Russian news agency Ria Novosti is rolling out a new public relations campaign in the political capital of the European Union which, according to sources in the PR industry, aims to justify Russia's great power ambitions and improve the image

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Minsk prosecutor's office haven't responded to the appeal of the Belarusian Association of Journalists regarding the events on September 16.

Activist of the civil campaign "European Belarus" hung out 100 national white-red-white flags on Independence Avenue. National flags were waving above Minsk for about an hour.

Oppositionists filed a complaint to the Tsentralny district prosecutor's office against unlawful actions of militia officers on October square on October 16.

Officials say the European Union applies discriminative restrictive measures against Belarusian goods.

Belarus has a "very long way to go" for the improvement of its relations with the United States, Philip Gordon, the US assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.

A new composition of the central Election Commission should prepare for the local elections in Belarus.

The leader of Young Belarus received a summons obliging him to visit the military enlistment office for drafting campaign.

The minister of health said no fatal cases of the A(H1N1) virus were registered.