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The bill was approved yesterday in two readings by the lower chamber of Belarusian parliament, the House of Representatives.
Belarus MPs unexpectedly passed amendments to the media law in two readings that equated online media to print and electronic media outlets.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed important amendments to the media law in two readings.
Belarus MPs approve a new media law that envisages closure of online media outlets after two warnings from the government.
The rector is to stand trial on charges of accepting four bribes when in office.
A Belarus man is sentenced by a court in Warsaw to seven years in prison for swindling money from the Polish intelligence.
The police arrested Zmitser Paloika upon his arrival at the railway station and accused him of 'petty hooliganism.'
Belarus is in the 11th position out of 152 countries in the 2014 Global Militarization Index.
On 13 December, public transport fare rose to 4,500 rubles.
