MINSK -- Belarusian police have detained at least 11 journalists near the KGB security service building in the capital, Minsk, in the latest crackdown on the press ahead of the country’s upcoming presidential election. read more

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus has limited the number of observers at polling stations. On early voting days, there may be no more than three of them, and on August 9 - no more than five (and no more than 50% of the commission members), according to the recommendation by CEC read more

“If I win, the government will keep their posts on condition that they did not commit gross violations of the law and did not give criminal orders,” presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday in Euroradio’s studio. read more

On July 23, Alyaksandr Lukashenka spoke emotionally and harshly about a number of non-governmental and foreign mass media. He is dissatisfied with the work of the presidential administration and other bodies on the "information field," BelTA reports. He doesn't agree that it is about the read more

MINSK -- Valer Tsapkala, the opposition politician whose candidacy election officials refused to register for an August 9 presidential poll, has fled Belarus for Russia with his children for safety reasons. read more

[b]Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Kravchenko has been appointed Ambassador of Belarus to the United States. Belarus hadn’t had its representative in the U.S. for 12 years. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko appointed a new ambassador on 20 July. read more

Children of the presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya have left the country, Natallia Radzina, editor-in-chief of the Charter'97 website said in an interview with Russian journalist Olga Romanova. read more

The first campaign meeting of presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya with Minsk residents took place in the Peoples' Friendship Park On July 19. read more

Amnesty International condemned the detention of peaceful protesters in Minsk and other Belarusian cities on 14 July. read more

The Belarusian opposition's main presidential candidate has held two mass rallies as the campaign heats up to unseat authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in next month's election. read more