Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
UCP confirms intention to withdraw candidates
The United Civic Party (UCP) has not abandoned its intention to withdraw all its candidates before the vote in the House of Representatives elections. read more 
Milinkevich denied registration as parliamentary candidate
Alyaksandr Milinkevich, leader of the Movement for Freedom, has been denied registration as a candidate for the House of Representatives. read more 
Media treat parliamentary elections as political ritual
The Belarusian media view the House of Representatives elections as a political ritual with a predetermined outcome, not as an important event worth highlighting, media analyst Ales Antsipenka said. read more 
Candidates' debates to be pre-recorded
The central election commissions on August 17 adopted a schedule for parliamentary candidates’ television and radio addresses to the voters. read more 
Central election commission to meet with OSCE observers
The leadership of the central election commission will meet with representatives of the observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for Belarus’ House of Representatives elections in Minsk on August 21 read more 
1080 observers are accredited to monitor elections
As many as 89 international observers and 991 domestic observers had been accredited as of August 20 to monitor the parliamentary elections to be held in Belarus in late September, according to the website of the central election commission. read more 
BPF parliamentary contender loses his job
Yawhen Rybakow, a member of the Soym (Council) of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) who was nominated by the party to run for a seat in the House of Representatives, has lost his job, the BPF press office reported on Friday. read more
Proportion of political parties' contenders is “obviously too high“
The proportion of political parties’ nominees among the contenders for the House of Representatives is "obviously too high," Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the central election commission, told reporters in Minsk on Friday. read more 
21 members of House of Representatives set to run for reelection
As many as 21 current members of the House of Representatives are going to run for reelection in the parliamentary elections to be held in late September. read more
UCP to recall its representatives from election commissions?
The United Civic Party (UCP) is still discussing whether to withdraw its representatives from district and precinct election commissions for Belarus’ parliamentary elections, UCP Chairman Anatol Lyabedzka told reporters in Minsk on Tuesday. read more 
“Turnout in parliamentary elections to be below 25 percent“
Turnout at polling stations in the forthcoming House of Representatives elections will be lower than 25 percent, Uladzimir Navasyad, leader of the unregistered Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP), told reporters in Minsk on Wednesday. read more |
