Belarus may still have shortcomings in the development of freedom of the media, Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview published by the German newspaper Die Welt on Thursday. more »
Russia's border control chief has sounded an alarm over the lack of controls at the Belarusian border, warning that members of terrorist groups and criminals could easily sneak into Russia from Belarus. more »
Channel 1 (Belarusian Television) misinterpreted into Russian remarks that Rene van der Linden, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made in English during an interview broadcast on Sunday. more »
German Ambassador Martin Hecker announced his plans to obtain permission to meet with Aleksandr Kozulin, an opposition politician currently serving his five-and-a-half-year prison sentence in the Vitebsk region. more »
A total of 79 percent of all eligible voters cast their ballots in Belarus' January 9-14 local elections, according to the central election commission. more »
“We demand a fresh election,” independent unionist Aleksandr Bukhvostov who coordinated the signature collection campaign. more »
The Latvian foreign ministry on August 2 recalled the country's ambassador to Belarus, Maira Mora, an official at the ministry told BelaPAN. more »
(Moscow) – The government of Belarus should stop detaining demonstrators peacefully protesting the results of Sunday’s election, and uphold their right to do so, Human Rights Watch said today. more »
President Jacques Chirac marched out of a gathering of EU leaders on Thursday to register protest at the use of the English language by a French industrialist. more »
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Channel 1 (Belarusian Television) misinterpreted into Russian remarks that Rene van der Linden, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made in English during an interview broadcast on Sunday.
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