Photoreporters at gunpoint
The State Security Committee (KGB) Department in Hrodna filed a lawsuit in court demanding to declare the contents of photobooks Belarus Press Photo- 2011 extremist. read more
Preparatory work for building nuclear power plant said to be going faster than scheduled
Preparatory work at the construction site of Belarus’ nuclear power plant is going faster than scheduled, First Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka said on Tuesday. read more
Opinion polls: stable pessimism and growing presidents popularity
On March 29th, Independent Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies published March opinion polls results in Belarus. 1513 Belarusians were interviewed, statistical error is not more than 3%. read more
Foreign Minister: “Judicial and electoral systems of Belarus are independent“
In his interview to Russia’s RIA Novosti the Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey conveyed his deep outrage over the fact that the EU’s blacklist includes not only top officials but also judges, state-controlled media journalists and members of electoral commissions. read more
Minsk wants to see potential benefits from concessions to EU
As Minsk makes diplomatic efforts to improve relations with Brussels, observers note that the EU now has an advantage and can adopt a wait-and-see tactics. read more
Microsoft: We didn't reveal content data of Belarusians
Microsoft Corporation again explained its stance on cooperation with the Belarusian security agencies. read more
Studio Total under protection
Tomas Mazetti of Sweden's advertising agency Studio Total expressed confidence that Swedish authorities would not extradite him and other representatives of the agency to Belarus over the invasion of its airspace on July 4, 2012. read more
Two Christmases in one country
Belarus is a unique country when it comes to Christmas: it has one Christmas at the end of December and the other one in early January. Both are official days off. read more
Index on Censorship: Belarusian authorities to strengthen control over Internet
The authorities of Belarus going to apply tighter control over the Internet. read more
Political Overview of 2012: Diplomatic Wars, Sanctions and Elections
Belarus has come to 2012 in a rather bad shape. Alexander Lukashenka has been occupying his post for almost 18 years. A dozen political prisoners remained behind the bars. Relations with the West were worse than ever before. The opposition was suppressed. The economy went through a painful recovery read more |