21:28 Borisov’s worthy performance in St. Petersburg: Zenit 1-1 BATE (Photo)

BATE Borisov held Russian Zenit, last season's UEFA Cup winners, to a draw in the Champions League. The game ended with a score 1-1. The match was serious, lead by the Belarusians in general. BATE’s supporters were rooting for their team under national white-red-white flags.

18:15 Afghan war veterans fingerprinted in blast case

Aleh Vouchak, famous human rights activist, former investigator and Afghan war veteran, was called in to the military enlistment office of the Tsentralny district of Minsk today.

16:36 A meeting of mourning dedicated to Minsk ghetto tragedy held in Minsk (Photo)

A meeting dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Minsk ghetto liquidation by the Nazi took place in the memorial complex “Yama” today.

15:50 Debt to Russia increasing: Lukashenka is granted 2 billion dollar credit

Russia has taken a decision on granting 2 billion dollars credit to Belarus, Aleksei Kudrin, deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Russia, told to journalists.

15:34 Belarus to deliver snow-clearing cars to Iran

The new dealer of the JSC Amkador has appeared in Iran. Since September 2008 “Zagros-mashin” Ltd. which office is situate din Teheran, received an exclusive right for selling snow-cleaning cars manufactured by the enterprise.

14:08 Lidziya Yarmoshyna: “Elections are impossible without administrative resource”

Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna thinks using of administrative resource for conducting elections is absolutely normal.

13:47 Entrepreneurs arrested for spreading leaflets at markets

Militia officers detained entrepreneur Paval Yalavik at Shabany market of Minsk.

13:36 Ramzan Kadyrov dreams to visit Belarus

The President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov expressed a wish to visit Belarus.

10:59 Lord Bell: “country has a perfectly nice atmosphere about it. People are relaxed.”

British PR-specialist Timothy Bell said in an interview to Russian media the Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is “a very friendly person”, and “most Belarusians are glad and happy”. According to the lord, he learnt this through speaking with common Belarusians “in hotels, bars, and restaurants”.

10:43 Raman Yakauleuski: Repressions of the end of 80ies are “childish mischief” as compared to todays’

Raman Yakaulesuski, an international journalist who took part in the rally “Dzyady” in 1998 recall about the cooperation of Belarusians with the independence movements of the Baltic states, about the relations with Communist party nomenklatura.

9:31 Fidel Castro’s son secretly visited Belarus

The eldest son of Fidel Castro, who considered one of the most probable of Comandante’s successors, recently visited Belarus.

9:07 Rigging of elections results is main problem of Belarusian regime

On October 20, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at a meeting with journalists he didn’t see any obstacles for development of relations with Europe after lifting European Union’s sanctions on a number of high ranking Belarusian governmental officials. Members of German Bundestag have another opinion.

8:51 Belarusian regime to cooperate with Iran in space and communication spheres

During the visit of the to Minsk a delegation of Communication and Informational technologies of Iran headed by Minister Mohammad Soleimani directions of cooperation of Belarus and Iran in the sphere of space and communications are to be defined.