Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Adopts Law on Status of Volunteers Affecting Belarusians
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has adopted at second reading and as a whole Draft Law No. 14052, which regulates…
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RSF: KGB Installs ResidentBat Spyware on Belarusians’ Phones
The Digital Security Lab (DSL) of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), together with the Eastern European NGO RESIDENT.NGO, has…
Released Political Prisoners to Arrive in Warsaw Today — Babaryka Team
Belarusian political prisoners who were released and taken from Belarus to Ukraine are expected to arrive in Poland…
Human Rights Defenders Report 127 Defendants in the “Hajun Case” in Custody
Human rights defenders have updated information on those detained in the so-called “Hajun case.” As reported by the…
Belarus GDP Growth Slows to 1.3% in November
Belarus’s gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 258 billion rubles in January–November. It increased by 1.3% compared with…
Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Allows for Changes in Relations with Minsk
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Juozas Olekas has allowed for the possibility that relations between Vilnius and Minsk could…
Lukashenka Warned of a Global Conflict, Called Crimea a “Philosophical Question,” and Urged Not to Wake a Sleeping Bear in a Newsmax Interview
The press service of Alyaksandr Lukashenka has published another set of excerpts from an interview with American journalist…
National Bank Does Not Plan Major Changes in Interest Rate Policy but Allows for Possible Refinancing Rate Cut
The National Bank does not plan significant changes to its interest rate policy but allows for a possible…
Belarus Foreign Ministry Says It Has Not Received Lithuania’s Proposal for Contacts at Special Envoy Level
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it has not received any proposal from Lithuania regarding contacts…
Nausėda Adviser Allows Linking Belarusian Potash Transit to US Military Presence
Adviser to the President of Lithuania Deividas Matulionis has said that if the issue of resuming the transit…
Lukashenka Announces Planned Call With Trump on Venezuela
Alyaksandr Lukashenka intends to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump about the situation in Venezuela. He said this…
The United States Authorizes Operations With Belaruskali and BPC
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a general license authorizing operations involving…
Gitanas Nausėda Meets With Ales Bialiatski
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met with Nobel Prize laureate, human rights defender, and former political prisoner Ales Bialiatski on…
Zelenskyy Speaks With Belarusian Political Prisoners
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with Belarusian political prisoners who were released and expelled to Ukraine on…
European Union Approves New Sanctions Criteria for Belarus
The Council of the European Union has approved new criteria for imposing sanctions on Belarus. The decision is…
Khrenin Signs Military Cooperation Agreement With Zimbabwean Counterpart
Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Khrenin is visiting Zimbabwe, where he held talks with Zimbabwe’s Minister of Defense Oppah…
Activist From Rechytsa Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and Heavy Fine
The Hrodna Regional Court has handed down a verdict against political prisoner and activist from Rechytsa Aliaksandr (Ales)…
German Police to Investigate Former Babruisk Penal Colony Officer — BELPOL
The BELPOL initiative has received a response from the German Federal Ministry of Justice regarding information about former…
“We Now Have Specialists in Digging Tunnels”: Poland’s Deputy Interior Minister on the Situation at the Belarus Border
Migrants with experience in building tunnels have appeared at the Belarus–Poland border. This was stated on RMF FM…
Germany to Grant Asylum to Viktar Babaryka and Maria Kalesnikava
Germany will accept two Belarusian opposition figures released over the weekend: Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka. This was…
Kalesnikava, Babaryka, Fiaduta, and Labkovich Hold First Press Conference in Ukraine
Today, former political prisoners released on December 13 and expelled to Ukraine are holding a press conference for…
Belarusian Solidarity Center in Warsaw to Assist Released Political Prisoners
The Belarusian Solidarity Center (CBS) in Warsaw has announced its readiness to provide comprehensive and practical assistance to…
Zelenskyy Says Lukashenka Refused to Transfer Political Prisoners Via EU Countries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on Ukraine’s involvement in the process of releasing Belarusian political prisoners. Answering a…
Bus Carrying Belarusians Involved in Crash in Poland
On Sunday morning, December 14, a traffic accident involving a passenger bus occurred at the Kuronia roundabout in…
Ukraine to Discuss Documents and Further Relocation of Released Political Prisoners
In the coming hours, the head of the mission in Ukraine, Svetlana Shatilina, and security representative Vadzim Kabanchuk…
Viktar Babaryka Says His Son Eduard Remains Behind Bars
The Ukrainian project “Khochu Zhyty” published a short interview with Viktar Babaryka recorded on a bus that brought…
Polish Foreign Ministry: Andrzej Poczobut Not Among Those Released Today
Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maciej Wiewiór confirmed the release of one Polish citizen and said that journalist Andrzej…
114 “Pardoned” Individuals Taken From Belarus to Ukraine
One hundred fourteen of the 123 people “pardoned” by Alyaksandr Lukashenka as a result of negotiations with the…
Maryna Zolatava and Aliaksandr Fiaduta Released
Political prisoners Maryna Zolatava and Aliaksandr Fiaduta have been released. Reform.news confirmed the information with Anton Radniankou, chair of…
Belarus Releases Japanese Political Prisoner
Belarus has released Japanese citizen Nakanishi Masatoshi, CGTN America reported. On March 17, 2025, the Minsk City Court…
Ales Bialiatski Released
Political prisoner and Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released and forcibly taken to Lithuania, the Viasna Human…
Lukashenka “Pardons” 123 People
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has decided to “pardon” 123 citizens of various countries who had been convicted “of committing crimes…
Maria Kalesnikava Is Free
Tatsiana Khomich has just spoken by phone with her sister Maria Kalesnikava. She is free. The press service…
The United States Lifts Sanctions on Belarusian Potash
The United States of America is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash. This was announced to journalists by U.S.…
Talks Between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and John Coale Continued on Saturday
Talks between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and U.S. Special Envoy John Coale, which began the previous day on Friday, 12…
NAU Reports 15 Attempts by Belarusian Security Services to Recruit Its Staff
The National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) says Belarusian security services have made another attempt to recruit one of its…
Belarusian Armed Forces Assigned Additional Tasks in Peacetime
The Armed Forces of Belarus have been assigned additional tasks in peacetime, and the concept of national defense…
Meta Exposes Influence Network Operating From Belarus Against Poland
Meta has announced the removal of a network engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior that was operating from Belarus…
Budrys: Lithuania Ready to Send Special Envoy Ambassador to Belarus
Lithuania is ready to send an ambassador-at-large to Belarus for talks, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys told the…
Lukashenka’s Office Confirms Meeting With Coale
Alyaksandr Lukashenka met today with representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump’s team, led by U.S. Special Envoy for…
More Than 150 Belarusian Political Prisoners to Be Released Soon
An official announcement on the release of more than 150 Belarusian political prisoners is expected in the coming…
Polish Border Guards Discover New Tunnel on Belarus Border; 130 People Detained
Polish border guards have discovered a new tunnel on the border with Belarus. According to the Podlaskie Regional…
1.3 Tonnes of Hashish and Mephedrone: Customs Committee Announces Seizure of Largest Drug Shipment
Belarusian customs officers have intercepted the largest shipment of narcotics and psychotropic substances in the country’s history, the…
Tsikhanouskaya Dedicates Margaret Thatcher Award to Belarusian Women Fighting for Freedom
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya received the prestigious Margaret Thatcher Award in Rome. The award is presented annually for outstanding leadership…
Project “Kastus” Designated as an “Extremist Formation” in Belarus
The pages of the “Kastus” project have been designated an “extremist formation” in Belarus. The decision is based…
Pantus Says a Unified Defense-Industrial Space of Belarus and Russia Is Being Formed
Belarus and Russia are creating a unified defense-industrial space within the Union State. This was stated in an…
Now Without Pavel Tapuzidis: New Composition of the Council for Entrepreneurship Development Announced
The new composition of the Council for Entrepreneurship Development has been announced. Today, Resolution No. 715 of 10…
IOC Allows International Competitions to Be Held in Belarus
Participants of the 14th Olympic Summit supported the IOC Executive Board’s recommendation that young athletes holding Russian or…
Lukashenka and the Venezuelan Burden for the United States
For the close friend of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, difficult times have arrived. The new U.S.…
Lithuanian Government Says It Has No Information About Possible Relocation of Tsikhanouskaya’s Office
The Lithuanian government has no official information about a possible relocation of the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya from…