Andrey SERADA

Lukashenka to Putin: “No one will let us live in peace”

Lukashenka to Putin: “No one will let us live in peace”

No one will let Belarus and Russia live in peace, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said while meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Strelna, near Saint Petersburg, on April 3.

Protests against "parasite" tax staged in regional capitals

Protests against "parasite" tax staged in regional capitals

Hundreds of people took to the streets in four regional capitals in Belarus on Sunday to protest Alyaksandr Lukashenka's April 2015 decree that imposed the so-called "social parasite" tax on people with no formal source of income.

Lukashenka: There is no need to change the government’s economic policy

Lukashenka: There is no need to change the government’s economic policy

The Belarusian leader noted that the government had raised a number of issues that required a decision at the level of the head of state, and that he had thought over the government’s proposals «for days and even for weeks.»

Lukashenka rejects proposal to bring forward presidential vote

Lukashenka rejects proposal to bring forward presidential vote

Lukashenka expressed his opposition to proposals that the next presidential election should take place in March 2015...

Another convict executed in Belarus

Another convict executed in Belarus

Another convict has been executed in Belarus, the Vyasna human rights center reported on Monday with reference to the Mahilyow Regional Court...

Another convict executed in Belarus

Another convict executed in Belarus

Another convict has been executed in Belarus, the Vyasna human rights center reported on Monday with reference to the Mahilyow Regional Court...

Polish government takes «anti-Belarusian stance,» foreign ministry spokesman says

Polish government takes «anti-Belarusian stance,» foreign ministry spokesman says

There are no plans to start implementing a Belarusian-Polish interstate agreement on local border traffic any time soon because...

Households to be charged much higher electricity and gas prices after exceeding quota

Households to be charged much higher electricity and gas prices after exceeding quota

The Council of Minister has issued a directive that provides for paying at much higher rates for electricity and natural gas consumed in excess of a quota...

Statkevich honored with German Social Democratic Party’s 2012 Willy Brandt Special Award for Political Courage

Statkevich honored with German Social Democratic Party’s 2012 Willy Brandt Special Award for Political Courage

Imprisoned Belarusian opposition politician Mikalay Statkevich was honored with the German Social Democratic Party’s 2012 Willy Brandt Special Award...

Polish MEP asks Belarusian foreign minister to let him meet with imprisoned Statkevich, Dashkevich

Polish MEP asks Belarusian foreign minister to let him meet with imprisoned Statkevich, Dashkevich

Marek Migalski, a Polish member of the European Parliament, has appealed to Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey to give him an opportunity to meet...

Poll: Over 21 percent of Belarusians view themselves as Lukashenka\'s opponents

Poll: Over 21 percent of Belarusians view themselves as Lukashenka\'s opponents

As many as 21.3 percent of the Belarusians view themselves as opponents of Alyaksandr Lukashenka\'s government, the Vilnius-based Independent Institute for Social, Economic and Political Studies...

Poll: Proportion of Belarusians believing that their financial position has deteriorated in last three months has increased by 1.7 points since September

Poll: Proportion of Belarusians believing that their financial position has deteriorated in last three months has increased by 1.7 points since September

The proportion of Belarusians believing that their financial position had deteriorated in the past three months increased...

Belarus is ready to supply 6.44 million tons of motor fuels to Russia in 2013 provided sales are profitable, government source says

Belarus is ready to supply 6.44 million tons of motor fuels to Russia in 2013 provided sales are profitable, government source says

Belarus is ready to supply 6.44 million tons of gasoline and diesel fuel to Russia in 2013 provided the sales are profitable...

Belarus will remain independent forever, Lukashenka says

Belarus will remain independent forever, Lukashenka says

“It will no longer be a Polish, Russian, American or German territory” ...

Thirty-three rights groups call for release of Byalyatski

Thirty-three rights groups call for release of Byalyatski

The 33 member organizations of the Civic Solidarity Platform have urged the Belarusian authorities to release human rights defender Ales Byalyatski...

Watchdog calls for Byalyatski’s release

Watchdog calls for Byalyatski’s release

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Ales Byalyatski...

KGB accuses opposition activist of spying

KGB accuses opposition activist of spying

Belarus’ KGB announced Tuesday that Andrey Haydukow, a recently arrested young opposition activist, had spied for a foreign intelligence agency...

Foreign ministry defends closure of OSCE Office in Minsk

Foreign ministry defends closure of OSCE Office in Minsk

Belarus made the right decision not to extend the mandate of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Andrey Savinykh, spokesman for the Belarusian foreign ministry...

Lukashenka describes departure of Rumas from deputy prime minister\'s position as «colossal loss»

Lukashenka describes departure of Rumas from deputy prime minister\'s position as «colossal loss»

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has described the departure of Syarhey Rumas from the position of deputy prime minister...

Lukashenka fires top officials over teddy bear drop

Lukashenka fires top officials over teddy bear drop

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has removed Ihar Rachkowski, chairman of the State Border Committee, and Dzmitry Pakhmelkin...

Opposition activist Molchan to stand trial on Monday

Opposition activist Molchan to stand trial on Monday

Andrey Molchan, an activist of an opposition group called European Belarus, will stand trial in Minsk’s Pershamayski District Court on Monday on a charge of “petty hooliganism...”

Police in Minsk arrest opposition activist Molchan over stickers

Police in Minsk arrest opposition activist Molchan over stickers

Andrey Molchan, an activist of an opposition group called European Belarus, was arrested by police in Minsk’s northeastern neighborhood Urucha on the night between July 13 and 14, his associate Maksim Vinyarski...

Lukashenka signs edict on Chinese-Belarusian industrial park

Lukashenka signs edict on Chinese-Belarusian industrial park

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a presidential edict governing the establishment and operation of the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park...

Rights activists send urgent appeal to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over persecution of young opposition activists

Rights activists send urgent appeal to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over persecution of young opposition activists

Belarusian human rights defenders have appealed to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to respond to the persecution of young pro-democratic activists after the April 26 Chernobyl anniversary...

Belarus plans to ask for $411.5-million technical aid until 2016

Belarus plans to ask for $411.5-million technical aid until 2016

The Belarusian government plans to ask for $411,495 million worth of international technical aid for 114 projects that are projected to be carried out between 2012...