, and for this he is sometimes even reproached. But not everything can be said publicly,...

A certain prophesy attracted a lot of criticism back in the day. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement in an interview with the TV channel Rossiya on 15 August, BelTA has learned. The head of state remarked that Belarus-Russia relations had varied over the course of history and there had been periods of complications. “We fell out of Russia’s favor back then. For the wrong kind of policy. For someone wanting to grab the crown of Russian tsars in the Kremlin...