Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s business may have been discovered in Belarus. The structures of the ex-President of Kyrgyzstan may be in charge of the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation, tut.by refers to ‘two well-informed sources’. The corporation is preparing to realize projects costing 1 billion read more

An opposition action organized by the right-of-centre coalition and civil activists was held near Minsk KGB headquarters on November 7. Its participants lit candles and brought portraits of the people who had disappeared in 1999-2000 (politicians Yury Zaharanka and Victar Hanchar, journalist read more

Pro-democracy activists led by Youth Front leader Zmicier Dashkevich on November 7 attempted to disrupt the unveiling of the restored Lenin monument near the Minsk Tractor Plant. nn.by reports the three Young Front activists in the crowd began shouting "Shame!" during the unveiling. read more

5 copies of Andrei Sannikau’s book My Story. Belarusian KGB Prison or Elections in Dictatorship were confiscated at the border check- point Pryvalka, charter97.org reports. Iryna Halip, the political emigrant’s wife, brought the books to the border. She was coming back home with her son David. read more

Belarus’ parliamentary elections did not meet international standards, Kent Harstedt, vice president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly who was special coordinator of the short-term OSCE observer mission for the September 2016 House of Representatives elections, said Thursday in Washington. read more

Former Belarusian prime minister Siarhei Sidorski may return to a high-ranking position in the government, reports TUT.by quoting informed sources. read more

Reporters without Borders (RSF), an international press freedom watchdog, has once again included Aliaksandr Lukashenka into the Predators of the Press 2016 " list. read more

Belarrusian blogger Eduard Palchys aka John Silver on October 28 was found guilty by the Minsk City Court of instigating national, racial, language or other hostility (Article 130 (1) in the Penal Code) and disseminating pornographic materials (Article 334 in the Penal Code). He was sentenced to 1 read more

On October 25, Minsk State Technological College student Vadzim Babin was called to the office of the director where he was to have a conversation with a KGB agent. read more

The European Union welcomes the Belarusian government's move to adopt a plan of action to implement some recommendations made by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council, Andrea Wiktorin, head of the EU Delegation to Belarus, said at a conference in Minsk on read more