Okean Elzy devote song to Pavel Sheremet at Minsk Arena gig
During the Okean Elzy concert on December 10 at Minsk Arena, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk dedicated one of his songs to journalist Pavel Sheremet who was murdered in Kyiv earlier this year. Vakarchuk said Sheremet was close to him. read more
Investigation Committee gives details of another incident at Astravets NPP
On December 6, there were unconfirmed reports about one more death on the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. read more
Belarusian who fought in Eastern Ukraine on trial on hate charges
A Belarusian man authorities say has openly espoused neo-Nazi ideas is on trial in Belarus along with five other defendants on charges including inciting ethnic hatred. read more
Customs official Yurkoits stands trial, reports torture in KGB prison
11 Ashmyany customs officials have been standing trial on charges of bribery in Minsk Partisan District Court for three weeks. The court started interrogating witnesses on December 6. read more
Belarus-made MSQRD hits lists of best apps of 2016 in App Store and Google Play
Apple has named face-shifting app MSQRD as the runner up for best iPhone app, the iPhone App of the Year being the photo editing app Prisma. read more
Ministry of Information admits that Tor is locked in Belarus
The Ministry of Information has commented on the ban of Tor, a network providing anonymous access to the Internet. It has been done to restrict access to blacklisted websites. read more
Belarusian man taken to intensive care after he was stung by SCORPIO while picking bananas in supermarket
An unusual incident took place in a supermarket in Baranavichy, a city in Brest region on Wednesday, 30 November. read more
Interior Minister considers web criticism of police abuse as start of colour revolution
Independent Internet portals are waging an information war against Belarus’s police, Interior Minsiter Ihar Shunevich said in an interview to state-run TV-station Belarus 1. read more
Third death sentence fulfilled in Belarus
The third deaths sentence has been fulfilled in Belarus. Henadz Yakavitski was executed in detention centre #1 on November 5. read more
Extraordinary bribes in Belarus
Head of the referee department of the Belarusian Football Federation Andrei Zhukau stood trial in Minsk on November 30. read more |