Politics

This procedure is to be introduce in the next parliamentary elections.

President Lukashenka is expected to focus on economy in his State of the Nation Address on April 21.

CEC chairperson Lidziya Yarmoshyna says the date of the polls may be announced on May 17.

The opposition politician’s phone number was blocked on April 29 when law-enforcement officials arrested the money on his account.

On behalf of the Belarus Government, the document was signed by ambassador to France Pavel Latushka.

Among the countries are Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Minsk in June to take part in the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia.

The two leaders discussed the intensification of Belarus-Turkey relations, according to official reports.

President Aliaksandr Lukashenka went on an surprise official visit to Istanbul on April 13.