17:15 Mahiliou court fines local pro-dem leader Yury Novikau

Trade union activist in Mahilyow fined for distributing leaflets against foreign military bases.

15:05 Vladimir Ryzhkov: Lukashenka can take Russia’s ambassador Surikov hostage

The Belarusian regime is bankrupt without Russia’s oil, Vladimir Ryzhkov is convinced.

14:37 Ministry of Labour works out tools to collect tax for “social parasitism”

Belarus considers variants of collecting a tax from unemployed people.

14:05 Olga Zakharova: EU will get another punch from Makei

The West has a dialogue with itself by lifting sanctions from the Belarusian authorities.

13:05 Urgant tells about potato bug and Lukashenka (Video)

Russia's Channel One mocked the Belarusian ruler again.

12:25 Vital Rymasheuski: No rehabilitation for resigned henchmen

Lifting the EU sanctions from accomplices to the Lukashenka regime is a mistake.

10:49 Hans-Gert Pottering: I stand for sanctions in any case

While the people of Belarus do not live freely, regime’s officials should not have the freedom to move around Europe.

9:53 MFA welcomes reducing sanctions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus welcomes a “downward trend in sanction”.

9:27 Five companies of oligarch Peftiev removed from EU blacklist

The number of Belarusian companies subject to the EU sanctions has been reduced to 25.

9:18 Policemen allowed to patrol streets in plain clothes

Plainclothes police patrols appeared in the Pershamaiski and Frunzenski districts of Minsk.

8:22 Zmitser Dashkevich: Refusal to buy Belarusian oil products will be real sanctions

A former political prisoner calls the EU sanctions against the Belarusian authorities nominal.

7:52 Pavol Demesh: Eastern Partnership and Lukashenka are incompatible

It is pointless to speak of the participation of dictatorial Belarus in the Eastern Partnership.