The most successful Belarusian tennis player lost seven positions in the world ranking after the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. read more

More than a million Belarusian citizens attended festivities held across the country at the end of last week on the occasion of Belarus Independence Day observed on July 3, Alyaksandr Barsukow, a senior official of the interior ministry, said at a news conference. read more

The population of Belarus has reduced by 10300 people over the past five months, totalling 9,469,900 as of June 1, 2010. read more

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will visit the Homyel region next month in the capacity of United Nations Development Program goodwill ambassador. read more

Six young people were killed as a car crashed into a lamppost and split in two on the Minsk Beltway late on June 20. read more

Convicted businessman Mikalay Awtukhovich went on a hunger strike on June 16 to protest the refusal by the administration of Minsk Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 to allow him to receive dental treatment. read more

A 60-year-old man who is suspected of being at fault in last week vehicle crash that claimed the lives of five people has been taken into custody. read more

At 12.40 on Friday on the Belarusian side of the border with Russia an edition of the newspaper "Tovarisch" was detained. The detention of the newspaper lasted for half an hour. read more

A conscript soldier of special operations forces has been killed during a routine live fire exercise, said the press office of the Belarusian defense ministry. read more

The Belarusian Association of Journalists, which was not invited to the fifth International Media Forum "Partnership for the Future" which is taking place June 8-11 in Minsk, sent an open address to the participants of the forum. read more