Oil executives say they have reached agreement to restart Russian crude-oil supplies to Belarus following a cutoff over transit fees on January 1. read more

Shock, awe, and disbelief. Even in Belarus, where rights activists say President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has employed brutal tactics to quash opponents and maintain power for a quarter-century, a fresh claim that a death squad that eliminated perceived foes of the authoritarian leader two decades ago read more

Police in Belarus have seized what they are describing as "the largest batch of heroin busted" in the country's modern history, involving over 500 kilograms of the illegal drug. read more

The Belarus-Russia talks on 'deeper integration' were held on 7 December in Sochi. read more

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has reaffirmed his country's commitment to a strategic partnership with Russia, though there are no talks currently on establishing a joint parliament. read more

The EU agreement on visa facilitation with Belarus (as well as the agreement on readmission) may be signed by the end of 2019. read more

Belarus is interested in mutually respectful and good-neighborly relations with the European Union, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at the meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and the Foreign Minister of Finland Pekka Haavisto on 25 November in Minsk. read more

Euroradio has identified the young woman who was captured on video attempting to throw a stack of ballot papers into the ballot box at the polling station No 37 in Brest. read more

Nearly 400 people came on Tuesday evening to the Night of the Executed Poets rally in the Minsk suburb Kurapaty to commemorate the victims of the Stalin regime's purges. read more

There are 7400 US dollar millionaires in Belarus, according to the latest global wealth report published by the Credit Suisse Research Institute, an in-house think-tank of Switzerland's famous bank. read more