This may come as a surprise to you, but Belarus – which sometimes may seem boring and predictable – is a land of paradoxes. read more

On 12 April, tut.by reported that Belarus has pushed for an urgent modernization of it chief refineries in Navapolatsk and Mazyr to minimize the losses from the reduction of Russian oil dotations via the ‘tax manoeuvre’. read more

On 5 April 2019, the Russian Ambassador to Belarus Mikhail Babich informed that Alexander Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin agreed to conduct further consultations on the inter-state integration. read more

In blind soccer, players compete in a fast-paced game guided by the sounds of a rattling ball, shouts, and taps on the goalposts. read more

Belarus is the last country in Europe to have the death penalty. Since 1991, about 300 death sentences have been carried out in the country. read more

The employees of Baraulyany forestry guarded by policemen grubbed up and took away the crosses installed around the Kurapaty Tract (mass grave of repression victims killed in the 1930s) on April 4. read more

On 21 March 2019, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official comment regarding the major diplomatic row between Minsk and Moscow. read more

Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Portnikov speculates on what this means for Ukraine and how it is connected with Belarus. read more

Yury Amiachuk passed away at the age of 21. Before his death, he lived in the village Pachapava, Pinsk district. read more

On 23 March Hrodna, the Western city in Belarus, hosted Freedom Day celebrations. The occasion attracted up to 5,000 people. read more

A freelance journalist from Homiel Kastus Zhukouski spoke in public about the existence of threats to him and his family and asked for asylum in one of European states in January 2019. He refuses to tell the country of his present stay for security reasons. read more

According to the president of Belarus, all migrants from Ukraine were granted equal conditions and rights with Belarusian citizens... read more