Politics

37 delegates took part in the party congress on Sunday to approve the names of parliamentary election nominees.

The Central Election Commission registers 445 nominating groups of potential candidates for seats at the House of Representatives.

Belarusian PM Andrei Kabyakou is in Moscow for talks with Russian PM Dmitri Medvedev to discuss gas price and other issues.

His name was not removed from the list of registered initiative groups.

Two hooligans were detained after attacking the activists collecting signatures for Movement for Freedom's Yuras Hubarevich.

Belarus' deputy Foreign Minister comments on NATO's recent decision to deploy four battalions in the east.

104 representatives of opposition parties now have their nominating groups registered for the parliamentary elections.

United Civil Party (UCP) has the highest number of registered nominating groups among the opposition parties.

Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski says there are positive changes in Belarus' stance towards NATO member states.