Alyaksandr Lukashenka visited Victar Drobysh’s party at the sports complex Minsk-Arena on October 24. He awarded Francysk Skaryna order to the composer, BELTA reports. read more

Ex-President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev presented his book Pain, Love and Hope: My Kyrgyzstan in Minsk hotel Victoria. read more

Not long after the presidential election-2015 several independent observers have been summoned to the police. It may be retaliation for reporting election violations, activists say. read more

The case of the so-called meat schemers has lasted for two days. It is a large-scale case both in terms of the number of volumes and the losses and positions of the accused. The case is heard in Mahiliou, but the accused are top officials from Homiel. The city on Sozh once again ended up in the read more

Because of a Soviet-era law, 4,000 visually impaired people live in a small area of Minsk, fighting for recognition – and better facilities read more

Amid rising insecurity in northern Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) could create a joint task force to protect the grouping's external borders. read more

The leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka found a listening device in the napkin holder in one of the Minsk cafes. This opposition politician wrote on his Facebook page: read more

When Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature, three countries at once tried to claim her success. Headlines across the post-Soviet space called her a “representative of the Russian literature”, a “writer born in Ukraine”, and a “Belarusian writer.” read more

Aliaksandr Lukashenka has again won the presidential polls in Belarus with 83.49% as preliminary announced by Central Elections Commission. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka made a sexist statement when he claimed that ‘a person in a skirt’ would not be able to fulfil the President’s functions, presidential candidate Tatstsyana Karatkevich commented on the President’s words. read more

Early voting at the presidential election in Belarus has started on Tuesday, state-run news agency BelTA reports. read more

The Russian President’s press secretary Dmitri Peskov has refused to comment on Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s statement about the allocation of a Russian air base in Belarus. read more