Belarus News

It should have been a pleasant Independence Day celebration in Belarus, but the state-organised music event ended in blood and horror.

There is widespread concern among the gay community in Belarus, following an increased number of homophobic attacks over the past month.

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday rejected the possibility that a bomb attack at a concert he was attending in Minsk on Friday could have been an assassination attempt.

Minsk - Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko Saturday promised he would not use a recent bomb blast as a pretext to crack down on government opponents, the Interfax news agency reported.

Thursday's bomb explosion in Belarus has come as a complete shock. This former Soviet republic bordering with three EU member states has never seen anything like this.

By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press Writer

MINSK, Belarus - A homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in Belarus' capital early Friday, injuring at least 50 people. Officials blamed hooligans.

The blast took place in downtown Minsk at a concert marking the ex-Soviet nation's independence day. Minsk police spokesman Alexander Lastovsky said authorities...

About 50 people were wounded by a home-made bomb in Belarus's capital on Friday at an Independence Day concert attended by long-time ruler President Alexander Lukashenko, officials said.

At least 40 people were injured in a bomb attack at an open air concert in the Belorussian capital Minsk last night.

Belarus is marking the main state holiday - - Independence Day on Thursday. In the republic, it coincides with the day of liberation of Belarus from German-fascist invaders.

"I am sure that strengthening of traditionally friendly relations, dynamic development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus will continue to serve the interest of our peoples and ...

BAKU. July 2. KAZINFORM Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus should agree the energy transportation tariffs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Bolat Iskakov told a press conference ...

VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2008 .- Belarus is characterized by a healthy dialogue between faith and reason, says Benedict XVI's secretary of state.

Russia's envoy to NATO said on Tuesday that Russia-Belarus ties should be strengthened, and that the two countries could never join the Western military alliance.

A Minsk court handed two Belarusian traffic officers suspended sentences after they organized a make-shift roadblock using civilian cars to stop a speeding drunk driver on a highway, a court said Wednesday.

Date : Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:44:53 +0500 BYELORUSSIAN DELEGATION VISITS ARMENIA ARKA June 25 A delegation of the Minsk region, Belarus, has been on a visit to Armenia.

The House of Representatives of Belarus' National Assembly [official website, English version] approved the "On Mass Media" law Tuesday after its second reading.

Iran - Belarus - Ambassador Outgoing Belarusian Ambassador to Iran Leonid Rachkov at the end of his mission held talks with Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi on issues of mutual interest here on Saturday.

Belarus and the United States on Friday traded accusations over an American lawyer jailed for more than three months in a KGB prison.

Belarus remains a priority in Russia's foreign policy, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in Moscow with his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Sidorsky ahead of a session of the council of ministers of ...

Prime ministers Vladimir Putin and Sergei Sidorsky are holding In Moscow a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Russia-Belarus Union State, the press service of the Russian cabinet reports.