Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Police interested in another popular blogger
The Belarusian police have expressed interest in yet another one more popular blogger. Pavel Spiryn, author of The Stepfather film, which has collected over nearly 400 000 views on YouTube, will need to visit Minsk's Leninski District Police Department on Monday. read more 
Prosecutor Seeks Four-Year Prison Sentence For Belarusian Activist
The state prosecutor has asked a Belarusian court to sentence an activist who took part in protests against a law obliging the unemployed to pay taxes on "social parasites" to four years in prison. read more 
21 Russian citizens elected to local councils in Belarus
21 Russian citizens have been elected local deputies in Belarus: 15 – in village councils, 4 – in district councils and 1 – in regional and city councils each. read more 
Biggest election scandal: three versions
Dzyanis Krauchuk managed to vote at three different polling stations in Minsk, having triggered the biggest scandal of the local election campaign. Even Central Election Commission chairperson Lidziya Yarmoshyna had to comment. read more 
Observer convicted for… swearing at polling station
Election observer Artsyom Skarabahaty on February 19 was sentenced to 7 days of arrest for ‘swearing at a polling station.' He was detained on February 18, the human rights and election monitoring website elections2018.spring96.org reports. read more 
Where are 620 ballot papers? Obvious errors in election results protocol forms
Errors and violations on the protocol forms filled in by election commission are a common thing. Candidates are usually removed from the race over spotted errors while election commissions are expected to recruit the most experienced staffers. read more 
Cameraman beaten, detained at polling station in Minsk
Video operator Andrei Kozel was beaten and detained at a polling station in Minsk's Central District. Witnesses says the incident happened during the counting of votes on the local elections day. read more 
Is Belarus able to deploy 10 000 peacekeepers to Donbass?
On 18 February Aliaksandr Lukashenka commented on the situation with possible deployment of Belarusian peacekeepers in order to settle the crisis in eastern Ukraine. read more 
'We must obey'. Students explain why they voted early at Belarus elections
Probably everyone knows about this polling station where 96.4% of the total 96.5% voters cast their ballots during early voting. It is located in Dormitory No 11 on the Belarus State University campus in Minsk. The winner here is Volha Tsesakova, head of the local students' council. read more 
CEC: Belarus’ local election turnout is 77.05%
77.05% or 5 333 613 people voted during the local elections in Belarus, the Central Election Commission announced on 19 February. read more |
