Lithuanian sentenced to prison as spy for Belarus
Lithuanian court has jailed a former military medical officer after finding him guilty of spying for neighboring Belarus. read more
22 criminal cases started after housing and utilities tariffs increase
The State Control Committee keeps investigating the problem of the recent huge increase in the housing and utilities payments. More and more officials are getting suspected of the ungrounded increase. read more
BAJ chairperson: It is hard to understand information ministry's logic
The warnings pronounced by the Ministry of Information to Yezhednevnik and Nasha Niva were unexpected, Andrei Bastunets, chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, told Euroradio. read more
Minsk City Court upholds fine for beaten journalist Pavel Dabravolski
Minsk City Court has not remedied tut.by journalist Pavel Dabravolski’s grievance. read more
Information Ministry issues warnings to Ezhednevnik and Nasha Niva
On March 2, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to two media outlets for their materails published online. They were the Ej.by and Nasha Niva (nn.by). read more
The Catholic Church and Belarusian authorities: a masterpiece of political levelling
On 2 February 2016, Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of Belarus Lieanid Huliaka criticised the Catholic Church for “insufficiently active cadre training” and “the destructive activities of some Belarusian priests among the population”. read more
Polish foreign minister set to visit Belarus next month
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski is expected to visit Belarus in the latter half of March. read more
Minister: Police targeted by information war
The police are targeted by an «information war,» Interior Minister Ihar Shunevich told reporters in Minsk on Tuesday. read more
Minsk strengthens negotiation capacity in talks with the Kremlin
Belarus has gained additional opportunities to defend her interests in relations with the Kremlin, which means she may resume her ‘pendulum’ policy vis-a-vis the EU and Russia. Amid confrontation with the West and dwindling resources for buying the loyalty of the allies, the Kremlin has started read more
Nazarbaev says Eurasian Union will eventually be efficient
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says that despite the ongoing economic crisis faced by member-states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EES), the alliance's overall economic potential and market volume will remain resilient. read more |