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Screenshot: promise.by
20/01/2018 - 09:56
Society

Programmer fired after launching website to monitor official promises

Pavel Savitski who launched the Promise.by website as his side project, is fired after pressure on his company's bosses.
Photo: pixabay.com
Photo: pixabay.com
04/01/2018 - 10:55
Economy

'Google tax' comes into force in Belarus

Foreign companies providing e-services to individual customers in Belarus are now subject to local 20% VAT tax.
Document: Eugen Sudzilouski / Facebook  
Document: Eugen Sudzilouski / Facebook  
29/12/2017 - 10:05
Economy

No joke: Academy of Sciences mulls over NPP energy to mine cryptocurrency

Scholars in Belarus are reportedly studying an idea of using the energy from the nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrencies.
High Technologies Park in Minsk. Photo: BELTA
High Technologies Park in Minsk. Photo: BELTA
22/12/2017 - 14:46
Economy

Lukashenka signs 'breakthrough decree' on digital economy

President Lukashenka says Belarus will be the first country in the world that opens wide opportunities for blockchain technology
Image: Reuters
Image: Reuters
14/12/2017 - 12:19
Society

Belarus police investigate cryptocurrency theft

A first ever criminal case is opened against a swindler who conned 0.83 bitcoins worth $3000 from a Minsk entrepreneur.
A Posted.media image.
A Posted.media image.
12/12/2017 - 13:09
Society

BELTA removes Freedom Day from Yandex' most popular search topics list in 2017

The state news agency BELTA also eliminated searches about the minimum living standard rise from its news piece.
President Alexander Lukashenka at a meeting on IT-industry development on 11 December 2017. Photo: president.gov.by
President Alexander Lukashenka at a meeting on IT-industry development on 11 December 2017. Photo: president.gov.by
12/12/2017 - 08:05
Economy

Lukashenka set to sign breakthrough edict on IT-industry boost - Prakapenya

VP Capital CEO Viktar Prakapenya comments after the meeting with the Belarus President on digital economy plans.
Alexander Lukashenka's eldest son Viktar, the president's national security aide (second in the right) was present at the time of the appointment. Photo: BELTA​
Alexander Lukashenka's eldest son Viktar, the president's national security aide (second in the right) was present at the time of the appointment. Photo: BELTA​
11/12/2017 - 14:00
Society

Lukashenka appoints new top security chiefs

Andrei Paulyuchenka becomes the chief of Operative Analytical Center. He headed President's Security Service since December 2016.
Minsk police Twitter account #perehvat_gov_by gets hacked
Minsk police Twitter account #perehvat_gov_by gets hacked
28/11/2017 - 08:45
Society

Minsk police Twitter account #perehvat_gov_by gets hacked

Mahilyou police Twitter account was hacked yesterday.