http://www.rferl.org/archive/Belarus/latest/658/658.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Belarus http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Belarus/latest/658/658.html en Copyright 2015 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sun, 27 Mar 2016 18:44:14 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Some Russian media reports claim that three former Belarusian residents are suspected of involvement in the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels. But one of the men ridiculed the assertion, telling RFE/RL that the reports were "nonsensical yellow journalism." http://www.rferl.org/content/brussels-bombings-russian-reports-belarus-attackers/27629531.html http://www.rferl.org/content/brussels-bombings-russian-reports-belarus-attackers/27629531.html Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:15:43 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer Makey says his country wants "to normalize ties" with the European Union. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-eu-normalization-relations/27628966.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-eu-normalization-relations/27628966.html Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:30:04 +0000 Belarus Belarusian businessman Yury Chyzh has been charged with large-scale tax evasion. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-businessman-chyzh-tax-evasion/27625868.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-businessman-chyzh-tax-evasion/27625868.html Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:47:19 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) Soviet-era Belarusian dissident Syarhey Khanzhankou has passed away at the age of 74. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-soviet-era-dissident-dies-khanzhankou/27616948.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-soviet-era-dissident-dies-khanzhankou/27616948.html Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:55:31 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) Belarusian authorities have suspended an investigation against a former presidential candidate who fled Belarus in 2011 and returned last year. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-mikhalevich-investigation-dropped/27609628.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-mikhalevich-investigation-dropped/27609628.html Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:24:21 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) Belarusian authorities have detained prominent businessman Yury Chizh on suspicion of large-scale tax evasion. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-detains-businessman/27607733.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-detains-businessman/27607733.html Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:51:09 +0000 Belarus Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Kyiv to demand that Russia release detained Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko. http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-belarus-savchenko/27598492.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-belarus-savchenko/27598492.html Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:27:00 +0000 Ukraine A Belarusian court has sentenced eleven people, including one woman, to between nine and 19 years in prison for drug-related crimes. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-court-sentences-11-for-drug-trafficking/27589552.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-court-sentences-11-for-drug-trafficking/27589552.html Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:19:18 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) A Lithuanian court has jailed a former military medical officer after finding him guilty of spying for neighboring Belarus. http://www.rferl.org/content/lithuanian-sentenced-spying-belarus/27589397.html http://www.rferl.org/content/lithuanian-sentenced-spying-belarus/27589397.html Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:47:03 +0000 Belarus More than 300 people gathered in central Minsk, to protest new rules for non-food market stalls. The February 28 rally was held to protest a new regulation that small private businesses should obtain certificates guaranteeing the quality of their products and also show proof of origin. (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) http://www.rferl.org/media/video/belarus-minsk-markets/27581100.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/belarus-minsk-markets/27581100.html Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:55:00 +0000 Belarus Two former officers from the Belarusian KGB have been put on trial in Minsk along with 15 other defendants on charges of being members of one of the country's largest distribution rings for illegal narcotics. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-kgb-officers-drug-trafficking-gang/27580866.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-kgb-officers-drug-trafficking-gang/27580866.html Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:19:23 +0000 Belarus support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) Some 500 people rallied in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on February 28 to demand that the government scrap a new regulation, which protesters say imposes an unfair burden on small private businesses. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-protest-small-businesses/27579070.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-protest-small-businesses/27579070.html Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:01:45 +0000 Belarus