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On 27 January, in an address to the State Border Committee, Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka sounded appeared to be in a cooperative mood with Brussels urging officials “to more effectively use the interests of the EU in creating a strong border.”

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Last Tuesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius demanded that Belarus to not construct a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the vicinity of Lithuanian territory. He referred to the alleged breaking of the Espoo Convention by Belarus. Lithuania claims that Minsk is ( Read more... )

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More Russian military bases may appear in Belarus soon. According to naviny.by, a Belapan news agency web site an entire aviation division can be deployed. This report, however, referred only to an expert from a dubious Russian “Academy of Geopolitical Problems”.

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