Mikalai Lukashenka is "an ordinary pupil. He goes to an ordinary, one can say, village school," Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei said. read more

Bridget Brink, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, will visit Minsk on October 18. read more

Belarus "is not going to make a U-turn, run and drift away from Russia," Belarus Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei said in an interview with ONT TV channel. The script of the interview was published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. read more

Mikalai Lazavik on October 17 was dismissed from the post of the Central Elections Commission secretary. President Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed his resignation on October 17, reports the press office of the Belarus leader. read more

A Mobility Partnership between the European Union and Belarus to ensure better management of migration flows was formally launched on October 13 on the sidelines of a meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. read more

In an interview with with the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita Vladimir Makei said that Belarus has no intention to demonstrate a total determination to move towards the European Union. “But we do want to establish normal trade, economic, political and other types of cooperation with the neighboring read more

Yuras Hubarevich, who used to be deputy of Alyaksandr Milinkevich, has been chosen the new Chairman of the movement “For Freedom”. Chairman was chosen out of three candidates at the election conference. read more

Belarus' leading opposition politicians warned on Thursday that the new House of Representatives should not be represented in the EU-Neighborhood East Parliamentary Assembly (Euronest PA). read more

It is expected that the Belarusian embassy in Madrid will open in December 2016. read more

The vice speaker of the House of Representatives will be elected on October 13. There is only one candidate – Balyaslau Pirshtuk, newly-elected MP from Rechytsa. read more