Alyaksandr Lukashenka visited Victar Drobysh’s party at the sports complex Minsk-Arena on October 24. He awarded Francysk Skaryna order to the composer, BELTA reports. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has not made the final decision about the allocation of a Russian military air base on the territory of Belarus yet. The consultations are over but military men are working on more effective ways of protecting the state border now. read more

Last week, pro-government Russian experts and media launched a new series of attacks on the Belarusian government. Minsk, they insisted, is going the way of Yanukovych's Ukraine. read more

Belarus is going to refuse from the directive economic planning and switch to the indicative planning. It means that the state will have to stop making the Ministries and enterprises stick to plans. read more

The leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka found a listening device in the napkin holder in one of the Minsk cafes. This opposition politician wrote on his Facebook page: read more

The tidy and anonymous room, which is entered through a fenced courtyard in a sleepy residential neighborhood of this Eastern European city, is not large. It was once a garage, just big enough to accommodate a few sedans or, in this case, the closely clustered group of about 50 that has assembled read more

The re-elected head of state received up to 90 per cent of votes at the polling stations were students had voted early, reports Central Election Commission. In Slutsk, 69.5 per cent of Medical College students voted early at the polling station No 21 - not on Election Day. read more

Election officials in Belarus say authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, in power since 1994, has won a new five-year term with more than 83 percent of the votes cast in an election dismissed by opponents as a farce. read more

Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus almost unchallenged for 21 years, said he would be concerned if he received less that 80% of the vote read more

Swedish Academy praises Belarusian writer’s work as a ‘monument to suffering in our time’ read more