16:15 Arrests in Ecomedservice go on

A chief engineer in Ecomedservice medical centre has been detained.

15:16 Polish Defence Ministry: Offensive weapons to be deployed in Belarus

Assurances of the Belarusian authorities on defensive character of the country's military cooperation with Russia are not true.

15:05 Pavel Seviarynets: Political prisoners will be released when their sentences expire

A politician doesn't believe that political prisoners may be released soon.

12:55 12 pickets in memory of Zakharenka banned in Brest

Activists of the United Civic Party (UCP) in Brest have been banned from staging 12 small demonstrations in the city on May 7.

12:48 Two Belarusians died in mountains near Gelendzhik

The tragedy occurred in March but the bodies have been found now.

12:46 Christian Holm: Banning Belarusian flag on IIHF World Championship is disgraceful

A member of the Swedish Parliament condemns a ban on raising the Belarusian national white-red-white flag on the Ice Hockey World Championship in Stockholm.

12:46 Evaldas Ignatavicius: Visas for Belarusians will be lifted sooner or later

Visa restrictions for Belarusians will be abolished eventually.

12:40 Boris Nemtsov: «Lukashism» gripped Russia

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has sucked $100 billion out of Russia in the past 19 years.

12:38 Paval Sevyarynets granted three-days leave from correctional facility

Paval Sevyarynets, who is serving a three-year "restricted freedom" and corrective labor sentence, has been granted a three-day leave of absence from the open-type facility.

12:26 Martin Uggla: I am ashamed if Sweden has something to do with ban on flag

The leader of a human rights organization Östgruppen Martin Uggla believes that the International Ice Hockey Federation confuses sports with politics.

12:14 Stefan Eriksson: I don't like Belarusian flag incident

A former Swedish ambassador to Belarus comments on a ban to use the Belarusian national flag on the IIHF World Championship in Stockholm.

12:00 Harry Pahaniajla: Swedish police was sent by Belarusian officials

It is necessary to find out the opinion of Swedish authorities and clarify, who and why gave the order to remove the Belarusian supporters from the stadium.

11:49 Scandal at Belarus vs Slovenia game

Security guards twisted arms and kicked Belarusian fans out of the arena for an attempt to unfurl a big national white-red-white flag.

11:37 Activist will be held to trial for leaflets on political prisoners in Hrodna

A Hrodna resident Siarhei Vierameenka was called out to a police department and had a protocol composed against him due to his detention on 12 March.

11:11 Festival in honour of Battle of Milavidy banned

The Baranavichy district executive committee forbade to hold the Milavidy Festival on occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Milavidy.

11:01 Minsk riot squads and Swedish police: who learnt from whom?

Shocking photographs of the detention of Belarusians with national flags at the Belarus-Slovenia hockey game in Sweden.

9:44 Tortures in Belarus. Apocalypse

A presentation of a documentary about the tortures, which civic activists underwent in Belarus during detentions and arrests, took place in Minsk.

9:05 Labour camps: school children in Minsk will work for $100

The authorities have started implementing the idea of the creation of labour camps for teenagers.