22:07 Miroslav Lajčák meets with wives of political prisoners

Miroslav Lajčák, a managing director at the European External Action Service, met with the wives of Belarusian political prisoners in Kyiv on April 19.

21:38 Mechyslau Hryb summoned to prosecutor’s office

Mechyslau Hryb, a former chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus, has been summoned to the Minsk city prosecutor’s office.

15:48 Russian Post may stop paying out money transfers from Belarus

Russian Post Federal State Unitary Enterprise may stop paying out postal transfers from Belarus due to a debt of the Belarusian postal service, the Russian company said Thursday.

14:34 Belarusian Association of Journalists urges to stop crackdown on journalists

The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) has made a statement demanding to stop persecution of journalists in Belarus.

13:12 Ministry of Economy: 3,800-4,100 rubles per dollar is a fair rate

Syarhei Rumas, the Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister, thinks a rate of 3,800-4,100 Belarusian rubles per dollar is a fair exchange rate, while one dollar costs about 5,000 rubles on the interbank market.

13:09 After terrorist attack Vitsebsk kept on toes

Educational institutions where the natives of Vitsebsk who are supposed organizers of the terrorist attack in Minsk metro had been studying, as well as the enterprises where they worked, are being inspected.

12:49 To bow in the cruelest way

A keynote of dictator’s address to the nation and the “house of representatives” was the word “bow”.

9:11 Judge Komar sentenced a human rights activist to 10 days in jail

The court of the Frunzenski district of Minsk found human rights activist from Vitsebsk Pavel Levinau guilty of violating article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences (disorderly condict) and punished him with a 10-day administrative arrest.

1:21 Ministry of Information issues a warning to Arche magazine

A reason for the warning was incorrect output data of the magazine issue dedicated to the events on December 19.

0:55 Vladimir Solovyov: Belarus under threat of a monetary collapse

The situation with currency in Belarus looks really bad, Russian famous TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov writes on his blog on mail.ru.