Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran for Baku on Sunday (7 December) evening to hold talks with Azerbaijan’s President and Foreign Minister.
Vilnius Airport in Lithuania suspended operations again on Wednesday after suspected balloons were spotted in its airspace, marking the latest in a series of similar incidents near the Belarus border.
Vilnius airport briefly halted night-time operations after balloons drifted towards its airspace late on Sunday, forcing several flights to divert. The airport announced on its website that it planned to reopen at 01.30 am local time.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens convicted of crimes in Belarus, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday.
Lithuania will keep its border crossings with Belarus closed for a month after balloons carrying cigarettes repeatedly disrupted air traffic at Vilnius Airport. Some exemptions will apply.
Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the Nizhny Novgorod region on Tuesday to observe joint Russian-Belarusian military drills, state television reported.
Finland is closely watching Russia’s ongoing Zapad-2025 military exercises in Russia, Belarus, and the Baltic and Barents Seas, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) commander Janne Jaakkola said on Monday.
U.S. military officers observed joint war games between Russia and Belarus on Monday for the first time since Moscow used Belarus as a launchpad to enter Ukraine, as U.S. President Donald Trump deepens ties with Moscow's closest ally.
Ukraine is increasingly finding Russian and Belarusian electronics in the wreckage of missiles fired at it by Moscow, according to a senior Ukrainian official.
Belarus released 52 prisoners of various nationalities on Thursday following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump, with the detainees heading to Lithuania alongside the U.S. delegation that negotiated their release, the U.S. embassy in Vilnius confirmed.
Poland will shut its border with Belarus at midnight on Thursday local time due to the Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday, as tensions between Warsaw and Minsk continue to escalate.
Polish border guards found drone debris in a village near the border with Belarus, a prosecutor said on Monday, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the NATO member country that neighbours Ukraine.
The third Uzbekistan–Belarus Women Entrepreneurs’ Business Forum has opened in Vitebsk as part of an official visit by a delegation led by Chairperson of the Senate of Uzbekistan, Tanzila Narbayeva.
Belarus and Iran, both under Western sanctions, announced plans to intensify bilateral cooperation during a meeting in Minsk on Wednesday.
The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian left Tehran on Monday (18 August) for Yerevan on a two-day state visit during which he will also pay a visit to Minsk which according to official sources aim at deepening bilateral relations with Armenia and Belarus.
Russian and Belarusian armies are going to hold Zapad-2025 joint exercises in September. The trainings will include drills on the planned deployment of nuclear weapons and Russian-made, intermediate-range hypersonic Oreshnik missile, Belarus’s Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on 13 August.
The Russian and Belarusian armed forces will hold joint strategic drills in Belarus from 12 to 16 September, the Belarusian Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated in an interview published on Friday that he has no intention of seeking another term in office and dismissed claims that he is preparing his son to take over leadership.
Lithuania has called on NATO to bolster its air defences following Russian drones from Belarus violating its airspace, one of which allegedly carried explosives, according to authorities. Vilnius says defending NATO’s eastern flank should be a shared responsibility.
Belarus has temporarily shut down one of its two nuclear power units due to a cooling system alert, but authorities insist there is no safety threat.
Belarus will play an active part in next month’s United Nations conference for landlocked developing countries in Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov told his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov during a telephone call on Thursday.
Ukraine will establish a dedicated 'unfriendly countries' department as part of a major Foreign Ministry overhaul, aiming to strengthen wartime diplomacy and accelerate NATO integration.
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