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Belarusian swimmer Aliaksandra Herasmenia. Photo from her Facebook account.

17/09/2018 - 22:20

Sports

Swimming star Aliaksandra Herasimenia gives birth to baby girl

The baby, 53 cm and 3.6 kg, has been named Sophia.

Photo: belpc.by

17/09/2018 - 17:11

Economy

Belarus potash company to supply potash to China at $290 per ton

Belarus agrees the price for its potash supplies to China, $60 more than last year.

Photo: Vadzim Zamirouski, TUT.BY

17/09/2018 - 12:53

Economy

Belarus state to contribute $2.5 million to biotech corporation's statutory fund

The Belarusian government's move seeks to retain 25% of shares in the company.

Belarusian Interior Minister Ihar Shunevch. Euroradio image.

17/09/2018 - 12:14

Society

Interior Minister: Belarus will set a barrier to permissiveness on Internet

The Minister of Internal Affairs comments on the draft decree on identification of Internet users.

Photo: Alena Maslyukova, facebook.com

17/09/2018 - 11:37

Society

200 people in flashmob against 'stinking factory' in Svietlahorsk

Spontaneous protests against the local cellulose plant have taken place in Svietlahorsk since late last year.

Belarus No 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Photo: twitter/WTA

15/09/2018 - 22:04

Sports

Aryna Sabalenka WTA's August 2018 Breakthrough of the Month

Belarusian tennis starlet Aryna Sabalenka won in New Haven and reached the fourth round at the US Open in August.

An illustrative photo from open sources.

15/09/2018 - 18:07

Society

Belarus 53rd in world life quality index

Belarus is ahead only Ukraine (88) among the neighboring countries in the life quality index.

Mikita Naidzen. Photo: VKontakte

14/09/2018 - 11:48

Society

Kurapaty watch activist fined for calling in fake bomb threat

Mikita Naidzen gets a BYN 1960 ($830) fine for calling a false bomb alert in the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant in Kurapaty.

Photo: facebook.com/belavus

13/09/2018 - 12:51

Society

Owner of billboards who removed Nyaklyayeu poster: this is black PR

He refutes any political implication in the incident.

Photo: http://president.gov.by

13/09/2018 - 11:42

Politics

Lukashenka in Uzbekistan for state visit

President Aliaksandr Lukashenka is paying a three-day state visit to Uzbekistan to focus on trade and economic cooperation.

Photo: jizn.net.ua

13/09/2018 - 11:25

Politics

‘Crimean scenario’ for Belarus, quick replacement for Lukashenka

Foreign relations scholars in Moscow propose a Crimean scenario for Belarus to keep it under Russia's control.

Photo: tut.by

13/09/2018 - 11:22

Sports

Ice hockey - KHL: Dinamo Minsk records first win in 5 matches

The Bizons break their losing streak by defeating Spartak Moscow 3-1 at the home Minsk Arena.

Photo: church.by

12/09/2018 - 18:04

Society

Belarusian Orthodox Church condemns Constantinople's 'incursion into Ukraine'

The Orthodox Church in Belarus supports the stance of the Moscow Patriarchate on the issue of Ukrainian autocephaly.

TUT.BY owner Yury Ziser. Photo: Facebook

12/09/2018 - 12:53

Society

Yury Ziser: BelTA case showed one can be found without obligatory identification

Belarusians will soon have to leave personal information (phone number, etc) before posting comments on online forums.

President Lukashenka's eldest son and national security advisor Viktar Lukashenka. Photo: tut.by

11/09/2018 - 11:33

Society

Viktar Lukashenka buys embroidery shirts, looks through Pahonya folders

The president's eldest son showed interest in ethnic Belarusian symbols during the Slavonic Bazaar in Viciebsk in July.

Belarusian activist Nina Bahinskaya. Photo: svaboda.org

11/09/2018 - 10:40

Society

Nina Bahinskaya fined BYN1225 for ‘walking with a poster’

The 72-year-old woman was detained in the centre of Minsk during a solo protest on 10 September.

Arkadiy Izrailevich (left). Euroradio image

10/09/2018 - 22:31

Society

Businessman Arkadiy Izrailevich loses libel suit against Novy Cas newspaper

A Minsk court rejects a lawsuit from Izrailevich against the newspaper over an investigation about the restaurant in Kurapaty.

Photo: museum-grodno.by

10/09/2018 - 16:29

Society

Medieval chessboard's fragments unearthed in Hrodna castle (photo)

Archeologists found a fragment of a chessboard dating back to the Middle Ages at an excavation site in the Hrodna Castle.

Belarusian Finance Minister Maksim Yermalovich. Photo: STV

10/09/2018 - 11:49

Economy

Finance minister: Belarus refuses from cooperation with IMF

Belarus pulls out of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund after failing to agree on the schedule of reforms.

Photo: WPS

10/09/2018 - 10:14

World

Russia Today's top manager banned on Facebook over comments

Facebook bans Piotr Lidov-Petrovski for 30 days for a repost with an ironic comment on Belarusian service Radio Liberty's video.