Presidential Elections 2020
Central Election Commission (CEC) meeting, 22 July 2020 / Screenshot from broadcast
Not more than three observers are allowed in a polling station during early voting and up to five on Election Day (August 9).
The presidential elections will be held on August 9 / Euroradio
A government-approved pollster plans to replace exit polls near polling stations with phone interviews.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka / Reuters
Lukashenka says he was outraged by the insults to him and the chairpersons of precinct election commissions.
Artyom Shraibman / Euroradio
Political commentator Artyom Shraibman talked to Euroradio about the recent protests, repressions, and possible EU sanctions.
Protests in Minsk / Euroradio
The election in Belarus means suffering and no stopping of samsara, Euroradio editor-in-chief Pavel Svyardlou writes in his op-ed.
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya (at the microphone) at an election picket in Minsk
The information came from Natallia Radzina, editor-in-chief of the Charter'97 website.
Thousands of people came to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's campaigning picket in Minsk / Euroradio
Opposition candidate holds the first authorized campaign rally in the Belarus capital.
Viktar Babaryka / Euroradio files
The Central Election Commission rules to refuse registration of Viktar Babaryka, Valery Tsapkala as presidential contenders.
Riot police on the streets of Belarus in summer 2020 / Euroradio
The Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign calls on the authorities to stop repressions and hold a free election.
