22:05 The power of the powerless in Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko, the seemingly omnipotent Belarusian dictator, has a problem.

17:04 Searching for Banksy in Belarus

THE Malako Bar sits halfway down a shaded alley a short walk from Minsk's Victory Square.

15:00 Larysa Kirkevich: My son is kept in cruel conditions

The mother and the wife of Ales Kirkevich had an opportunity to see the prisoner in a penal colony in Navapolatsk.

13:31 Anonymous: BelTechExport sold binoculars and laser pointers to Syria

BelTechExport, a Belarusian arms exporting company, against which the EU imposed economic sanctions in June, delivered night vision binoculars and laser pointers to Syria for a total amount of 1,569,750 Euro.

13:07 Ruble-dollar black market exchange rate reaches 6,350

The black market exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble to the dollar has slightly increased in the last weeks.

13:06 Lukashenka should be nominated for Nobel prize!

Leanid Kozik has offered to nominate Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Lukashenko) for Ig Nobel Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

12:50 Freedom House: West also needs to prepare a package of assistance to Belarus should Lukashenka be removed from power

The West also needs to prepare a package of economic and political assistance should Lukashenka be removed from power one way or another.

12:08 Prisoners of penal colony in Hlubokae attempt suicide

Some prisoners of penal colony No 13 in Hlubokae (the Vitsebsk region) are unofficially reported to have attempted suicide.

11:03 Viktar Ivashkevich: People’s Assembly and People’s Court

A few months ago an initiative to hold People’s Assembly on October 8 was proposed.

10:59 BHC lost case to Justice Ministry

The Supreme Court has not granted the appeal of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.

10:43 Liquefied gas to go up 24% at filling stations on August 1

Consumer prices of liquefied petroleum gas at filling stations in Belarus will be increased by 24 percent starting August 1.

10:03 Lithuania increased number of visas issued to Belarusians by 59%

The quantity of Lithuanian visas issued to citizens of Belarus in the first half of 2011 has increased by 59% as compared to the analogous period of the last year.

0:47 Draft law “No gatherings in groups of more than three”

The Council of Ministers has prepared draft amendments to the Law on Mass Events in the Republic of Belarus.