Garbage bin explosives detonated across Dnepropetrovsk

27.04.2012 17:58   Anastassia Berseneva, edited by Robert Gally

On Friday, a series of explosions thundered through the center of Dnepropetrovsk, injuring or killing nearly three dozen people. Traffic on the main......

Minsk remembers Chernobyl under KGB scrutiny

27.04.2012 15:43   Denis Lavnikevich (Minsk), Anna Baraban (Minsk), edited by Semyon Kvasha

On April 26, for the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, the opposition held their traditional rally "Chernobylsky shlyakh" (Chernobyl way).......

Timoshenko goes on hunger strike, claims she was beaten in prison

25.04.2012 11:46   Ekaterina Savina, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Ex-Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, who is now in prison, has started a hunger strike, her lawyer Sergey Vlasenko said. ...

Belarus weakens border control with EU, Lukashenko shows his "adequate response" to sanctions

20.04.2012 12:54   Denis Lavnikevoch (Minsk), edits by Karina Ayvazova

Belarus authorities have replied to another portion of sanctions by the European Union imposed in March. When they were imposed, Lukashenko promised to......

In Belarus two political prisoners pardoned by Lukashenko

16.04.2012 13:34   Denis Lavnikevich reporting from Minsk, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Andrey Sannikov, the former Belarus presidential candidate was granted a pardon by Alexander Lukashenko and was freed from jail where he had spent more......

Ex-KGB agent wins South Ossetian presidential vote

09.04.2012 12:36   Ekaterina Savina, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Former KGB agent Leonid Tibilov, 60, has won the run-off election in South Ossetia. After checking 100% of the ballot papers, Tibilov is reported to have......

Jailed Timoshenko to get outside for healthcare, orders prosecutor general

02.04.2012 15:13   News dept

Ukraine's Prosecutor General has ordered that the former PM, Yulia Timoshenko, receive health care outside the prison colony where she had been put after......

South Ossetia holds repeat presidential election, results point to runoff

26.03.2012 13:26   Ekaterina Savina (from Tskhinvali), edited by Karina Ayvazova

South Ossetia held a repeated presidential vote on Sunday after the annulled elections in November. According to preliminary data, Leonid Tibilov,......

Lukashenko confirms "iron curtain" with EU, bans opponents from leaving country

23.03.2012 12:43   Viktor Sumskoy, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Belarus president Alexander Lukasheko has officially confirmed that he has established "an iron curtain" for his political opponents. In an interview to TV......

Belarus opposition allowed to hold rally for the first time since 2010

20.03.2012 16:22   News dept

Belarus authorities have allowed the country's opposition to hold a rally, planned on the anniversary of the creation of the Belarus Peoples' Republic,......