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Magdalena Radziwill. Photo from Hleb Labadzienka's archive.

05/02/2018 - 17:38

Society

Belarus to rebury Princess Magdalena Radziwill's remains in Minsk cathedral

The patroness of the Belarusian renaissance will be laid to rest in the Holy Trinity Church in Minsk on 17 February.

Photo: open source

05/02/2018 - 10:19

Politics

'White Legion case': Proceedings against Miraslau Lazouski stopped

Lazouski was the only 'White Legion' suspect still prosecuted after the closure of the 'riot case.'

Euroradio image

02/02/2018 - 16:38

Society

Regnum case: Pro-Russian authors get suspended sentence terms, released in court

Yury Pavlovets, Sergei Shiptenko and Dzmitry Alimkin receive five years in prison with three years of suspended sentence.

Defense industry commentator Aliaksandr Alesin. Image: Euroradio

02/02/2018 - 14:14

Politics

Belarus expects to earn $1.3-1.5 billion on arms trade in 2018 - expert

Euroradio talks to military analyst Aliaksandr Alesin about Belarus making it into the list of world's largest arms exporters.

Mikalai Charhinets. Photo: svaboda.org

02/02/2018 - 12:53

Culture

Pro-government writers union head mulls over street renaming after Vasil Bykau

Union of Writers head Mikalai Charhinets proposes to rename Frunze (Red Army commander) street after writer Vasil Bykau.

Pope Francis. Photo: Reuters

02/02/2018 - 12:11

Society

Pope Francis will not visit Belarus in 2018

Belarus is not on Pope Francis' travel list in 2018, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz tells a Belarusian TV channel ONT.

Belarusian armoured vehicle “Cayman”. Photo: sb.by

01/02/2018 - 11:33

Economy

Belarus among world’s top 20 arms exporters

Belarus increased arms exports by 15% and earned over $1 billion in 2017.

File photo.

01/02/2018 - 10:28

Economy

Belarus earns $60m on caviar imitation

“Good job on learning to make caviar!” President Lukashenka recently commended local businesses.

Photo: pixabay.com

31/01/2018 - 18:31

Society

Belarus confirms 7th death-row inmate

Yahor Liotau, 30 received death sentence for murdering a prison cell mate.

Andrei Fomochkin at the Olympic Games in Rio with a Russian flag. Photo: ria.ru

31/01/2018 - 16:55

Sports

Belarus delegation officially banned to stage public actions at Olympic Games

Team Belarus enters an Olympic Village hotel on condition no public actions (like with the Russian flag in Rio) will be staged.

A candidate meets voters. Photo: mk.by

31/01/2018 - 10:55

Society

Meeting with anonymous candidate. How state media cover local election campaign

The Minsk Courier newspaper never mentioned the name of the candidate in its story about a campaign event.

Photo: pixabay.com

31/01/2018 - 10:08

Politics

Local elections: Opposition candidate’s rally disrupted in Orsha

A candidate from the Belarusian Party of the Left 'Fair World' received a formal refusal two days after the scheduled rally.

Darya Domracheva and Ole Einar Bjorndalen. Photo: Facebook

30/01/2018 - 17:45

Sports

Biathlon: IOC clears Bjorndalen to coach Belarus team at 2018 Olympics

The Belarus Biathlon Federation will pay for Ole Einar Bjorndalen's trip to South Korea.

Investigation Committee Chairman Ivan Naskevich. Photo: BELTA

30/01/2018 - 11:16

Society

Belarus' Investigation Committee chief visits US

Ivan Naskevich will meet with the administration of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Valyantsina Kaminskaya. Photo: sb.by

30/01/2018 - 10:29

Sports

Pressball: Belarus lacks athletes to fill Olympic cross-country skiing quota

Team Belarus has only managed to fill one of the two additional quotas.

Photo: pixabay.com

29/01/2018 - 19:26

Society

Belarusian car sales website stealthily mines cryptocurrencies

Users in Belarus discover a cryptocurrency mining malware on a key car-selling portal.

Open source image

29/01/2018 - 12:02

Society

Information ministry: If Charter'97 observes the law, it will be unblocked

The Charter97.org will not re-appear in the .by domain zone, its editor Natallia Radzina stressed.

Victoria Azarenka. Photo: BELTA

29/01/2018 - 10:34

Sports

Tennis: Qatar Open 'wild card' for Belarus' Azarenka

Qatar Open will take place on February 12-18 where Russian Maria Sharapova has also received a special invitation.

Photo: pixabay.com

26/01/2018 - 12:34

Economy

Russian cryptocurrency miners dash to Belarus to register companies

Two or three new companies are registered in Viciebsk every day in light of conducive business environment for crypto mining.

Photo: vg.no

26/01/2018 - 11:18

Sports

Norwegian press: Bjørndalen to be part of Team Belarus at PyeongChang Olympics

Norwegian eight-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen will provide support to his star wife Darya Domracheva in South Korea.