2025 in Belarus

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Events of the year 2025 in Belarus .

Incumbents

• President – Alexander Lukashenko
• Prime Minister – Roman Golovchenko (until 10 March); Aleksandr Turchin (since 10 March)

Events

Ongoing: Belarusian involvement in Russian invasion of Ukraine; Belarus–European Union border crisis

January

• 26 January – 2025 Belarusian presidential election: President Alexander Lukashenko is reelected for a seventh term with 87.6% of the vote. ^[1]

February

• 12 February – Three people detained in Belarusian prisons, including an American national and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk, are released from custody and sent to Lithuania following diplomatic intervention by the US. ^[2]

March

• 10 March – President Lukashenko appoints Aleksandr Turchin as prime minister. ^[3]
• 17 March – A Japanese resident of Gomel is convicted and sentenced by the Minsk City Court to seven years' imprisonment for spying for Japanese intelligence. ^[4]
• 25 March – President Lukashenko is inaugurated for a seventh term in office. ^[5]
• 31 March – An American national is arrested for illegally entering Belarus after being discovered inside an empty train car that had arrived in Maladzyechna from Lithuania. ^[6]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Belarus

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

• 1-2 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox)
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 29 April – Radonitsa Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 9 May – Victory Day
• 3 July – Independence Day
• 17 September – National Unity Day
• 7 November – October Revolution Day
• 25 December – Christmas (Catholic)

See also

• 2020s portal
• Belarus portal

• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "Lukashenko Extends 30-Year Rule in Election Decried by Exiled Opposition". The Moscow Times . 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
2. "Belarus releases three prisoners, including US citizen and jailed journalist". France 24 . 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
3. "Lukashenko appoints Alexander Turchin as Belarus's new PM". The Kyiv Independent. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
4. "A Japanese man handed 7-year sentence in Belarus on charges of working for Japanese intelligence". AP News. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
5. "Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics 'you have no future'". AP News. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
6. "Belarusian authorities detain an American accused of arriving illegally on an empty train". AP News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
7. "Belarus Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
8. "National and Public Holidays and Commemorative Dates". Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

External links

• Online calendar