EU official meets with Belarusian human rights defenders
Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s special representative for human rights, met with representatives of five Belarusian human rights organizations in Minsk on Wednesday. read more
Authorities ban protest of entrepreneurs
Despite the Minsk City Executive Committee banning the entrepreneurs’ rally, which was to be held on March 14, the leader of the “Perspective” Anatoly Shumchanka and politician Mikalai Statkevich invited traders to the building of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties on the same day to express read more
Belarus has its own understanding of human rights, Lukashenka says
Belarus does not criticize Europe for its understanding of human rights but has its own stance on this issue, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in Minsk on March 9 while meeting with that Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union s special representative for human rights. read more
Belarus, EU may sign readmission and visa facilitation agreements in 2016
Belarus and the European Union may sign readmission and visa facilitation agreements in 2016, Alyaksei Byahun, the head of the Citizenship and Migration Department at the Interior Ministry of Belarus, said on Friday. read more
Minsk authorities forbid Entrepreneurs’ March
Minsk authorities have forbidden the Entrepreneurs’ March appointed or March 14. Head of the republican association Perspectiva Anatol Shumchanka and ex-political prisoner and social-democratic activist Mikalai Statkevich applied for the action. read more
Poland appoints new ambassador to Belarus
Konrad Pawlik, the Polish foreign ministry’s undersecretary of state, has been formally appointed ambassador to Belarus. read more
Lukashenka reminds China that Belarus is Europe’s centre
Alyaksandr Lukashenka gave a big interview to China Central Television on March 1. One of the questions was about the construction of the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park Big Stone, BELTA reports. The Belarusian Administration expects serious investments in it, Lukashenka stressed. read more
Interior minister explains why police go easy on opposition rallies
Recently, the police stopped dispersing mass rallies and detaining their participants. Now they draw protocols and impose fines. Why did the police attitude toward unauthorized rallies change, Euroradio correspondent asked the Minister of Internal Affairs Ihar Shunevich during the Minsk press read more
Belarusian Ministry of Justice refuses to register BCD for sixth time
The Belarusian Ministry of Justice has refused to register the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party for the sixth time. read more
I can't hear you - presidential administration official on new tariffs (Audio)
Council of the Republic and the government have already prepared the documents necessary for the adoption of the presidential decree on the new tariffs for housing and communal services. read more |