Ahead of consideration of the issue on EU sanctions, the Belarusian dictator said he wouldn't fulfil any political and economic demands.

According to an official version, schools of the capital of Belarus have been quarantined due to the increased number of URI cases.

The negative balance of foreign trade grew by $314.3mn in September.

A large scale military exercise is scheduled for summer 2010 in Latvia.

Independent journalists Tatsyana Bublikava and Aleh Ryzhkou were detained in Homel.

A tradition march to Kurapaty, the place of mass execution of Stalin's repression victims, was held on the Day of Commemoration of the dead. The rally was permuted by the authorities, but militia banned to bring sound-amplifying equipment to the

A rally on occasion of the day of commemoration of the dead - Dzyady - is held today in Minsk. The open resistance to communism started in Belarus 21 years ago with the first mass anti-Soviet demonstration in Kurapaty.

Three members of the crew on board died in the crash.