17:27 Haidukou trial: Policemen giving evidence

Andrei Haidukou is kept in a cage.

16:05 MFA doesn't recognise mandate of UN Special Rapporteur

The Belarusian authorities continue to refuse to work with Miklos Haraszti.

15:30 Tatsiana Raviaka: Extending mandate of UN Special Rapporteur is political sign

The international community shows concerns about the situation in Belarus.

14:54 Andrei Kostitsyn stays in Traktor

Forward of the Belarusian national ice hockey team Andrei Kostitsyn will stay in HC Traktor Chelyabinsk and play the next season in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

13:43 Mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus extended for one year

The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Miklos Haraszti for one year.

13:33 Yuriy Dzhibladze and Olga Zakharova: Drowning dictator must not be saved

The European Union should not give Lukashenka a helping hand.

13:13 Dzmitry Bandarenka: Authorities are trying to throw a switch

In the case of Hajdukou KGB is using the same methods as in the case of Kanavalau-Kavalou, the politician believes.

12:25 Lukashenka: We are between two monsters

Belarusian ruler spoke of the need to establish relations with the West.

12:22 Belarus handball team defeats Iceland

A selection match of the European Championship-2014 was played in Minsk Palace of Sport on Wednesday.

11:47 Boris Tarasyuk: Diplomats were the first to support the revolution

Ukraine’s former foreign minister is convinced that there shouldn’t be more trade-offs with authoritarian regimes.

11:34 People forced to attend Belarusian pop star concert

Companies of the town of Hantsavichy were instructed to send people to a concert of singer Anna Sharkunova.

9:36 National Statistics Committee: GDP growth falls to 1.1%, production slumps to 3.5%

In January-May 2013 Belarus’ GDP totaled Br217.6 trillion in current prices, 1.1% up from the same period of last year in comparable prices.

9:27 New death verdict issued in Hrodna

23-year-old killer of two people sentenced to death.

8:58 Belarusian MPs not interested in local border traffic

Members of the “house of representatives” don't want to ask Lukashenka about local border traffic with Poland.

8:28 Head of disgraced "Union of Poles in Belarus" to stand trial

One more member of the unregistered "Union of Poles in Belarus", its chairman Mechyslau Yaskevich will soon be summoned to court as a defendant in administrative proceedings.

8:22 Russia loses $15bn in fictitious Belarusian imports

More than a quarter of capital outflow from Russia was made through the “Belarusian scheme”.

7:31 UN Council will decide on the Special Rapporteur on Belarus

Belarusian UN rapporteur’s mandate to be put to the vote in Geneva today.