Hockey’s global governing body has criticized Latvian officials for removing the Belarusian flag from a display at the sport’s world championships in Riga and replacing it with a flag used by the opposition. read more

A Belarusian political activist who was sentenced in January to five years in prison for participating in anti-government protests has reportedly died. read more

Julija Čarniaŭskaja, the widow of tut.by founder Juryj Zisier, has been placed under house arrest, according to the media organization that came under attack from the authorities earlier this week. read more

Relatives of some of the detained tut.by workers were told on Friday that they would continue to be held in custody as suspects, the embattled media outlet reported on Friday evening, while there were no official reports from law enforcement agencies. read more

The first findings of the investigation into the genocide of Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War tentatively suggest that the official data on the number of civilian victims will be much higher read more

Over the past day, 1, 363 patients with COVID-19 have been registered in Belarus, 1, 382 patients have been discharged, ten people have died, the Healthcare Ministry reports in its Telegram channel. read more

The local tax for crossing the border of Belarus by vehicles in the Gomel and Grodno oblasts will be introduced from 1 June, the press service of the State Border Committee reports. read more

Alexander Lukashenko reproached the European Union and the United States for leaving Belarus one-on-one in the fight against coronavirus. He stated this during the meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko. read more

“The number of those wishing to be vaccinated is big today. In order to achieve the goal, we would like to see more active vaccination, but all countries have their own opportunities” read more

Economic revival will be in the focus of the development program of Belarusian regions affected by the Chernobyl disaster. read more