More than 6 bn people live in countries with a serious corruption problem, Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption, says in its recent Corruption Perceptions Index-2015. Belarus has moved 12 positions up, the Index reads. read more

A Bialystok-based foundation called Window to the East has launched free online courses that will allow citizens of Belarus and other Russian speakers to learn the Polish language online free of charge. read more

Minsk police have commented on the incident, which occurred on January 25 in the Frunze district court. Activists Pavel Syarhei and Maxim Shitsik who staged a protest at the trial of the "graffiti case" and the journalist of the portal tut.by Pavel Dabravolsky, who videotaped their arrest read more

A lot of pigs have died at a pig farm belonging to the agricultural enterprise Bolshevik-Agro in Salihorsk District. Over 700 pigs have died there. read more

Minsk schoolchildren from large families are not getting free breakfasts at school anymore. The social programme ended in 2015. read more

Every fourth pensioner keeps working in Belarus. It is more than 651 thousand people (25.1% of all pensioners – 2 million 527.1 thousand people). read more

Self-employed entrepreners gathered for a spontaneous rally at 1600 in Lenin Avenue next to Homel Regional Administration. read more

World famous human rights defender Ales Bialiatski has received a notice from a Minsk's district compulsory execution department that 18 percent of the apartment he lives in together with his family is seized, reports human rights center Viasna. read more

This species of pelicans have not been seen in the country for almost 150 years. read more

On January 5, the Minsk Regional Court pronounced this year’s first death sentence to Henadz Yakavitski, a resident of the town of Vileika, charged with “murder committed with extreme cruelty”. read more