Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
13 criminal cases started against housing and utilities officials
The department for financial investigation of the State Control Committee has started 13 criminal cases against housing and utilities officials, BELTA refers to the head of the KGB financial investigation department Yury Kardymon. read more 
Vasil Bykau’s unknown story to be presented in Minsk
An unknown story written by Vasil Bykau (That Spring…) will be presented in Minsk. The national poet’s widow, Iryna Mihailauna Bykava, brought the manuscript to the publishing house Dzeyaslou. read more
Belarusian ex-political prisoner may face prison term for attack on Russia’s bank in Ukraine
Belarusian-born Vasil Parfyankou, who recently received Ukrainian citizenship, might have participated in attacking a department of Russia’s Alfa-Bank in Kyiv. read more 
Slutsk teenager blackmails schoolgirls with naked photos
A high school boy from Slutsk created a fake page in “VKontakte” looking like one of the model agency. At first, he asked girls to send him a photo in a swimsuit, and then – naked, later – videos with scenes of masturbation. read more 
Yanka Kupala Theatre actor stands trial in Minsk
An actor of the Yanka Kupala Theatre is standing trial in Minsk. Artsyom Barodzich, 34, is accused of ‘drug trafficking’. read more 
Belarus - no longer a heaven for mothers?
On 13 January 2016, Kiryl Rudy, an economic adviser to the Belarusian president and a representative of a young cohort of a pro-reform current within the Belarusian political milieu, suggested a decrease in the duration of maternity leave. read more 
Rally in Minsk: Market vendors, opposition show no-confidence in Lukashenka (photos)
Another protest action of Belarusian market vendors has taken place in Minsk. As before, several hundred persons were paricipating in the rally today. read more 
Will Belarus host refugees from Syria?
Belarus may take part in the program for the resettlement of Syrian refugees who are now in the European Union. This opinion was expressed in Homiel by representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Belarus Jean-Yves Bouchardy. read more 
Police in Belarus: guardian or threat?
On 30 January, dozens of Belarusians stood in front of the country’s Higher Court to protest police brutality. They reacted to the harsh beating of two civic activists and a journalist, Pavel Dabravolski of the news site tut.by, inside a Minsk court building five days earlier. read more 
Death row in Belarus gets new inmate
The Minsk Regional Court has handed down a second death sentence in Belarus since the start of 2016, inflicting the death penalty on a man convicted of multiple murder, theft and other crimes. read more |
