Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Legislature begins fall session
The House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic, the lower and upper chambers of the National Assembly, on Friday began their fall session after a recess of more than three months. read more
UDF set to promote its Anti-crisis Platform despite bans on pickets
Activists of the United Pro-democratic Forces will distribute copies of the coalition's Anti-crisis Platform on Minsk streets on Wednesday despite being banned from putting up pickets. read more
Authorities allow only one out of 400 UDF’s pickets
Chairman of the United Civil Party Anatoly Lebedko told that in cities where the pickets were not allowed, the representatives of democratic forces would distribute the Anti-crisis Platform among the citizens. read more
Test for General Prosecutor’s office
The chairman of the United Civil Party Anatoly Lebedko and Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party Valery Ukhnalev passed the appeal on the fact of rigging the country’s last presidential election to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus. read more
Sole entrepreneurs ask Lukashenka to probe ministers’ competence
Sole entrepreneurs who gathered at a forum in Minsk on Monday urged Alyaksandr Lukashenka to examine the professional competence of the trade, economy and tax ministers. read more
EU expresses concern over police crackdown on demonstration in Minsk
The Swedish presidency of the EU urges the Belarusian authorities to "refrain from the use of force in dealing with peaceful demonstrations and to ensure that representatives of independent media are able to perform their tasks without interference." read more
Police break up demonstration marking decade since disappearance of Hanchar, Krasowski (video)
About 30 people were arrested in a police crackdown on a demonstration staged on Kastrychnitskaya Square on September 16 to mark the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of opposition politician Viktar Hanchar and businessman Anatol Krasowski. read more
September 16, October Square – picket in memory of Hanchar and Krasouski
On September 16, the Day of Belarusian Solidarity, the democratic forces are going to hold a picket in memory of the missing opposition leaders on October Square in Minsk at 6:00 p.m. read more
GDP falls by 0.5 percent in first eight months
The Belarusian government expected GDP to grow by 10 to 12 percent this year, but the International Monetary Fund predicted in June that the country’s gross domestic product would fall by 3.3 percent. read more
Mass arrests and beating of oppositionists in Minsk (video)
A rally of protest against bringing Russian troops in Belarus with the slogan "No to Russian Occupation!" was brutally dispersed in Minsk. read more |
