17:31 Unregistered candidate receives threats to plant drugs on him

Businessman Alyaksandr Solap was denied registration as a parliamentary candidate and received information that police prepares an operation against him.

15:56 Fear of coup d'etat

Lukashenka is afraid that Moscow will “put him away”, so he is doing his best to decrease the number of potential peers.

15:53 Investigation into Poczobut's case extended until September 21

Investigation into the case of Hrodna-based journalist Andrzej Poczobut, a correspondent for Gazeta Wyborcza, has been extended until September 21 “to carry out additional investigative procedures”.

14:50 Head of independent candidate's team sacked

Pyotr Baseika, an activist of the initiative group pf BPF candidate Valery Karankevich, has been dismissed due to “expiration of employment contract”.

13:27 Pavel Sevyarynets: Judgement to Dashkevich is judgement to all of us

Political prisoner Pavel Sevyarynets, a co-head of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party, comments on a new sentence for the Young Front leader.

13:22 British MPs in solidarity with Belarusian journalists (Photo)

Youth Liberals of Great Britain continue the campaign for the protection of Belarusian journalists.

12:53 Yury Khashchavatski: Authorities in panic over boycott

It's clear that the government understood the idea of boycotting begins to take effect, a film director thinks.

10:37 Oginski Polonaise instead of pre-election speech

Calls to boycott the “election” were replaced by the polonaise “Farewell to the Homeland”.

9:20 German Social Democrats call on interior ministry to come clean

The reason is cooperation between the German police and Belarusian law-enforcement agencies.

9:01 BATE makes it to group round of Champions League

The match with Israeli “Hapoel” has ended in a tie.

8:58 Ecuador rejects fugitive policeman's extradition to Belarus

A court of Ecuador rejected an extradition request for Alexander Barankov.

8:52 Farce as tragedy

If the opposition leaves the mock-election immediately, we might have one last chance to save the political prisoners.