Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is taking part today in the GLOBSEC forum in Prague. It is one of the key platforms in…
A major operation targeting cigarette smugglers has been carried out in Lithuania. Lithuanian media reported investigative actions earlier this week.…
Border guards at Minsk airport detained a foreign national who attempted to use a forged document. The man was undergoing…
The National Bank of Belarus has unveiled a new 200-ruble banknote of the 2026 series. It will enter circulation on…
A video has been published on Instagram by singer and taxi driver Aliaksei Khliastou, whose detention was reported today, in…
An assistant train driver died in Stolin district. The incident occurred on 21 May. According to the Investigative Committee, peat…
The State Customs Committee reported on an inspection of a Homiel–Moscow–Homiel bus. As a result, passengers lost their goods. According…
The Ministry of Education has opened for public discussion a draft Council of Ministers resolution “On the Register of Individuals…
The Defence Ministry is holding its annual training session, “Military Security and Defence of the State”, today. The event is…
Belarusian Prime Minister Aliaksandr Turchyn met with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow. Turchyn arrived in Turkmenistan on a visit to…
The Viasna Human Rights Centre has learned of more than 10 searches carried out yesterday targeting activists who had left…
Bystanders and neighbours rescued three children from a fire in Baranavichy. According to the Emergency Situations Ministry, the fire broke…
Russia’s share in international road freight transport carried out by Belarusian transport companies amounts to 70–75%. This was stated in…
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha briefed NATO allies on the growing threat from Belarus. He wrote about this on X…
Singer Aliaksei Khliastou has been detained. His wife reported this on Threads. He is being held at a temporary detention…
Belavia and tour operator Intercity have resumed their charter programme to Tunisia. The first flight from Minsk to Enfidha departed…
After today’s training on the combat use of nuclear weapons and nuclear support, Aliaksandr Lukashenka spoke about the development of…
Vladimir Putin announced that operational exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, Union Shield 2027, are planned for…
On the Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, observed on 21 May, the Viasna Human Rights Centre published updated data…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree establishing the breast badge of the Presidential Property Management Directorate of the Republic of Belarus,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Slavutych in the north of the country, where he met with the heads of Kyiv…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed the law ratifying the agreement between the governments of Belarus and Russia on cooperation in the circulation…
Some of today’s searches in Belarus are linked to participation in Freedom Day celebrations in Warsaw and Vilnius, the Viasna…
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Pavel Muraveika commented on the results of the nuclear…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed the law ratifying the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia. The document is…
The Interior Ministry reported the death of senior traffic police inspector Petr Masalbasau of the special platoon of the Traffic…
A search is being conducted at the Minsk apartment of Viasna human rights defender Uladzimir Labkovich. Vladimir himself reported this,…
Ukraine’s Presidential Office has responded to today’s proposal by Aliaksandr Lukashenka to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss bilateral relations,…
Human rights defenders from Viasna have learned of mass searches taking place in Minsk today. The searches are being conducted…
A red-level air alert was declared today in Lithuania’s Utena district after unmanned objects were detected in the country’s airspace,…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka said Belarus does not intend to become involved in the war with Ukraine unless aggression is committed against…
After Belarusian authorities designated the European Humanities University an “extremist organisation” in April 2026, 100 students left the institution within…
Belarusian Prime Minister Aliaksandr Turchyn has departed for a working visit to Ashgabat to take part in a meeting of…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin spoke via videoconference during a joint training exercise involving military units responsible for the combat…
Belarus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Lithuanian Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Erikas Vilkanecas and issued what it described as a…
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported on the enforcement of Administrative Code provisions establishing liability for violations of drone circulation rules.…
The Hrodna Regional Court on May 20 issued a verdict in absentia against blogger Maksim Shabutski under special proceedings. As…
A second road accident involving a route minibus occurred in Minsk. In the first case, a truck crashed into the…
The Kremlin sees no risk of fuel shortages resulting from attacks on oil refineries. This was stated today by Russian…
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the Belarusian-Russian nuclear exercises are part of military development but also serve as a…
There can be no peaceful sky with foreign nuclear weapons. Belarus must be free of nuclear weapons. This was stated…
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange on May 21 ended with gains for the U.S. dollar, euro and…
Belkaapsayuz is considering launching self-service mobile shops. This was announced by First Deputy Chairman of the organisation’s board Viktar Karaliou.…
The Council of Ministers has approved the international technical assistance project “Improving Methods for the Safe Management of Nuclear Legacy…
Aliaksandr Lukashenka arrived today at a training exercise involving military units responsible for the combat use of nuclear weapons and…
A road accident involving five vehicles occurred this morning on the Minsk Ring Road. According to the Interior Ministry press…
The contribution of small and medium-sized businesses to Belarus’s GDP amounted to 27.4%. They also generated 46.1% of the total…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian drones had attacked the Syzran oil refinery in Russia today. “Another one of…
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the Third Congress on Political Prisoners of Belarus #WithoutJustCause, which opened today in Vilnius. As reported…
Today, the Latvian military once again issued a warning about a possible airspace threat. The alert has now been declared…