The Belarusian president said the ousted Kurmanbek Bakiyev remains a "legitimately elected president" for him. read more

All flights from Minsk to countries westward of Belarus were cancelled on Saturday until at least 4 p.m. as a huge plume of volcanic ash continued drifting across Europe from Iceland. read more

Barys Batura, chairman of the Council of the Republic (upper parliamentary chamber), will lead Belarus delegation to the funeral of Polish president Lech Kaczynski in Krakow on April 18. read more

"I had to sign that treaty, as I was pinned down: I was under pressure from both Russia and the Americans," Mr. Lukashenka said. read more

Mourning events on occasion of the death of the Polish president and Polish leadership are held in Minsk. People are coming to Poland embassy, catholic churches hold services. read more

Car sellers staged a spontaneous protest after they arrived at work at the car market of the Zhdanovichy Trading House just outside Minsk on Thursday morning to discover that the administration had raised a fee for access to the facility. read more

Thirteen opposition political parties and non-governmental organizations have condemned the ongoing local elections campaign as undemocratic. read more

Applications for permission to observe the elections have been received from 29 diplomats representing the embassies of Canada, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, the Palestine Authority, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and other countries. read more

"I don't live according to the UN laws. I live according to my country's laws. Our laws have priority. When we discuss, consider all these requests, we will observe them then," said Anatol Kulyashow. read more

Pavel Sharamet, a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has been stripped of his Belarusian citizenship. read more