Belarus' coming House of Representatives elections should become a resolute step toward closer relations between Minsk and the European Union, Joseph Daul, president of the European People’s Party (EPP), told reporters in Minsk on September 2. read more

Campaigning is strictly regulated and to date remains largely invisible, a significant number of prior recommendations are yet to be addressed, OSCE said in its interim report on the forthcoming parlimentary elections in Belarus. read more

Belarus-EU relations were discussed in Brussels. Belarus’ permanent representative in the European Union (Ambassador to Belgium) Alyaksandr Mihnevich has met with European politicians. He talked to the co-chairperson of the parliamentary assembly of the Eastern Partnership ‘Euronest’ Heidi Hautala read more

The Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko celebrates his 62nd birthday on August 30, 2016. read more

The coming House of Representatives elections should not destabilize the situation in the country, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in Minsk on Tuesday, speaking at a meeting with top OSCE election observers. read more

In the course of the parliamentary election campaign in Belarus, Lidziya Yarmoshyna, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, disclosed her thoughts about the forthcoming election, women’s ‘apolitical’ nature, her idols and hobbies to DipService Journal, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry’s read more

Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey on Friday thanked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for helping Minsk restore its “constructive dialogue” with the European Union. read more

Minsk Central District Court announced nine articles from the website 1863x.com to be extremist. The court agreed with the conclusions made after an expertise. The lawyer is planning to appeal the court’s decision. read more

A parliamentary candidate put on a gas mask during his speech on Belarus-3. Member of the Greens Dzmitry Kuchuk running for MP in Smarhon constituency #59 urged people to try to stop the construction of Astravets NPP. It is dangerous for the environment and the energy produced at the Belarusian NPP read more

On August 24th the actor Steven Seagal visited the Wargaming’s office and had a short excursion around Minsk. In the evening he casually dropped in at Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko. read more