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Sports
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Omni sports
12/8/2023 5:43:14 PM
Olympic chiefs on Friday gave the green light to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year's Paris Games as neutrals, outside of team events and as long as they did not actively support the war on Ukraine.
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Sports
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Omni sports
12/5/2023 7:31:26 PM
Representatives of international sports federations and national Olympic committees on Tuesday called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted under a neutral flag for the 2024 Games in Paris "as soon as possible".
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Business
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Economy
11/16/2023 12:20:41 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir met with Belarusian Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Alexei Bogdanov to discuss mutual cooperation, according to a statement on Wednesday.
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World
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International
9/2/2023 10:06:27 PM
The Nobel Foundation on Saturday withdrew its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the decision announced a day earlier “provoked strong reactions.”
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/2/2023 8:03:07 PM
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus swatted aside France's Clara Burel to power into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/14/2023 4:02:47 PM
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus this week, his ministry said in an online statement on Monday.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/28/2023 4:44:11 PM
Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to participate in next week’s Prague Open, the organizers of the women’s tennis event said Friday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/26/2023 6:27:16 PM
European Union member states agreed Wednesday to toughen sanctions on Belarus for helping Russia's invasion of Ukraine and for Minsk's crackdown on the opposition, officials said.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/26/2023 2:27:19 PM
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday formally invited 203 countries, but not Russia and Belarus, to participate in the Paris Olympics which begin in a year's time.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/23/2023 3:10:26 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Kyiv's counteroffensive had "failed", as he began two-day talks with his Belarus counterpart and closest ally Alexander Lukashenko.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/20/2023 3:21:32 PM
Belarus said Thursday that instructors from mercenary group Wagner have begun training the ex-Soviet country's special forces, nearly a month after an aborted rebellion in Russia.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
7/20/2023 2:02:41 PM
Ambassador of Belarus in Egypt Sergei Terentiev, while celebrating his country’s National Day in Cairo, called Egypt the cradle of world civilization and highlighted how preserving cultural heritage unites the two countries.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/20/2023 10:12:25 AM
Gymnasts from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to take part in sanctioned competitions as “individual neutral athletes” from the start of 2024, the sport's governing body said Wednesday, but any decision on the Paris Games will be left to the International Olympic Committee.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/15/2023 11:11:04 PM
A large convoy carrying fighters from the Wagner private army was spotted entering Belarus from Russia early Saturday, a monitoring group reported after the country's Defense Ministry said it planned for the mercenaries and Minsk's own armed forces to conduct joint military drills.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/13/2023 2:04:19 PM
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus attempt to reach the Wimbledon final on Thursday, guaranteeing a championship showdown packed with political symbolism and potentially awkward optics.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/12/2023 9:47:48 PM
Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army's brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin's authority.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/10/2023 3:11:14 PM
Wimbledon chiefs said Monday they have no plans to issue a statement after Belarusia's Victoria Azarenka was booed off court following her defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
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World
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International
7/7/2023 5:20:46 PM
The Belarusian military on Friday showed off a field camp it has offered to Russia’s Wagner military contractor if it relocates to Belarus under a deal that ended its mutiny.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/6/2023 3:46:49 PM
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus's president said Thursday, raising questions about the deal to end the mercenary leader's mutiny last month.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/28/2023 2:35:39 PM
NATO is ready to defend itself against any threat from "Moscow or Minsk", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said late on Tuesday, after Belarus welcomed Wagner rebel leader Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile.
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