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  Today In Culture, Friday, October 31, 2025: Pussy Riot Co-Founder’s “Police State” at MCA | Les Nomades Closing | What If Chicago Were Nuked?
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART MCA Welcomes Nadya Tolokonnikova’s “Police State” The Museum of Contemporary Art will present Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya...
 
    
  Foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Belarus hold consular consultations
Baku, October 31, AZERTAC The foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Belarus held another round of consular consultations. The consultations were led by Emil Safarov, Head of the Consular Department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and...
Ambassador of Belarus V.Borovikov visits Myanmar
31 October 2025 On October 28-30, 2025 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar concurrently, Vladimir Borovikov, visited Myanmar. At...
 
    
  Korean folk art exhibition opens in Minsk
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - MINSK, Oct 31 (BelTA/APP): An exhibition of Korean art has opened at the National Art Museum of Belarus, BelTA has learned. The international exhibition Minhwa: The Art of Korea has launched at...
 
    
  Activists free Belarusian man from forced labour on Chechen farm
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Churches Ignite Hope as Ukraine Faces ‘Weaponized’ Winter
Local churches bring ‘Heat & Hope’ as Ukrainians shiver into fourth winter of war HOPE AMID ‘FROZEN PERIL’: In Ukraine’s darkest, coldest hour, the winter Heat & Hope campaign is turning local evangelical churches into places of warmth and real...
 
    
  Belarus synagogue for sale at $72,000
One of Belarus’ oldest synagogues, a 19th-century landmark in the city of Kobryn, has been put up for public auction, the government website Belyorobspetsanya reported this week. The red-brick building, once a centerpiece of the city’s large...
 
    
  Junta Reassures Minsk After Belarusian Woman’s Death in Myanmar Scam Center
The junta has reassured Belarus, one of its handful of allies, that it is combating online scammers after a Belarusian woman was reportedly tortured to death and dismembered for organ transplants in a scam center in Myanmar. Speaking at a security...
 
    
  "Night Of The Shot Poets": Valery Moryakov - A Literary Star Of Belarus In The 1920s
Yanka Kupala called him "the future of Belarusian poetry," but Moryakov's future turned out to be tragic. Valery Moryakov became famous when he was not even 20 years old. Yanka Kupala called him "the future of Belarusian poetry," but Moryakov's...
 
    
  MoFA Union Minister holds separate discussions with FMs attending 3rd Minsk Intl Conf on Eurasian Security
October 30, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 0 Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe meets Belarusian Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Maxim Ryzhenkov in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, yesterday. Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, who is...
 
    
  Cultures on the Hilltop
On game days at SMU, the Boulevard comes alive with students dressed in red, white and blue, alumni reconnecting under white tents, and a sea of Mustang pride. Beyond the football games and annual traditions like Celebration of Lights, SMU is a...
 
    
  Cardinal’s visit may offer hope for imprisoned Belarusian priests
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, the prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, was apostolic nuncio to Belarus from 2011 to 2015. Catholic Church in England and Wales / Mazur Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti met President Aleksandr Lukashenko during a...
 
    
  Belarus is militarizing children in cooperation with Russia
The Belarusian regime is militarizing children through state programmes in cooperation with Russia, according to TVP World. A new report by Belarusian democratic opposition notes that the authorities are using childhood to cultivate a military...
 
    
  Belarus modernizes 200 elevators in Azerbaijan in 2025, says Deputy PM
Baku, October 28, AZERTAC “The relations between Azerbaijan and Belarus are rapidly developing across all sectors thanks to the successful political course pursued by the leaders of both countries,” said Natalia Petkevich, Deputy Prime Minister of...
 
    
  Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus visits Fuzuli district
Fuzuli, October 29, Aydin Yaverzade, AZERTAC Samir Sharifov, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus, and Natalya Petkevich, Belarus’s Deputy...
 
    
  Kaspersky Discovers Dante Spyware Made by Memento Labs Targeting Russia, Belarus
Kaspersky has uncovered a sophisticated spyware operation titled Dante, said to be targeting Windows users in Russia and Belarus. It was also found out that the Italian surveillance technology firm Memento Labs created Dante in 2019 after it...
 
    
  Press review: US, Japan sign rare earths deal as Minsk hosts global security conference
MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. The North Atlantic Alliance is set to involve Kiev in producing advanced weapons, while the United States and Japan sign a critical minerals deal. Meanwhile, top Russian and Hungarian diplomats, among other officials,...
 
    
  Azerbaijan–Belarus commission delegation visits Fuzuli and Agdam regions
The delegation of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Belarus, led by Deputy Prime Minister Samir Sharifov, Co-Chairman of the Azerbaijani side, and Deputy Prime...
 
    
  Thai immigration refutes reports 11 South Koreans abducted
The Immigration Bureau has refuted reports by South Korean media that 11 South Korean nationals were abducted in Thailand, confirming that seven had already returned to South Korea and the four others never entered the kingdom. Pol Maj Gen...
 
    
  EU Adopts 19th Package Against Russia and Parallel Sanctions On Belarus
Following proposals made by the European Commission (“Commission”) on September 19, 2025, the European Union (“EU”)’s 19th package of sanctions targeting Russia, including parallel measures aligning sanctions on Belarus, has been adopted on...