Anarchist Zmitser Paliyenka attempted to cut his wrists in court when he learnt that the hearing would be conducted behind closed doors. read more

Lithuania is holding a four-day national emergency nuclear drill amid mounting concerns as a Russian-made nuclear power plant in neighboring Belarus nears completion. read more

The police are investigating the incident involving artist Alyaksei Kuzmich who came to his exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art naked. read more

The registration of candidates for the seats in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the House of Representatives, on 8 October began in Belarus. read more

Ex-presidential candidate Mikola Statkevich has organized a meeting in Freedom Square in Minsk. It was a pre-election picket during the signature collection campaign. read more

Belarus is a country of blue lakes, beautiful women, and World of Tanks. And while it pains us to be reduced to a number of stereotypes, it’s hard to ignore the fact that IT became a part of the country’s image both inside and outside the borders. read more

19-year-old Maksim Syamashka from Liuban, Minsk region suffers from an incurable genetic disease - spinal muscular atrophy type 2. read more

On 16 September, some 15 activists with white-red-white flags gathered near the Central Department Store (GUM) in Minsk to commemorate politician and former chair of Central Election Commission Viktar Hanchar and his friend businessman Anatol Krasouski who had gone missing 20 years before. read more

The monument to Grand Duke Gedymin of Lithuania was solemnly unveiled on 7 September in the town of Lida, Hrodna region. read more

Eighty years ago -- on the night of August 23, 1939 -- Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing a nonaggression pact in Moscow that also contained a secret protocol carving up Eastern Europe into mutual spheres of influence. read more

Elections in Belarus are traditionally administrative rituals. However, amid growing tensions with Russia and increased discussion of a future presidential transition in Minsk, the upcoming Belarusian parliamentary and presidential votes may be the start of cautious political change in the country. read more

Little has been achieved in two decades since the Union State’s creation and the reluctance of either country to abandon the project prompts one to reconsider its contemporary function in the bilateral relationship. read more