Decision to move from Minsk the Ice Hockey World Championship will be taken in autumn
IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation will decide on the possible move of 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus at its autumn session in Japan. read more
“Lukashenko shows contempt for the Constitution“
Alexander Lukashenko has decided not to pardon Vladislav Kovalev and Dmitry Konovalov. read more
Opposition declared paper war to Lukashenko
It's already obvious to all, that "black list" of the KGB, which Belarusian authorities disown, actually exists. One by one the oppositionists, without explaining the reasons are turned back at border crossings to their homes. read more
Miasnikovich told Lukashenko about the “alarming factors“
"Our plans we have set ourselves for this year, can be successfully implemented", Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Miasnikovich, which was held on March 12. read more
Expert: Belarus will become a country of widows and orphans
"The labor force will be sucked out through the three times difference in salaries. Belarusians themselves begin to leave for Russia. Belarus will become a country of widows and children", Russian political analyst Andrei Suzdaltsev believes. read more
Bogdankevich: I see no structural reforms
"Economic Policy, which is now carried out by Belarusian authorities, is justified, and it suggests that in the second part of the year the economic growth will be positiv, the head of the IMF mission Chris Jarvis thinks. “However, if the current policies are implemented, the GDP growth of 5% read more
Putin came back. Lukashenko shuddered.
"The sworn friend" of Lukashenko triumphantly returned in the Kremlin. In the morning of March 5 the head of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov, basing on preliminary results of the elections, announced that Vladimir Putin was elected as the Russian president in the read more
EU leaders call for further measures toward Belarus
The leaders of the European Union countries, at their summit in Brussels on March 2, called on the EU Council to take further measures toward Belarus, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for Catherine Ashton, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy read more
Today EU leaders will discuss the situation in Belarus
This will happen during the EU summit, which takes place in Brussels. The plans were announced yesterday by the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. read more
Brussels replied to Minsk: Dictator burns his last ships
"The European Union in token of solidarity will recall their ambassadors from Belarus", head of the European diplomacy Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday's late afternoon. read more |