New conscripts start arriving for military service
October 24, Pozirk. Belarusians called up for compulsory military service and service in the reserve are arriving at military units, the defense ministry reports.
Some 10,000 conscripts and 200 reservists will join the Belarusian army in October and November, it added. About 1,000 will join special operations forces, the 72nd Guards Joint Training Center in Pečy, Minsk region, and the Minsk Military Commandant’s Office.
About 60,000 people will be summoned to the military enlistment offices this fall. Defense ministry stressed that “the draft activities are organized and conducted in accordance with the law, without any changes.”
The draft campaign is scheduled to be completed on November 10. New recruits are expected to take the oath of enlistment on November 25.
- Economy, PoliticsGeneva to remain seat for Biełaruśkalij-Lithuania fertilizer transit arbitrationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus’ new car sales up 2 percent in OctoberThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SecurityBelarusian military command learning advanced troop deployment, underground warfare tacticsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyLithuania arrests two suspected of smuggling cigarettes from Belarus by airThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarus’ border guards seize toy helicopter, drone at Polish borderThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyEnvoy invites Slovak business executives to visit Belarus in 2027The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- PoliticsOpposition politician expects Latvian MPs to form For a Democratic Belarus groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecuritySecretary general touts OSCE as “platform for dialogue” during Minsk visitThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityEuropean Court of Human Rights to rule on pushback complaints against Poland, Latvia and LithuaniaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Society, SportCanada to bar Belarusian, Russian ice hockey players from junior tournamentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SecurityGerman troops in Lithuania scanning for new air defense radars in BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves down 2.6 percent in OctoberThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsPoland may extend validity period of its travel document for foreigners to two yearsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus must be on agenda of Ukraine peace talks, Cichanoŭskaja saysThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyCouncil of Europe experts point to flaws in Belarus’ system to combat human traffickingThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, Germany news, SocietyBelarus arrests local Bayer employees on tax evasion chargesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsLavrov rules out engagement with EU, Ryžankoŭ urges Brussels to end self-isolationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsVilnius rules out Belarus sanctions review without policy shift in MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+


