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Belarus Banks Ordered to Adopt Crypto, Tokenization as Sanctions Squeeze Economy
In brief President Lukashenko said tokenization can cut intermediaries, automate deals, and boost user control. Belarus has seen $1.7 billion in crypto payments this year, with $3 billion projected, according to Lukashenko. Russia-aligned states...

Polish FM urges citizens to avoid Belarus and Russia, warns of hostage risk
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has called on his citizens not to travel to Belarus and Russia again, lest they become hostages of political games, APA reports, citing RMF24. When asked about the situation of Polish monk Grzegorz Havel,...

Warsaw authorities announce suspension of border crossing points between Poland and Russian Federation and Belarus
The authorities have issued a travel alert in Poland. The decision was made in the context of temporary crossing restrictions in both directions of the border between Poland - the Russian Federation and Poland - Belarus. According to the Embassy...

Warsaw Has Used The Most Painful Point To Pressure Minsk
5 A transportation collapse awaits the regime. On Wednesday, September 10, Polish Minister of Interior and Administration Marcin Kerwiński signed an order to close the border with Belarus. The document will come into force on the night of...

Poland permanently closes border with Belarus — interior minister
MOSCOW, September 11. /TASS/. Poland’s border with Belarus will be closed indefinitely as the measure does not depend on the dates of the Zapad-2025 military exercise, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski told the TOK FM radio station. "I...

"The Time Has Come To Radically Solve The Problem Of Belarusian Dictatorship"
4 Sanctions against Lukashenko's regime will only intensify. This opinion was expressed in interview to the site Charter97.org by the coordinator of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Dmitry Bondarenko, commenting on the intrusion of Russian...

Is it safe to travel to Poland amid WW3 fears following Russian drone attack?
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country was "the closest to conflict since WWII" following the attacks Brits eyeing up a late summer getaway or autumnal city break may consider Poland as their country of choice. The UK public can...

Xi Jinping meets leaders from Armenia, Belarus, Maldives, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Türkiye
Chinese President Xi Jinping had a full day of bilateral meetings in Tianjin on August 31, with his counterparts who had come to attend the meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and in many instances to also attend the...

Kazakhstan–Belarus–India diplomatic meet held to boost tourism & connectivity
Hyderabad: A high-level diplomatic meeting held at the Xanadu residence of Dr. Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in Hyderabad, brought together key stakeholders from India, Kazakhstan, and Belarus on Wednesday to explore new...
Meeting of the Belarusian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission chaired by the Foreign Ministers of Belarus and Hungary
10 September 2025 On September 10, 2025 the 13th meeting of the Belarusian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Minsk, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov,...

Former Moldovan spy chief met Belarusian intelligence officers in Budapest
Authorities in Romania, Hungary, and Czechia, in collaboration with the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), have arrested a former Moldovan intelligence official suspected of treason. The man allegedly passed state...

Kazakhstan and Belarus strengthen ties at diplomatic & tourism showcase in Hyderabad
India News His Excellency Dr. Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, hosted a lunch in honour of His Excellency Aliaksandr Matsukou, Consul General of...

Is it safe to travel to Poland right now? Latest advice after Russian drone attack
Poland has shot down drones which appeared in its airspace on Wednesday (Picture: Getty Images) Poland shot down 19 drones in its airspace on Wednesday night, during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Both Polish and NATO air defences were scrambled...

Belarusian Spy Network Dismantled by European Intelligence Agencies
Prague, Czech Republic – according to the Czech counterintelligence BIS, a spy network that Belarus planned to deploy across Europe was dismantled by joint intelligence services of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. In BIS’s statement, it...

Adams on target as Scotland secure World Cup qualifier win in Belarus
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature “Israel-Italy was indeed a cracker,” emails Tim Smith. “Italy though, a country famed for its defensive nous. They are a train wreck back there (fortunately, Israel have...

Belarus 0-2 Scotland: World Cup 2026 qualifying Group C – live reaction
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature AC/DC plays across the airwaves in the stadium in the absence of any actual supporters. Somewhere, Ally McCoist is bopping about in celebration. Share Full-time: Belarus...

Belarus v Scotland odds boosts: Bet £10 and get £30 in free bets with talkSPORT BET
Scotland continue their World Cup qualifying campaign tonight as they travel to Hungary to take on Belarus in a behind closed doors Group C clash. talkSPORT BET have boosted a handful of their odds ahead of tonight's World Cup qualifier, some of...

Belarus boss Carlos Alos laments playing behind closed doors against Scotland
Belarus head coach Carlos Alos is no fan of having to play behind closed doors and would like nothing more than to see the Tartan Army inside the ZTE Arena for Monday’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland. As a UEFA sanction for the support shown...

Czech Republic and allies break up alleged Belarus spy network
A BELARUSIAN spy network allegedly being built in European countries has been broken up by intelligence services in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, according to Czech counterintelligence agency BIS. The Czech agency said in a statement on...

Belarus boss insists he’s GUTTED Tartan Army will be locked out of Scotland World Cup clash in Hungary
BELARUS boss Carlos Alos admits he’s gutted the Tartan Army are being locked out of tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier. The clash is being played behind closed doors in the town of Zalaegerszeg in Hungary. 3 The Tartan Army turned out in massive...