March to become protest month in Belarus
Several organizations have made public their plans for protests to be held not only in the capital, but also in the regions. There is a solution for, perhaps, the main problem of the opposition — disunity. read more
Merkel: Germany will advocate that Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant meet highest safety requirements
Germany will advocate that the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant should meet the highest safety requirements, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said while meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis in Berlin on February 23. read more
Foreign Minister Makey optimistic about future relations with EU
Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey told reporters in Minsk on Wednesday that he was optimistic about Belarus' future relations with the European Union. read more
Belarus NPP is Russian project hostile to Lithuania – Grybauskaite
The Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravets is Russia’s geopolitical project which targets Lithuania, president Dalia Grybauskaite says. read more
Georgia President arrives in Belarus on official visit
Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili has arrived in Belarus on an official visit on Wednesday, 1 March, the media report. read more
Protests against ‘parasite’ law may be used to shake Belarusian boat – Lukashenka
Some forces are eager to use protests against the so-called decree on social parasitism to derail all positive developments in Belarus, president Alyaksandr Lukashenka stated when visiting the National Research Center for Organ and Tissue Transplantation on Tuesday. read more
Raukou comments on ‘hysteria’ as regards possible occupation by Russia
Andrei Raukou has commented on ‘the hysteria as regards the possible occupation of Belarus by Russian troops. The redeployment of numerous Russian troops to Belarus can be explained by the manoeuvres West-2017, he said. “Russia is our strategic partner”, the Minister of Defence told. read more
Russian activist arrested for 5 days in Minsk
A district court in Minsk on Thursday found Timofey Yermakov from the Russian unregistered political party Other Russia found guilty of committing an administrative offence - violation the order during a press conference by an OSCE official in Presdent Hotel in Minsk, an aide to the Minsk City read more
Belarus expects EU to lift remaining sanctions, deputy foreign minister says
Belarus expects the European Union to fully abolish its sanctions targeting the country, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleh Krawchanka said in an interview published by Hungary's newspaper Magyar Hirlap. read more
Kremlin says no plans to introduce visa regime with Belarus
Russia's leadership does not study the possibilities of introducing a visa regime with Belarus, Vladimir Putin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 16. read more |