There is a hard truth at the centre of debt litigation that claimants learn too late: winning a case is only useful if there are assets left to enforce against. A claimant who spends a year and a small fortune obtaining a judgment, only to find that the debtor has quietly emptied its bank accounts […]
There is a hard truth at the centre of debt litigation that claimants learn too late: winning a case is only useful if there are assets left to enforce against. A claimant who spends a year and a small fortune obtaining a judgment, only to find that the debtor has quietly emptied its bank accounts […]
It is one of the most natural assumptions a person can make about their own will: I signed it properly at home, it says who gets what, so that is what will happen — everywhere, to everything I own. For most of an estate, in most places, that assumption holds. Where it quietly breaks is […]
Most people know Belarus’s Hi-Tech Park for one thing: the tax regime. A resident company pays a fraction of what an ordinary business pays, which is why the HTP has drawn thousands of technology firms and a good share of the region’s IT talent. But the tax benefits are the reward, not the entrance, and […]
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Surrogacy is one of the few areas of family life where biology, medicine and intention can point in different directions at the same time. A woman carries and delivers a child, yet she may share none of that child’s genes. A couple contributes the genetic material and the wish to raise the child, yet neither […]
A power of attorney is one of the most common documents Belarusians and foreign nationals encounter when they need to act through a representative in Belarus. A parent asks an adult child to sell a flat in Minsk; a shareholder authorises a local director to sign a contract; an heir living abroad instructs a lawyer […]
Foreign interest in Belarusian residential property remains steady in 2026. Relatively affordable houses in the suburbs of Minsk and regional centres, continued demand from citizens of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Middle Eastern countries, and the gradual liberalisation of land legislation that began in 2023 all play a role. The process for a foreign buyer, however, […]
For 2026, personal income tax in Belarus has undergone one of the most significant overhauls in recent years. A three-tier progressive scale has been introduced, the exemption thresholds for gifts and cross-border money transfers have been revised, several reliefs have been recalibrated, and the rules for withholding tax from non-residents have changed. At the end […]
More couples in Belarus now treat a marriage contract as a practical planning tool rather than a sign of mistrust. In many countries such agreements are routine; in Belarus the institution is younger and still raises questions, especially for international couples and families with property or a business. A marriage contract (known in Belarusian law […]
Inheritance issues have always attracted attention — and sometimes controversy. Sooner or later, most people face them in the context of family relationships, financial planning, or legal disputes. The order of inheritance is a structured system that regulates how property passes from a deceased owner to their heirs, and understanding it helps prevent conflicts and […]
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In Belarus, couples who live together without registering often say they are in a “civil marriage”. The term is misleading — in English, a civil marriage is a registered, non-religious wedding — and it quietly persuades many couples that enough years together create something close to marriage: that they will split property down the middle, […]
A foreigner with property in Belarus — a Minsk flat, a stake in a company, a bank account — usually assumes one of two things: that the will they already have at home covers it, or that they can simply write down their wishes, sign them and be done. In Belarus, neither holds. A Belarusian […]
Every startup founder eventually wants the same thing: to give the early team a slice of the upside, so the people building the company share in what they build. In most of the world that means stock options. In Belarus, for years, the honest answer to a founder who promised an engineer “two percent when […]
You expected an inheritance to be good news — a flat, a car, some savings — and then you find out there was a loan behind it, or a mortgage, or unpaid bills. The worry that follows is immediate: if I take the inheritance, do the debts come with it, and can the creditors come […]
