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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Yamandu Orsi on his election as President of Uruguay, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “The sovereign people of Uruguay have demonstrated a high level of confidence in the course focused on the consistent social and economic development of the country and strengthening of its international authority. It is in this direction that the state under your leadership will go in the next five years,” the...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees on granting citizenship and on granting shelter on 22 November, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The head of state granted applications from foreign citizens and stateless persons, who live in the country and seek Belarus’ citizenship. Belarus’ citizenship was granted to 257 individuals, including 15 underage ones. They came from 16 countries including Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Armenia,...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to OAO Gomeltransneft Druzhba to congratulate the company on the 60th anniversary, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.  "The construction of the world's largest system of main pipelines passing through the territory of our republic and connecting the USSR with the socialist countries of Eastern Europe was a landmark event in 1964. Many oil transportation and storage technologies were then used for the...

Humanity has not yet plunged into World War III, but a real information warfare is already underway, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said  as he met with Belarusian students during the Open Microphone with the President event on 22 November, BelTA has learned. “There has been a lot of talk recently about the threat of WWIII. They say we are on the brink of this disastrous event. Thank God, humanity has still somehow slowed down and has not plunged yet into World War III, but...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko pardoned 32 more felons convicted for extremist crimes, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. Among them there are 8 women and 24 men. All of them pleaded guilty, repented of what they had done and petitioned for pardon. Seventeen people have chronic diseases, one is disabled. Seventeen convicts have children, two of them have many children. Nine are over 50 years old.  The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall monitor their...

The next meeting of the Belarusian People's Congress is to be held after the presidential election, Belarusian President, Chairman of the Belarusian People's Congress Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the session of the Presidium of the Belarusian People's Congress on 19 November, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled that Belarus' presidential election will be held on 26 January and spoke about the  program that will be presented to voters. “Since we are more or less on the same...