President Marcos renewed the country's ties with Belarus, Ghana, Turkmenistan, Malta, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua as he welcomed their non-resident ambassadors in Malacañan on Tuesday, May 14. Above: Ambassadors Raman Ramanouski of Belarus, John Busuttil of the Republic of Malta, and...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Olympic chiefs announced on Tuesday, March 19, that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) from either country "will not participate in...
PARIS (AFP) -- Athletes from Russia and Belarus who are competing under a neutral banner at the Paralympics in Paris will not be permitted to take part in the opening or closing ceremonies, according to guidelines issued by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Wednesday, March 6. The...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday backed a plan to set up joint military training centres with Belarus, with fears mounting that Minsk could enter the Ukraine conflict to fight with Moscow. In a decree published Tuesday, Putin tasked the defence and foreign ministers to conduct...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez received on Monday, Nov.28 Republic of Belarus Ambassador to the Philippines, His Excellency Valery Kolesnik during the latter's courtesy call. Belarus Ambassador to the Philippines Valery Kolesnik (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) After...
The UN civil aviation agency will hold an urgent meeting Thursday to discuss Belarus after Western powers on the UN Security Council called for the body to investigate Minsk's diversion of a European flight and arrest of a dissident. A photo taken on May 23, 2021 shows a Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Leaders of the European Union (EU) member states on Monday agreed to cut the bloc's air links with Belarus following Sunday's Ryanair flight diversion incident. According to the conclusions of the special EU summit on Monday, the 27-member bloc strongly condemned the incident...
EU leaders agreed to cut air links with Belarus on Monday, as leader Alexander Lukashenko's regime paraded a dissident journalist arrested after his flight was forced to land in Minsk. A photo taken on May 23, 2021 shows a Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair passenger plane (flight FR4978, SP-RSM) from Athens,...
MINSK, Belarus (AFP) – Belarus forced a Ryanair flight carrying a wanted opposition activist to land in the capital Minsk on Sunday, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as a "hijacking" and an "act of state terrorism.” Belarusian state television reported that Roman...
