The Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will hold a meeting in Paris on November 18 to discuss the situation in Belarus. read more

The Day of Solidarity with families of the missing and with political prisoners is marked in Belarus on November 16. Participants of the action will traditionally gather in Minsk October Square. read more

The European Union expects Belarus to hold a free and fair presidential election, Stefan Fule, the EU’s commissioner for enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, told reporters in Minsk on Monday following his meeting with Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw. read more

Presidential aspirants in Belarus, Andrei Sannikov and Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu, have agreed upon coordinating their activities in order to win the election. read more

Following preliminary examination of the authenticity of signatures given in support for nominating the presidential candidates, ten aspirants, who have provided over 100,000 signatures, except for Vladimir Provalsky, retain the right to continue the election campaign and the possibility of read more

According to students, a stranger who introduces himself as a member of the election committee keeps threatening them with accommodation and university problems unless they recall their signatures. read more

Social research, which was held in October 2010 in the Republic of Belarus, shows difficult and quite contradictive situation with the political, social and economical preferences of the Belarusian electorate before elections of the president of the Republic of Belarus on the 19th of December 2010. read more

The meetings held by local executive committees to form precinct commissions were a mere formality used to approve precinct commissions' membership lists that had been drawn up in advance. read more

Opposition presidential hopefuls have pointed to broad representation on precinct commissions, which are the ones that count ballots, as a key condition for the election to be democratic and fair. read more

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed condolences to the families of victims of "Pinskdrev" plant explosion just eight days after the tragedy. But the national day of mourning was not declared. read more