18:27 Light graffiti on Solidarity Day (Photo)

Activists of Partisan art-group painted political graffiti in Minsk.

17:38 Protesters against death penalty detained in Minsk (Photo)

The organizers of the rally planned to lay flowers near the commemorative plaque at Kastrychnitskaya metro station today at 5 p.m.

16:51 Police disclosed picture of person suspected of railway station’s false mining

The law-enforcing agencies continue to hunt for the suspect in false mining of the railway station in Minsk.

16:46 Performance against torture in Minsk (Photo)

A performance against torture was held on Victory Square in Minsk.

16:45 39-year-old Andrei Bandarenka called up for military service

Andrei Bandarenka was informed about the grounds for putting him on the list of travel banned.

16:12 PACE: last-ditch appeal for clemency for Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou called today for authorities in Minsk to halt its use of the death penalty after reports that President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to go forward with the use of the death penalty in the cases of two men convicted for the April 2011 Minsk metro bombing.

16:11 MMM head office in Minsk stormed (Video)

(Updated) Special police task force has taken by storm the head office of MMM financial pyramid company in Minsk.

15:47 Zhanna Litvina was not allowed to leave Belarus due to “debts”

Such a document has been issued to the chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists by the Citizenship and migration department.

14:39 35% of GDP to be spent on external debt service in 2012

The cost of the gross external debt service is to increase threefold in 2012.

14:00 “Vybor” newspaper appeared in cities of Belarus (Photo)

Activists of “European Belarus” campaign continue to disseminate “Vybor” newspaper in the cities of Belarus.

13:37 Opposition activists to be tried for performance “Trash heap of history”

Officers of the Savetski district police department of Minsk detained Zmena activists Uladzimir Bachyla and Artsyom Kuzmin.

13:00 Mikalai Dzyadok thrown into punishment cell

The parents of Mikalai Dzyadok were told in penal colony No. 15 that the political prisoner has been thrown into a punishment cell for 5 days.

12:31 Maja Concijancic: EU does not forget about Belarus

Brussels is concerned about the recent cases of restricting the freedom to travel for opposition and civil society representatives by the Belarusian authorities.

12:23 PACE representatives call not to execute Kanavalau and Kavalyou

Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe call on the Belarusian authorities not to execute Dzmitry Kanavalau (Dmitry Konovalov) and Uladzislau Kavalyou (Vladislav Kovalev).

12:11 Statkevich phones his wife first time since July

Political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich phoned his wife from th Mahilou prison on March 16.

12:05 EU ponders sending back Belarus ambassadors

EU diplomats will on Friday (17 March) discuss whether to send back their ambassadors to Minsk following a diplomatic row over sanctions.

10:19 Belarus must lift travel ban against journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by the illegal foreign travel ban on at least four independent journalists in Belarus, and calls on the government of Aleksandr Lukashenko to immediately restore their freedom of movement.

9:50 Human rights activists desire explanations over travel ban

The International Observation Mission (IOM) demands “to explain the current situation with “black lists” without delay”.

9:12 The IIHF will decide about Ice Hockey World Championships in autumn

The IIHF is to reconsider whether Lukashenko’s Belarus - with its questionable human rights situation - is the right country to host the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2014.

1:31 EU Ambassadors can return soon

The ambassadors of the EU recalled from Belarus can return in the nearest time.