The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, has urged the Belarusian government to immediately release the people arrested during a police crackdown on a demonstration staged in Minsk on March 25 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of

Seventeen staff members of the US embassy in Minsk left Belarus on March 27, a source at the embassy told BelaPAN.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka demanded to diversify Belarusian export, by that compensating for U.S. sanctions against Belneftekhim concern and its enterprises.

First photo evidences of seizing equipment from foreign media journalists in Minsk by KGB have appeared.