Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
UCP to organize ‘Freeloaders’ March’
The United Civil Party is planning to organize the Freeloaders’ March in Minsk on March 15 – a street action for people obliged to pay the freeloaders’ tax. The action organizing committee will gather on January 19, UCP leader Anatol Lyabedzka said. read more 
2017 – Year of commemoration of Stalin’s repressions victims
2017 will be announced the year of commemoration of the victims of Stalin’s repressions, historian Ihar Kuznyatsou told Euroradio. read more 
Russia starts passport checks for air travelers from Belarus
Russian border guards have started checking the passports of visitors arriving at airports on flights from Belarus in what is described as a temporary measure. read more 
EU to donate €7 million to Belarus for establishing accommodation centers for illegal migrants
The European Commission will donate €7 million to Belarus to help it establish accommodation centers for illegal migrants, according to the Belarusian interior ministry's press office. read more 
Belarus and Hong Kong agree to abolish visas
Following a meeting between a Belarusian delegation headed by First Vice Prime Minister Vasily Matyushevsky and with the Head of Administration of Hong Kong Special on Monday, 16 January, sides have reached an agreement on mutual visa abolition. read more 
Human rights defender Bandarenka gets charged again before release
Imprisoned human rights defender Andrei Bandarenka has been charged again three months after his imprisonment. Bandarenka has been accused of ‘malicious disobedience to the colony administration by a person penalized for a heinous crime, the human rights website Viasna reports. read more 
Lukashenka warns against attempts to “humiliate” Belarus
Alyaksandr Lukashenka made a surprisingly combative speech during his Christmas Day visit to a church in Minsk, warning unnamed forces against trying to “humiliate” Belarus. read more 
Polish PM promises not to close Belsat
Polish PM Beata Szydło has promised not to close Belsat, its director Agnieszka Romaszewska wrote on Facebook: read more 
Metropolitan Pavel comments on detention of Regnum authors
The Russian World has nothing to do with politics and the authors of Regnum detained in Belarus were arousing hostility, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslauye Pavel told the TV channel Soyuz on January 1, 2017. read more 
Foreign ministry: No agreement yet on distribution of Polish TV channel in Belarus
The Belarusian foreign ministry's spokesperson indicated on Thursday that Minsk had not yet agreed to make Poland's television channel Polonia Kultura available to Belarusian cable TV subscribers. read more |
