Tag: belarus

• Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Lukashenko fears nuclear war, calls for a truce in Ukraine

  

  Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko Friday called for a truce in Ukraine “without preconditions” during which time neither Moscow nor Kyiv would be allowed to regroup troops or move equipment.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Russians and Belarusians banned from Wimbledon tennis event

  

  Organizers of the traditional Wimbledon tennis tournament have announced players of Russian and Belarusian citizenship will be banned from entering in view of current events in Ukraine.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Belarus reopens sales of potash; extent of Western sanctions on Russian fertilizers not clear

  

  Belarus announced that it is authorizing licenses for the export of potash beginning this month, according to the official news agency RIA. Russia's close ally is the world’s third-largest producer of potash, widely used in soy production. Belaruskali, a local state-owned company, is among the world’s leading companies in the field.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Potash prices have more than trebled and keep climbing

  

  Potash prices, a key element used as fertilizer have more than trebled compared to a year ago. The mineral which was trading at US$ 300 a ton in early 2021, has now skyrocketed to US$ 1,100 a ton, and with not many prospects of returning to normal levels given the ongoing month-long war in Ukraine following on the Russian invasion.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Russia, Ukraine delegations to meet in Belarus

  

  Talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials are scheduled to start Monday at a venue on the Belarusian border, it was announced Sunday.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Sanctions impact on Belarus potash fertilizer and global food production

  

  Some of the first consequences of the Ukraine conflict? Belarus, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, has announced that the Belarus Potash Corporation, BPC, will no longer abide by some contracts following sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries.

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Sanctions are coming up regardless, Putin says

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday downplayed the seriousness of threats from Western powers in case of an Ukraine invasion. He said the Western countries would impose sanctions on Russia anyhow.

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Venezuela, Belarus strengthen bilateral ties

  

  The Governments of Venezuela and Belarus agreed Wednesday to set up in Caracas the VIII High-Level Joint Committee between the two countries to foster trade agreements and bilateral ties, it was reported.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Ban on flights to, from and through Belarus change map of Europe's commercial aviation

  

  The Russian government Thursday banned at least two European flights from landing in Moscow because they intended to avoid Belarusian airspace as per the European Union's advise, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  EU hits back at Belarus for hijacking of Ryanair flight

  

  The European Union seems determined not to let Sunday's incident at Minsk airport go by and is pressing for harsh sanctions against the regime of Belarussian leader Aleksander Lukashenko, starting with a ban on all Belarussian aircraft to fly through EU skies.