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1 day ago · The Investigative Committee, Belarus’ top state criminal investigation agency, announced Tuesday that it has opened new criminal inquiries against 22 opposition activists on charges of their alleged involvement in a “conspiracy to seize power” and against 23 others who are accused of creating an “extremist group” for their activities. The activists, most of whom have fled Belarus, have been slapped with confiscation of their apartments and other assets and will face up to 12 years ...
Aug 26, 2024 · Ukraine has called on Belarus to pull back its forces from the border amid new regional tensions after Kursk incursion.
6 days ago · Belarus - Politics, Economy, Society: A new constitution that characterized the republic as a “democratic, social state” and guaranteed a broad range of rights and freedoms entered into force in Belarus in March 1994.
1 day ago · The Viasna Human Rights Centre in Belarus reported on Monday that the prison term of Yuras Zyankovich, a Belarusian American lawyer, has been extended by two, bringing his sentence to a total of 13 and a half years, amid Belarus’ suppression of political opposition.. Zyankovich was detained and arrested in Moscow on April 13, 2021, for allegedly planning to overthrow Belarus’ government, which included the attempted assassination of President Alexander Lukashenko, in the Conspirator Case ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Here's what to know about the role Belarus is playing in the conflict. How does Belarus fit into Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
Belarus sentences 12 to up to 25 years for attack on Russian warplane. A Belarusian court has convicted 12 people, most of them in absentia, and sentenced them to prison terms of up to 25 years for an attack on an airfield that damaged a Russian military radar plane. 4 hours ago.
Mar 6, 2018 · Stay on top of Belarus latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
May 26, 2021 · The forced landing of a commercial flight on Sunday, seen by several countries as a state hijacking, has put Belarus and its strongman president, Alexander G. Lukashenko, in a new global...
Belarus este cunoscut și pentru gimnastele sale puternice. Printre gimnastele remarcabile se numără Inna Zukova, care a câștigat argint la Jocurile Olimpice de la Beijing din 2008, Liubov Ciarkașina, care a câștigat bronzul la Jocurile Olimpice de la Londra din 2012 și Melițina Staniuta, medaliată de bronz la Campionatele Mondiale din 2015.
Der Landesname Belarus setzt sich aus den Bestandteilen bela-(slawisch für „weiß“) und Rus (Name des mittelalterlichen ostslawischen Herrschaftsgebiets) zusammen. Zur Etymologie des Wortes Rus sowie zur historischen Bedeutung von bela-in diesem Zusammenhang gibt es unterschiedliche Theorien. Vorherrschend ist die folgende Ansicht: Demnach lässt sich Rus aus dem altfinnischen rūōtsi („die Ruderer“) herleiten und bezeichnet die skandinavischen Waräger; bela-wird als Bestandteil ...
