The Lithuanian foreign ministry has issued a statement reiterating that the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, which is being built in the Hrodna region, is unsafe. read more

Radio Liberty journalist Halina Abakunchyk wanted to attend the meeting with ‘freeloaders’ conducted by President’s assistant Alexander Yakabson in the administration of Minsk Maskouski District on February 16. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has, by his February 13 presidential edict, approved plans to reduce the staff of the Presidential Administration by 30 percent. read more

Mahilyou city authorities have refused the city democratic coalition’s application for the Non-Freeloaders’ March appointed for February 19, the BCD press service reports. read more

The participants of the pro-Russia picket held in Minsk's Independence Square on February 4 were fined, nn.by reports quoting Minsk City Police spokesperson Alyaksandr Lastouski. read more

Russian paratroopers will take part in a tactical exercise of Belarus' Special Operations Forces in Brest region in April 2017. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka is meeting with Iosif Syaredzich, editor-in-chief of Narodnaya Volya, in Minsk Independence Palace today, on February 13. They are discussing ‘all burning issues and problems’, BELTA reports. read more

A large-scale Belarusian-Russian military exercise that is scheduled to take place later this year demonstrates the countries' preparations for a war against the West, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told reporters during her visit to Latvia on Thursday. read more

A famous Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan was detained in Minsk on February 10. He was held at the police station until the morning of 11 February. According to Belarusian law enforcers, the Ukrainian was banned from entering Russia through the “involvement in terrorist activities”. read more

Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev made a phone call to his Belarusian counterpart Alyaksandr Lukashenka and extended gratitude for extraditing blogger Alexander Lapshin. read more