Manufacturers, processing enterprises and trade outlets should be responsible for food prices, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of Vice Premier Aleksandr Subbotin and Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko on 23 November, BelTA informs. “Manufacturers, processing enterprises, trade outlets and you should pay attention to prices for agricultural products and food. The main thing is that people with rather low salaries (although we keep our...

Contact persons from the European Union who were supposed to cooperate with Belarus on the refugee crisis do not get in touch, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he received Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik and President's Aide – Inspector for Grodno Oblast Yuri Karayev on 22 November, BelTA has learned. “I am waiting for the EU's decision on 2,000 refugees. We have about 2,000 refugees in this camp. I asked them [the European Union and, in particular, Germany] to...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an interview to a big western mass media on 19 November, BelTA from the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo. The photo which was spread by the resource depicts the preparations for the interview. Aleksandr Lukashenko sits in a chair near the president's standard. However, in the photo we cannot see who the interviewer is and what media outlet he represents. BelTA reported that on 30 September the Belarusian head of state gave an interview to CNN....

On 17 November Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Germany's acting Chancellor Angela Merkel held another telephone conversation, as agreed earlier, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. "The conversation was about the situation on the border of Belarus with the countries of the European Union. Having discussed the refugee problem in detail, the parties came to a certain understanding of how to act and to move on in solving the existing issues. The...

The United Arab Emirates is ready to play a role in resolving the situation with the refugees on Belarus' border with the European Union member states, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he hosted a meeting to discuss the situation at the state border on 16 November, BelTA has learned. “I want to underline one more point: there are many good people who are ready to make a meaningful contribution to resolving the situation with the refugees and not only that on Belarus'...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Germany's acting Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversation in the evening of 15 November. The conversation lasted about 50 minutes. BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. During the conversation, the parties discussed a number of problems, primarily the situation with refugees on the Belarusian-Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian and Belarusian-Latvian borders. “The ways and prospects for solving the migrant...