Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Relaxing visa requirements: preparing for Ice Hockey World Championship?
22 August 2013, 23:16 | English / Society

All foreign citizens arriving in the Republic of Belarus through Minsk National Airport will be able to obtain entry visas there, official website of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. read more

Mass brawl between Armenians and Belarusians in Brest
22 August 2013, 23:12 | English / Society

A Brest resident drowned trying to escape by rivery from a mob of armed Armenians. read more

Two Belarusian border officers arrested for helping smugglers get cigarettes into Lithuania
22 August 2013, 23:07 | English / Society

Two officers of the Lida Border Control Unit have been arrested on suspicion of helping smugglers get cigarettes into Lithuania. read more

Belarusian physician forced into psychiatric clinic starts hunger strike
22 August 2013, 22:56 | English / Society

A Belarusian physician critical of local officials has reportedly gone on hunger strike after being forced into a psychiatric hospital in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. read more

Two casino employees in Minsk arrested on suspicion of running prostitution ring
21 August 2013, 23:31 | English / Society

Police officers on Tuesday arrested two employees of a Minsk-based casino on suspicion of running a prostitution ring, said the interior ministry's press office. read more

Belarusian woman kidnapped by Syrian rebels worked in nightclub in Lebanon, official says
20 August 2013, 12:43 | English / Society

Belarusian citizen Svyatlana Markiyanovich had repeatedly visited Lebanon to work in a nightclub before being kidnapped by Syrian rebels, Syarhey Koltun, deputy head of the interior ministry's Drug Control and Human Trafficking Prevention Directorate, told reporters on Monday. read more

Bank employee burnt to death at company party
16 August 2013, 19:16 | English / Society

A party of employees of a Belarusian bank ended in tragedy. read more

Belarusian rights defenders ask KGB for information about priest Uladzislaw Lazar
16 August 2013, 19:07 | English / Society

A Belarusian human rights organization called Vyasna (Spring) has made an inquiry with the Committee for State Security (KGB), asking it why Roman Catholic priest Uladzislaw Lazar was arrested, where he is being held, and what he is suspected of. read more

Customer killed by security guards at Volgograd store
15 August 2013, 17:57 | English / Society

Ivan Hubar, who was beaten by security guards of Volgograd supermarket, died on August 8. read more

Minsk police officer to be tried for “subbotniks“ with prostitutes
15 August 2013, 17:55 | English / Society

A lieutenant of the Minsk police is charged with abuse of power. read more


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