Vintsuk Vyachorka, deputy head of the Belarusian Popular Front, commented on the recommendations of the political committee of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on returning a status of special guest to Belarus. read more

The Perspektyva small business association has called on the Belarusian authorities to allow small vendors to sell at least Belarusian-made beer, saying that the measure would also be expedient amid the global economic crisis. read more

The Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) decided to change its name as 108 of 164 delegates to the party’s convention held in Minsk on May 23 voted to approve the proposal. read more

A group of experts has developed amendments to Belarus’ electoral regulations, Valery Mitskevich, deputy head of the central election commission and director of the National Center for Legislation and Legal Studies, told BelaPAN on Friday. read more

The Belarusian Ministry of Justice has lifted the suspension of its registration denial to Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), taking the final decision not to give the legal status to the opposition party. read more

The United Democratic Forces has called on international organizations and foreign diplomats in Belarus to assess the criminal prosecution of three jailed opponents of the government, Mikalay Awtukhovich, Yury Lavonaw and Uladzimir Asipenka. read more

Some 50 people gathered at Prague’s Palacky Square on May 7 to demonstrate against Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s political regime. The gathering protested "politically motivated reprisals in Belarus" and called on the EU to take a "more principled approach" to the Belarusian read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka will probably not attend a summit in Prague on May 7 at which the European Union is to formally launch its Eastern Partnership program. The president of Belarus is not among the registered summit participants, with the registration deadline being over, Jiri Frantisek Potuznik, read more