News from Belarus

The explosion happened at the intersection between Masheraw and Victors’ Avenues, the venue of the concert attended by Alyaksandr Lukashenka and a crowd of thousands people, at around 1 a.m. Read more »

The leaders of 27 member countries on June 19 approved the European Union’s “Eastern Partnership” project aimed at increasing cooperation between the EU and six eastern neighbor countries, including Belarus. Based on the EU’s European Neighborhood Policy, the Eastern Partnership is viewed as a new multilateral forum between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which would forge closer economic and political ties, lead to visa-free travel deals and the establishment of a free trade zone, and prepare the countries for EU membership. Belarus would be involved in the Eastern Partnership “at the expert level” because, unlike the other states, it does not fully participate in the European Neighborhood Policy. Read more »

Victims in car chase incident demand tough punishment for traffic policemen

The occupants of the vehicles damaged in March’s car chase incident said at Thursday’s hearing in a court in Minsk that the two traffic police officers who used the autos to capture a speeding driver “deserve tough punishment.” Read more »

On February, 16th in Belarus Day of the Belarus solidarity is traditionally celebrated. Throughout several years in our country and abroad there pass actions with an appeal to the authorities to release Prisoners of conscience and to stop reprisals against opposition. Read more »

According to Valery Levaneuski A.Kazulin for a long time could release. But it the power want not to do, probably wait, when Kazulin will beg for pardons and to be humiliated in exchange for punishment softening. Here also hold the innocent person behind a lattice. There are at least 5 lawful ways of clearing of A.Kazulin in the presence of political will. Read more »

«Andrey has called home, a tube took the daughter. He has informed that from the Mozyrsk colony he carries in Kalinkovichi. There he will plant on a train, and in the morning on February, 16th he will be in Minsk. He is more has had time to tell than nothing», - Tatsiana Klimau has informed. Read more »

“Most of entrepreneurs of Hrodna have supported a nation-wide action of protest of market vendors. “Tsentralny” market is almost empty, less than 40% of trade outlets work in “Paudnyovy” market. Nobody sells food at the both markets. However, January is just a beginning of protest rallies of entrepreneurs,” one of the leaders of entrepreneurs’ movement, a former political prisoner Valery Levaneuski told. Read more »

The former political prisoner and the prisoner of conscience Valery Levaneuski during some years tries to receive from Penalty Executions Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs RB, from a management of prisons and colonies of a copy of decisions about imposing on him of punishments (in the form of a premise in penal insulator, deprivations of appointments, reprimands, etc.) in imprisonment places. Read more »

The Belarus entrepreneurs have spent one-day national strike. Among requirements - cancellation of the presidential decree according to which individual entrepreneurs can involve as hired workers only members of a family and near relations. Read more »

The Ministry of Justice of Belarus and Court of Lenin area of Grodno have in writing apologized to Valery Levaneuski for unreliable information granting. Read more »