Two sportsmen of the national freestyle team are going to leave it and will probably wear the uniform of another country next season. The sportsmen are Asol and Tsimafei Slivets. read more

The Public Council on Morality asks organizers of Elton John concert in Minsk to provide it with records of the singer previous performances. read more

Mikhail Paulau was seriously ill for the past several years. In April 2009, he had an operation on brain tumour. His illness caused his resignation from the post of the Minsk Mayor. read more

The Court of the October district of Grodna sentenced one of the chiefs of the PLC "Grodna House Building" in a criminal case. read more

More than 1,200 people have already signed an online petition urging Alyaksandr Lukashenka to abolish his February edict governing the use of the Internet. read more

A total of 6,746 babies were born in Minsk in the first four months of 2010, 2.3 percent less than in the same period of the previous year, said the National Statistics Committee ahead of International Children Day (June 1). read more

Political prisoner Artsiom Dubski was on May 25 released from a colony in Mahilyow and dropped at the local railway station. All those who wished to welcome Artsiom near the prison gates had to go to the train terminal. read more

The reason for it was the fact that she did not attend a press conference after her defeat in the first round of Roland Garros. read more

The agreement about visa regime cancellation is being considered by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two states now. The press secretary of the Ministry Andrei Savihyh informed about it at a briefing on May 20. read more

Seven people arrested during Saturday Slavic Gay Pride 2010 procession in Minsk were each sentenced Monday to a minimum fine of 17,500 rubels ($6) in their trials in Minsk’s Pershamayski District Court. read more