Which of the post-election protests' participants were pardoned by Lukashenko?
Alexander Lukashenko, freeing from the punishment, has pardoned 9 people convicted of involvement in the events on the Independence Square on December 19, 2010. read more
Expert: Only charwomen, state media journalists and the head of the National Bank trust in ruble today
Slightly more than two weeks Nadezhda Yermakova works as the chairman of the National Bank, but there was no single exchange rate yet and it is not visible in the near-term outlook as well. read more
By winter 1,000,000 of unemployed may be on the streets in Belarus
This will happen if the government do not urgently resolve the problem of fixing the single currency rate and do not provide a free access to the currency market for all the economic entities. read more
Escaped from KGB Natallya Radzina was hiding in Moscow for four months
After escaping from Belarus the editor of "Charter'97" Natalia Radina hid in Moscow. read more
The human rights advocate Ales Belyatski accused of tax evasion
The Head of Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Belyatski was detained by the Department of Financial Investigations of the Committee of State Control on August 4 in Minsk. The apartment and the country house of the human rights advocate, as well as the office of "Viasna" was read more
Opposition activists jailed following demonstration in support of imprisoned Dashkevich
Opposition activists who were arrested during Tuesday's demonstration in support of imprisoned Malady Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich in Horki, Mahilyow region, were sentenced to jail terms on August 3. read more
Shushkevich: Putin's imperial ambitions do not conform to the propriety
Pre-elective PR - that is how Belarusian politicians called the statement of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about "possible and very desirable" creation of the union state of Russia and Belarus. read more
Expert: Lukashenko is associated with the dictators of banana republics
Certainly, Alexander Grigorievich has a serious problem in terms of public image: he has fully entered the cohort of the rulers-dictators, as the well-known Belarusian political analyst Yuri Chausov thinks. read more
Council of Ministers prepares amendments to Law «On Mass Events»
From now on, it will be necessary to obtain permit not only for pickets and demonstrations, but for silence as well. read more
UN committee says executions in Belarus violate international obligations
The United Nations Human Rights Committee yesterday on 27 July 2011 accused Belarus of violating its international agreements by executing two persons while their cases were still under review by the committee. read more |