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Mikalai Karpenkau with a rubber truncheon / TUT.by

21/09/2020 - 10:09

Politics

Video reveals how police commander smashes window in Minsk cafe

Startup entrepreneur Kanstantsin Kanopka recorded the video seconds before his detention in a Minsk coffee-shop.

Archpriest Heorhi Roy / orthos.org

21/09/2020 - 09:22

Society

Orthodox priest joins sermon in Roman Catholic church in solidarity

Archpriest Heorhi Roy: "We, as people of the church, cannot tolerate violence, lies, attempts to divide people."

Belarusian Special Forces / Reuters

20/09/2020 - 13:08

Society

Belarus' first private security company linked with authorities

GardServis, whose employees were allowed to use weapons by Lukashenka, is linked to mining in Zimbabwe.

Belarusian border pole / BELTA

18/09/2020 - 11:40

Politics

Business as usual at border posts with Lithuania, Poland

Patrols are beefed up but border checkpoints operate at their capacity to clear incoming and outcoming traffic.

This is what a hacked public procurement website looks like

17/09/2020 - 12:16

Politics

'Cyber Partisans' hack public procurement website over body armor tender

The website of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange was also hacked.

Sandvine says Belarus violated license agreement / pixabay.com

17/09/2020 - 12:05

Politics

Sandvine cancels deal with Belarus over human rights violations

The company claims that the Belarusian authorities violated the license agreement.

Victor Kislyi / games.mirtesen.ru

15/09/2020 - 21:42

Economy

CEO: Wargaming to stay in Belarus despite turmoil

Wargaming founder and CEO Victor Kislyi admits his people can't work without the internet but looks set to stay in Belarus.

Major Alyaksandr Isachanka at the helicopter air controls / photo from Alyaksandr

14/09/2020 - 15:37

Society

Belarus Air Force pilot quits army, eyes IT job after rigged election

Military helicopter pilot Alyaksand Isachanka resigned on August 16. Now he is retraining as a front-end developer.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / @pulpervoi

14/09/2020 - 10:39

Politics

Tsikhanouskaya to Putin: Whatever you sign with Lukashenka will be invalid

"Whatever you sign or agree on during the meeting in Sochi will have no legal effect."

Anastasiya Dudzina / photo from archive

14/09/2020 - 08:39

Society

Student injured by flash grenade during protests facing criminal charges

Economics student Anastasiya Dudzina faces from 3 to 8 years in prison for "taking part in riots."

Aliaksandra Herasimenia / Pressball

10/09/2020 - 12:06

Sports

Aliaksandra Herasimenia among 400+ sport stars who joined protesters

The world's swimming star Herasimenia to Lukashenka: "Hear us out!"

The moment when Alyaksandr Taraikouski died / a still shot from the video

10/09/2020 - 11:03

Politics

New evidence in murder case of Alyaksandr Taraykouski (18+)

The Internal Affairs Ministry stated that Taraykouski died from an unknown device that exploded in his hand.

Ministry of Healthcare / svaboda.org

10/09/2020 - 10:09

Society

New death rate statistics in Belarus hit the roof as UN reports go public

5,605 more people died in Belarus in the second quarter of 2020 against the same period last year.

Maryia Kalesnikava / Euroradio files

09/09/2020 - 11:54

Politics

Maryia Kalesnikava in remand prison

Kalesnikava tore up her passport disrupting KGB's plan to force her into exile in Ukraine.

Maksim Znak / Euroradio

08/09/2020 - 07:30

Politics

Znak: Kalesnikava had no plans to leave Belarus

Coordination Council member Maksim Znak says Maryia Kalesnikava had no plans to leave Belarus.

Maryia Kalesnikava / Euroradio

07/09/2020 - 11:56

Politics

Maryia Kalesnikava abducted by plainclothes agents in central Minsk

Coordination Council member Maryia Kalesnikava was taken by men in plainclothes at 10:05 near the National Art Museum.

The gold and currency reserves of Belarus dropped 16% / pixabay.com

07/09/2020 - 11:20

Economy

Belarus' gold and currency reserves down 15.8% in August

Belarus lost $1.4 billion from its gold and currency reserves in August.

Aliaksei Sudnikau during a remote trial in Belarus / Euroradio

03/09/2020 - 00:18

Society

Belarus journalists detained for two nights

It took the court the whole day to send cases against six journalists for revision and keep them behind bars.

Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei / Euroradio

02/09/2020 - 13:31

Politics

FM Makei: We have already introduced sanctions against Baltic states

Foreign Minister Makei refused to name the persons from the Baltic states blacklisted by Belarus.

Belarus Railway workers at a solidarity action on August 13 / TUT.by

02/09/2020 - 12:55

Politics

1100 railways workers demand Lukashenka's resignation, new elections

Workers collected signatures under the appeal at railways units across Belarus.