On 8 January, Belarus and the European Union signed a visa facilitation agreement and a readmission agreement. „итать

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is planned to pay a visit Minsk in early February to discuss alternative supplies of oil and natural gas to Belarus via Lithuanian ports, reports interfax.by. „итать

Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 15, in an address to the federal assembly, announced plans to rewrite the Russian Constitution through a referendum. „итать

Oil companies of Russian oligarch Mikhail Gutseriyev have started supplying oil to Belarus, TASS reports with reference to own sources. „итать

Courts in different regions of the country fined and arrested the activists, who took part in protests for independence and sovereignty of Belarus last December. „итать

Belarus has started planned maintenance on the Druzhba oil pipeline, the main transit route for Russian oil exports to Europe, from 14 to 17 January. „итать

Despite Belarus signed the much sought-after agreements on visa facilitation and readmission with the EU, Belarusians wishing to get a Schengen visa to travel to the Schengen area states will have to pay a fee of €80, instead of €60 as they did up to now. „итать

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has postponed his upcoming travels to Ukraine, Belarus, and two Central Asian nations due to rising tensions in Iraq and the Middle East. „итать

Moscow and Minsk are expected to enter into fresh talks in 2020 on the use by Russia of its two military assets on the territory of Belarus, Belarusian Defense Ministry told the Russian news agency TASS. „итать

Russia and Belarus are deepening their integration to create a single economy, Maksim Oreshkin, Russia’s minister of economic development, said in Moscow on Tuesday. „итать