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Elections in Belarus often go side by side with limited Internet access /Ілюстрацыйнае фота pixabay.com

09/08/2020 - 13:06

Politics

Internet disruption reported in Belarus on election day

We are waiting for the details from the Ministry of Communications and Infromatization.

Central Election Commission (CEC) chairwoman Lidziya Yarmoshyna / Euroradio

09/08/2020 - 07:14

Politics

Belarus elections: CEC says record turnout at 41.7% after early voting

The early voting turnout figures were significantly lower during the previous parliamentary and presidential elections in Belarus.

Curtains on enclosed balcony / photo from Alyaksandr

06/08/2020 - 11:16

Society

Police fraudulently seize white-red-white curtain from Minsk family

The official reason is to prevent 'unauthorized modification of the facade'.

Belarusian nuclear power plant / Euroradio

06/08/2020 - 10:49

Politics

TASS: Belarus nuclear power plant launch planned on August 7

The physical launch means that fuel rods will be loaded into the reactor core.

Early voting in Belarus / Euroradio

06/08/2020 - 10:26

Politics

Belarus election 2020: More people vote early than in 2015

12.75% of voters have turned out at the polling stations during two days of early voting. In 2015, it was 10,94%.

Army in Belarus / BelTA

06/08/2020 - 08:18

Society

Reservists called up for training in Viciebsk region

The Ministry of Defense says the reserve training to begin on August 11 is a pre-scheduled operation.

President Lukashenka and Security Council members discussing the detention of Russian citizens, 29 July 2020 / Reuters

30/07/2020 - 21:45

Politics

Ukraine seeks extradiction for Russian 'mercenaries' detained in Belarus

Ukraine President's press office says security services have collected "enough evidence" of crimes in Donbas.

Presidential candidate Andrei Dzmitryeu

30/07/2020 - 11:29

Politics

Security Council head mulls over possible internet block

Presidential candidate Andrei Dzmitryeu briefed journalists after the ad hoc meeting at Central Election Commission.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Euroradio

28/07/2020 - 12:33

Politics

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on lustrations, Crimea and turbulence after elections

Presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gave an exclusive interview to Euroradio.

Central Election Commission (CEC) meeting, 22 July 2020 / Screenshot from broadcast

28/07/2020 - 09:10

Politics

CEC limits number of observers at polling stations

Not more than three observers are allowed in a polling station during early voting and up to five on Election Day (August 9).

All over the world people are anxiously awaiting the second wave of COVID-19 / Reuters

28/07/2020 - 08:31

Economy

Coronavirus fight cost Belarus half a billion rubles - Lukashenka

President Lukashenka mentions the cost of the COVID-19 response at a meeting with the 'economic bloc' of the government.

The presidential elections will be held on August 9 / Euroradio

28/07/2020 - 07:27

Politics

Who can conduct exit polls at Belarus elections?

A government-approved pollster plans to replace exit polls near polling stations with phone interviews.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka / Reuters

24/07/2020 - 19:07

Politics

Lukashenka attacks media: Throw them out if they call for Maidans

Lukashenka says he was outraged by the insults to him and the chairpersons of precinct election commissions.

Artyom Shraibman / Euroradio

21/07/2020 - 17:07

Politics

Authorities raise price of protest for 'unbeaten' generation - pundit

Political commentator Artyom Shraibman talked to Euroradio about the recent protests, repressions, and possible EU sanctions.

Protests in Minsk / Euroradio

21/07/2020 - 15:26

Politics

Authorities use election laws to push Belarusians to boycott

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

21/07/2020 - 14:37

Politics

Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya's children in safe heaven abroad

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

21/07/2020 - 02:12

Politics

Election: Thousands attend Tsikhanouskaya's campaign rally Minsk

Opposition candidate holds the first authorized campaign rally in the Belarus capital.

Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau seconds after their release from a police station in Minsk / Euroradio

14/07/2020 - 21:15

Society

Euroradio reporters released from police station

Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau, detained when covering a protest in downtown Minsk, are free.

Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau / Euroradio

14/07/2020 - 20:57

Politics

Euroradio reporters detained in Minsk

Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau were detained when streaming live from downtown Minsk.

Transport and Communication Minister Alyaksei Auramenka / ctv.by

14/07/2020 - 12:02

Economy

Plans for low-cost airline in Hrodna

Minister of Transport and Communications Alyaksei Auramenka mulls over a low-cost airline operated from Hrodna in western Belarus.