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Three convicts executed in Belarus in one day
Three death row inmates are believed to have been executed in Belarus in one day.
Ecomedservice’s license to perform anesthetic and resuscitation procedures suspended
The government has terminated the license of Ecomedservice, a large private clinic in downtown Minsk, to perform anesthetic and resuscitation procedures.
Five people arrested over post-surgery death in Minsk
Yuliya Kubarava, a 25-year-old resident of Hrodna, underwent reconstructive nose surgery at Ecomedservice on March 26...
Lukashenka orders crackdown on private clinic in Minsk over post-surgery death
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has ordered the dismissal of the medical personnel and managers of Ecomedservice, a large private clinic in downtown Minsk, who are responsible for the death of a young woman after plastic surgery.
Worker falls to his death at construction site in Minsk
A construction worker fell to his death on Wednesday morning while working on the rooftop of a storage facility under construction.
Prominent opposition figure Halina Syamdzyanava dies at 64
Halina Syamdzyanava, a prominent opposition figure who was a member of the Belarusian parliament, died from a disease on September 18 at the age of 64.
Body of one of two little boys missing since March fished out of river in northern Belarus
The body of one of the two little boys who went missing in Vitsyebsk in late March was fished out of the River Western Dvina on July 15.
Prominent political analyst Vital Silitski dies at 38
Prominent Belarusian political analyst Vital Silitski died in Minsk on June 11 after losing his battle against cancer.
Serious challenge has been thrown at Belarusian authorities
A serious challenge has been thrown at the Belarusian authorities, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at an emergency government conference...
Death toll of Minsk subway blast climbs to 11
As many as 11 people were killed and 126 were injured in a subway explosion in Minsk on April 11, the ONT television channel reported on Monday night.
Belarus was only country in Europe in 2010 where people were sentenced to death and executed
Belarus was the only country in Europe in 2010 where people were sentenced to death and executed, Amnesty International says in a report titled, "Death Sentences and Executions in 2010."
Law enforcers establish cause of death of Belarusian woman found dead in house at Belgium-Dutch border in 2008
The body of Katsyaryna Khanyak, who had been missing since April 2007, was discovered in a box cemented just under the bed of her small girl..
OSCE secretary general directs that two experts be sent to Belarus to investigate death of journalist Aleh Byabenin
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut has directed that two experts be sent to Belarus to investigate the cause of the death of journalist Aleh Byabenin, the press office of the Belarusian foreign ministry said on Wednesday,
OSCE to send two criminalists to investigate death of journalist Aleh Byabenin
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has responded in the affirmative to Minsk’s request to send two criminalists to investigate the death of journalist Aleh Byabenin, Jandos Asanov, deputy head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, told
Minsk waiting for OSCE countries’ responses to its invitation to send experts to investigate death of journalist Aleh Byabenin, foreign ministry spokesman says
Minsk is waiting for OSCE participating countries’ responses to its invitation to send experts to investigate the death of journalist Aleh Byabenin, the spokesman for the foreign ministry, Andrey Savinykh, told BelaPAN
Byabenin said to have been in state of high alcohol intoxication
The pathologist who did the autopsy on Aleh Byabenin found that the journalist had been in a state of high alcohol intoxication, Tatsyana Kalinina, senior aide to the Minsk region prosecutor, told BelaPAN on Thurs
Minsk to invite OSCE experts to join investigation of Byabenin`s death
The 36-year-old journalist, one of the prominent figures of an opposition group called Khartyya-97 (Charter’97) and the founder and director of the news website...
Aleh Baybenin’s funeral
The funeral of prominent journalist Aleh Byabenin was held at the Maskowskiya (Uskhodniya) cemetery in Minsk on Monday, BelaPAN reports.
Journalist Byabenin believed to have killed himself
His associates decline to speculate about possible motives, explaining that the deceased’s relatives do not want them to do so.
Death from H1N1 virus suspected in Belarus
The one-month girl was ill for two weeks before dying in the intensive care unit of the Hrodna Regional Children’s Hospital...
German citizen killed in car crash near Baranavichy
A German citizen was killed in a vehicle collision near Baranavichy, Brest region, on August 19.
Writer Branislaw Sprynchan dies after being run over by drunk driver in downtown Minsk
Writer Branislaw Sprynchan died after being hit by a car driven by a drunk man in Minsk on the evening of July 8.