A letter from the Penal Correction Department received by Alyaksandr Kazulin's daughter Yulya on 1 April wasn't an April Fool's Day joke. The administration of the penal colony, where the political prisoner is serving his term, refused officially to change
The Belarusian side wants to reduce the number of its diplomats in the United Nations and U.S. ones in Belarus on a parity basis, according to the formula one plus six," deputy foreign minister Viktar Haisyanok told journalists on 2
Having served 5 days of administrative arrest, Alyaksei Marachkin sent an appeal to the internal affairs department of Tsentralny district of Minsk on returning the seized works of art to him.
Prison guards addressed us politely and almost in whispers," told Andrei Tsyanyuta, an activist of the Young Front and a member of the organising committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), about the 10-day detention in a remand prison of
In the prosecutor's office of the Tsentralny district of Minsk youth leader Paval Sevyarynets was acquainted with a report, drawn up against him on violation the article 9.10 of the Administrative Code. The opposition activist is accused of unauthorised collecting
The Ministry of Statistics and Analyse of Belarus said the unemployment rate in the country amounts to 1.1 per cent of economically stable population (last year unemployment level was 1.2 per cent). Independent experts think these figures are incorrect.
Today Alyaksandr Lukashenka has congratulated citizens of Belarus and Russia with the "day of unity". However, the day of April 2 is not considered a holiday by most citizens of our country, as well as by such pro-Russian politicians as
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) appealed today to Prosecutor General of Belarus Ryhor Vasilevich on the occasion of the searches, carried out by KGB officers in offices and apartments of independent journalists on 27 and 28 March.
The Belarusian side finds the decision of the NATO on limiting the level of participation of the partner-country delegation o in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) unacceptable, and for reasons of principle refuses to take part in the summit.
The Foreign Ministry of Belarus has made a statement today that Belarus refuses to take part in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) summit in Bucharest on April 3.
No to Russia, yes to Europe!" Activists of the civil campaign "European Belarus" planed to hold an action near the Russian embassy under this slogan. But militia didn't let youth activists express their protest against Russia's offence against independence of
As for today we haven't received any response from the Belarusian side on the demand of the National Lithuanian Television (LTR) to give them back videotape footage and compensate for repair of damaged during the detention camera," said TV correspondent
Emanuel Zeltser, a Russian-born U.S. citizen who sued the Bank of New York during the height of its Russian money-laundering scandal in the 1990s, was detained last week in Minsk, his brother told Forbes.
Advertising and public-relations executive Lord Bell, best known for his advisory role in Margaret Thatcher's three successful UK general election campaigns, has confirmed he has met and is hoping to advise Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
