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Minister: Police targeted by information war
The police are targeted by an �information war,� Interior Minister Ihar Shunevich told reporters in Minsk on Tuesday.
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Lukashenka, Putin exchange words of gratitude at Minsk talks
Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged words of gratitude as they opened a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on Thursday.
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Average monthly pay falls from $399.8 to $315 in January
Average real (inflation-adjusted) monthly pay in Belarus in January 2016 was 2.6 percent lower than in the first month of the previous year, Belstat said.
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Some 300 demonstrate in downtown Minsk in support of stallholders
About 300 people staged an unsanctioned demonstration in downtown Minsk on Monday afternoon to demand the abolition of tough new rules for non-food stallholders at markets and shopping centers.
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Five key economic targets missed in 2015
The government�s growth forecasts for GDP, labor productivity, exports and inflation-adjusted household incomes were not met while the volume of housing construction was also lower than expected.
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Death row in Belarus gets new inmate
The Minsk Regional Court has handed down a second death sentence in Belarus since the start of 2016, inflicting the death penalty on a man convicted of multiple murder, theft and other crimes.