The criminals who have organized regular supplies of weapons from Belarusian military bases to Russian criminal groups have been detained in Moscow and Minsk. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has made a number of new appointments to the Committee for State Security (KGB). read more

A bill that would require the United States' Department of State to provide annual reports on Belarus' weapons trade to the US Congress has been submitted to the legislature. read more

"I will hold this post in a degree the head of state will require," said the head of the Belarusian electoral commission, restricted to travel abroad. read more

Returns from ballots cast by Ukrainian nationals living in Belarus in their country s Sunday presidential election gave the most votes to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych. The count reportedly put populist Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the second place. read more

The distressful Belarusian-Russian negotiations on terms of supply of oil to Belarus have been going on for a second week already. The Belarusian authorities insist that all oil should be delivered to the country on preferential terms, as it was done all previous years. read more

A human rights organisation Freedom House has published an annual report of the situation with political and civil freedoms in the world. Belarus is on the list of not free countries again. read more

Executives representing Russia's electricity supplier Inter RAO UES are expected to travel to Minsk for a January 12 round of talks on the supply of electricity to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave through Belarus. read more

The criminal case against Vawkavysk entrepreneur Mikalay Awtukhovich and his associate Uladzimir Asipenka was referred to the Supreme Court on December 30, almost 11 months after their arrest. read more

Talks on Russian oil deliveries to Belarus and oil transit across the Belarusian territory has resumed in Moscow after a New Year break. read more