The Belarusian PM has met Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries in New York. read more

The Contact Group on Ukraine adopted a memorandum in the early hours of Saturday as a result of six-hour talks in Minsk, which provided for the establishment of a 30-kilometer (19-mile) wide buffer strip in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. read more

On 4 September, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree establishing security zones alongside the border with Russia. read more

On 28-29 August the head of Belarusian diplomacy, Uladzimir Makiej, met with the top Polish officials in Warsaw. read more

On 9 September chief of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees mission in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Oldrich Andrysek reported that Belarus accepted more than 25,000 Ukraine citizens over the last two months. read more

The US officials on a visit to Minsk sought opportunities for interaction, but asked difficult questions. read more

The Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and the rise of Russian authoritarianism have made it clear that Belarus is neither the only dictatorship in Europe, nor the worst of them. read more

The Belarusian ruler has put himself in the same raw together with Europe’s notorious dictators. read more

The Ukrainian side and representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic have signed a protocol on ceasefire in Donbas from 5 September, 18.00 on. read more

On 2 September, Russia vowed to revise and update its national Military Doctrine by the end of 2014. The decision was a direct reaction to NATO’s plans for deploying a rapid-reaction force in Eastern Europe, a move to be finalised at the summit in Wales this week. read more