ROAR: Russia-Belarus Union State still in limbo
Published: 30 October, 2009, 14:04
Analysts and the media are rather skeptical about the prospects of a Union State of Russia and Belarus.
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Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have signed a declaration enforcing the Customs Code for the three countries, President Dmitry Medvedev said in Astana at a summit of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC).
The Belarusian leader insists that criticism from the Kremlin is “a personal conflict” as he tries to establish stronger ties with Russian governors.
05.04.2010, 18:30
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In an unprecedented event, battalions from Britain, France and the United States will participate in the military parade on May 9 this year in Moscow to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Russia-NATO relationsBenita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, called her meeting with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko “very productive.”
03.03.2010, 20:53
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The military alliance has announced, it plans to carry out a series of air force exercises over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from March 17-20.
19.03.2009, 14:39
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Ongoing contact between European institutions and the Belarusian opposition seem to irritate the Belarusian leader to such an extent that he is ready to make changes to his pro-European agenda.
01.09.2009, 12:55
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Leaders from around the world are in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. The country was the first to face the Nazis’ attack on September 1, 1939.
30.11.2009, 18:41
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Europe has long been condemning the communist regime, but none of the countries has gone as far as Poland, where a law was signed allowing people to be fined or imprisoned for keeping and buying communist symbols.
02.12.2009, 13:06
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Italian prime-minister Silvio Berlusconi’s business instincts have led him to Minsk - the first leader of a Western country in more than a decade to visit Belarus.
22.05.2010, 10:41
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Russia’s lower house has harshly condemned Europe’s Court on Human Rights verdict to uphold Latvia’s war crimes conviction of Soviet WWII veteran Vasily Kononov. The State Duma dubbed the case “purely political”.
Published: 30 October, 2009, 14:04
Analysts and the media are rather skeptical about the prospects of a Union State of Russia and Belarus.