Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Lukashenka defends Russian occupants: Mass arrests and beating of oppositionists in Minsk
A rally of protest against bringing Russian troops in Belarus with the slogan "No to Russian Occupation!" was brutally dispersed in Minsk. read more
Slovakian Foreign Minister met with opposition activists
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak had a meeting with the chairman of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka, a former candidate for presidency Alyaksandr Kazulin and an activist Andrei Kim. read more
Relatives of kidnapped oppositionists ask to prevent Lukashenko’s visit to Lithuania
Zinaida Gonchar, wife of the politician, Olga Zavadskaya, mother of the cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, and Ulyana Zakharenko, mother of former Interior Minister Yuri Zakharenko, sent an appeal to the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. read more
Thousands pay last respects to two Air Force pilots
Thousands of mourners gathered at an Air and Air Defense Force office in Baranavichy on Thursday to pay their last respects to two military pilots killed in an aircraft crash in Poland on August 30. read more
Ambassador: EU concerned about lack of democratic progress in Belarus
The European Union is concerned about the lack of progress toward democracy in Belarus recently, outgoing British Ambassador Nigel Gould-Davies said at a farewell news conference in Minsk on September 1. read more
Lukashenka, Medvedev to have more meetings this year
The Belarusian and Russian leaders are expected to have more meetings later this year, Sergei Prikhodko, an aide to Dmitry Medvedev, told reporters on Thursday. read more
IMF unveils Belarusian government’s commitments under Stand-By Arrangement
Last week the IMF published on its website a letter sent by Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski and the head of the National Bank of Belarus, Pyotr Prakapovich, to the Fund’s managing director to offer details about the government’s ongoing economy policy and its objectives for the remainder of 2009 read more
Opposition coalition to hold international conference on Belarusian-Russian relations
The United Pro-democratic Forces (UPF) and the Minsk-based Stratehiya think-tank plan to hold a conference in the Belarusian capital city on August 27 on the theme "Belarusian-Russian Relations: Castling or Resetting?" read more
Presidential press office confirms that Lukashenka is staying in Sochi
The president "has left for the Russian Federation on a working visit, where he will spend the next few days," the press office said, noting that "a meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia is scheduled to take place in Sochi this week." read more
Lukashenka: Belarus expects “decent, frank and honest dialogue“ from Europe
Belarus is ready to maintain a dialogue with the European Union on all issues, but it expects a "decent, frank and honest dialogue" in response, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said during his working tour of the Vitsyebsk region on Thursday. read more |
