7 month agoAs of 1:30am about 50 people released from detention center in Minsk, they have numbers on backs drawn with markers
7 month agoA lot of people released from detention center in Minsk
7 month agoIn Zhodzina protesters are being released from prison too
7 month agoSome released prisoners are being evacuated by ambulances
7 month agoMilitary convoy on Nezalezhnosti Avenue
Detained protesters are now being released from Akrescina detention center
Police vans now arrived at Pushkinskaja metro station area in Minsk
7 month agoPlaques in Minsk at "bison" landmark "Police with the people" "we are not against you"
I've seen many videos where Belarus coward, aggressive police beats people. It's unbelievable atrocity. Hope these are latest hours of this dictatorship regime and people of Belarus will win - #CzechRepublic PM Babiš
has just tweeted very strong statement against Lukashenko
Peaceful demonstration continues in Minsk
7 month agoDemonstration in Smilovichy
Lukashenka to make an address - press-secretary
About 200 protesters on Mayakovskogo in Minsk
Demonstration in Zhabinka
7 month agoTurkish Defence Ministry shares footage of OrucReis seismic research vessel and F-247 TCG KEMALREIS frigate
Belarus Solidarity Protest in Armenia. A group of protesters took to downtown Yerevan to express their solidarity with the opposition in Belarus. They demonstrated outside the Armenian Parliament & then made their way to the Government Building
Speaker of Council of The Republic of National Assembly of Belarus on behalf of Lukashenka: "We don't need a fight. We don't need a war". "President ordered to look into all cases of detention, he is listening to working collectives"
Demonstration in Michanavychy
Video showing moment when Aleksander Taraykovsky was shot and killed on 10 August at Pushkinskaja metro station
Gefesttekhnika is on strike at Brest
Tatiana Petruchik, the editor-in-chief of BelTA, resigned
Protest at Riga mall in Minsk tonight
A lot of people gathered at Pushkinskaja in Minsk
7 month agoAnother bus with soldiers and opposition protest symbols. Photo: Alyaksandr Vasyukovich
7 month agoProtesters gather near notorios KGB building in Minsk vid @belamova
7 month agoDemonstration today near Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv, demanding from Belarusian authorities to release Ukrainian citizens detained earlier. Photo: Reuters
7 month agoIngushetiya: armed attack on a private car at Surhahi village in Nazran district. One killed, several injured
Protest in Lviv in support of Belarusian protesters
Evening demonstration in Zhodzina, protesters demand to expel riot police and form "people militia" squads for order
7 month agoDemonstration in Stolin
About 1000 people demonstrate in Babruisk
Egypt navy likely to join Greece and France naval forces tomorrow on a joint training in EastMed
Police operation in Montpellier: a man claiming to be a terrorist and to have a bomb as well as hostages was arrested. A large security perimeter had been set up at Saint-Roch station and the RAID police were alerted
Greek Prime Minister Misotakis holds a meeting with Defense Minister and Chief of General Staff at the Maximos Palace
Training L-39 crashed in Krasnodar Krai, Kuban, both pilots safe
Strike at Khimvolokno in Hrodna
7 month agoOne of the support ships with the Turkish research vessel Oruç Reis is making odd maneuvers after reports of an attack. Attached image shows the track it has taken
7 month agoPresident Erdoğan: We said don't attack Oruç Chief, if you attack, you will pay a heavy price and today they got the first answer.
Erdogan says there has been an attack against the Turkish research vessel Oruç Reis and Turkey responded. Oruç Reis has been conducting a seismic research in disputed waters in the Mediterranean
Extraordinary meeting at the Maximos Palace
7 month agoFM Czaputowicz talked on the phone with Germany FM @HeikoMaas. The main topic of the conversation was the situation in Belarus. The ministers also discussed the current bilateral agenda
7 month agoU.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall S. Billingslea: Good to meet with Ambassadors from strong @NATO allies to discuss upcoming Vienna talks with Russia & new capabilities such as the ground-launched cruise missile @Estonia_in_US @Latvia_USA @LTembassyUS @PolishEmbassyUS @AlEmbassyUSA @EmbassyBGinUSA Romania
7 month agoDemonstration in Polotsk
7 month agoDemonstration in Svietlahorsk
7 month agoDemonstration in Vitebsk
7 month agoMilitary show greet protesters with protest V sign vid
Erdogan assures Merkel in a phone call that Turkey supports resolving the existing disputes in the eastern Mediterranean through dialogue and in accordance with international laws
Demonstration at Hrodna Azot
Bill Browder:: I've just been informed that a draft proposal for an EU Magnitsky Act has been circulated to all the Commission DG's by the EU Council. The regulation is titled "concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses"
Video: arrest at Nemyha, policeman pointing a gun at unarmed people
Azerbaijani ambassador to Serbia detained for embezzlement, according to the state security of Azerbaijan
Demonstrators shut Nezalezhnasti Avenue near Akademija navuk metro station
7 month agoMinsk Tractor factory is on strike. In just a few hours, the situation has turned 180 degrees
Greek Foreign Minister Dendias met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Dendias: "The illegal moves of the Turks pose a threat to all countries in the region. It also endangers security and stability."
Erdogan backs down and informs Merkel of his desire to resolve the dispute in the Mediterranean through dialogue
France asks for clarifications regarding the killing of two Iraqi officers in a Turkish attack in northern Iraq
Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow is concerned about the situation in Belarus
7 month agoThe largest defection from the state propaganda TV in Belarus Dmitrij Semchenko, "news" show host, leading "journalist of president's pool" have resigned
Strike at BelCard in Hrodna
Yakub Kolas, Minsk - the number of demonstrators has grown to 5,000
A large column of people in the area of the metro Kastrynickaja
7 month agoThe ambassadors lay flowers at the place of the protester's death near Pushkinskaja metro station in Minsk
Demonstration in Navapolatsk
Demonstration in Zhdanovichy
7 month agoDemonstration in Beryoza
Demonstration at Uruchie, Minsk
8 month agoDemonstration now at Ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi in Minsk
8 month agoAbout 600 protesters gathered in Brest
Second cargo of U.S. crude oil start to arrive at Naftan refinery via Klaipeda port
8 month agoMAZ truck plant is on strike
The French Foreign Ministry considers the Turkish bombing of Iraq a dangerous and reprehensible development
Video game company Wargaming(World of Tanks) evacuates its office in Minsk amid rumors of coming security forces raid
8 month agoMAPID enterprise joins Belarus-wide strike
Mayor of Zhodino town met with BELAZ workers on strike, promised to join them until protest is peaceful, remove riot police from the town, BELAZ truck won't be given to security forces
Fire at thermal power plant in Achinsk
Demonstration in Baranavichy
Demonstrators came to Plosca Pieramohi
8 month agoA lot of people gathered at Nemyha
Minsk talks on Donbass may be moved to Sweden, Kravchuk said
8 month agoDemonstration in Zaslawye
Rally at Malinauka in Minsk
The Uber office in Minsk was also raided
Armed men(security service) raided office of Yandex in Minsk
Protest of workers of BELAZ truck plant
Rally at central mall in Minsk
Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva: The Iranian government must abandon the hostile behavior that causes destruction to the peoples of the region
Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Security Council of Serbia Nebojsa Stefanovic met in Baku with the Secretary of the Security Council of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov
Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva: We support every decision that seeks to tie Iran's sabotage hands in the region
Demonstration in Minsk at Yakuba Kolasa square
Kyiv demanded the release of Ukrainian citizens detained in Belarus. According to the head of the President's office, Andriy Yermak, "Ukrainian citizens were detained by Belarusian law enforcement officers without any legal basis."
8 month agoBELAZ plant on strike
The Belmedpreparaty plant is on strike
The Saudi ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva: Lifting the arms embargo on Iran will only lead to more havoc and fuel conflicts in the region
Catalonia reports 974 positives with COVID19 and three deaths in the last 24 hours
Erdogan: The claim that a Greek island of 10 square kilometers has the right to a continental shelf of 40,000 square kilometers is funny and has no basis in international law, and I call again on Greece to respect the rights and interests of Turkey.
President Erdoğan made very critical calls to Greece regarding the recent tensions with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean at the meeting of Provincial Heads.
Saudi Arabia: Iran smuggles weapons to armed militias working to destabilize the region, and calls for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran.
8 month agoHundreds of workers are on strike at BelAZ, the dump trucks manufacturer and one of the largest enterprises in Belarus
Workers on strike at BELAZ
Belarus Philharmonia is on strike
8 month agoDemonstration now at Komarousky market in Minsk
8 month agoGreek media share images of joint exercise organized by Greece and France
Demonstration in Zaslawye
8 month agoLukashenka held meeting on energy questions
8 month agoErdogan to Greece: "The resolution in Eastern Mediterranean could only be pursued through dialogue and negotiation. A win-win solution is possible. We aren't rooting for tensions"
8 month agoDemonstration in Svietlahorsk
Armored military vehicle filmed on Dzerzhinskogo street in Minsk
8 month agoPeople signing up for volunteering at demonstration in Zhodino
Grodno Azot workers said at a trade union meeting that they were with protesters
Person hospitalized after shooting on Stratford Avenue in Bridgeport. The victim was transported to a local hospital.
8 month agoKeramin in Minsk joins the strike. Belarus's largest producer of tiles and sanitaryware.
Elections Commission of Belarus published the preliminary results of the elections in Minsk: Lukashenko - 64.49%, Tikhanovskaya - 14.92%.
Big amount of protesters are now flocking into Minsk center from different remote districts
8 month agoGreece armed forces HQ releases photo of joint Greek-French aeronautical drills in EastMed with French assault helicopter carrier Tonnerre and frigate La Fayette
Strange earthquakes: - Earthquake. 3.6 magnitude reported in Saxony, Germany - An 3.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the English Channel just off the Sussex coast.
In a message to Turkey, France will send two Rafale fighter jets and the naval frigate 'Lafayette' to the eastern Mediterranean
8 month agoLithuania bans entry to "Hezbollah" affiliates
8 month agoTurkish Air Force E7T Peace Eagle 13-002 orbiting over South of Turkey
A soldier of a reconnaissance battalion from the Joint Forces died "due to careless handling of weapons during a combat mission" - the command said
8 month agoOne of Belarus released prisoners tells about the horrors of his stay chez Lukashenko. 64 people in one police cell designed for 10. No medical help to people needing it. Kicked, punched, whacked with truncheons
No meeting with Lukashenko on Putin's schedule - Kremlin
229 new coronavirus infected in Armenia in 24 hours
8 month agoThe town of Zelva (6,500 inhabitants) and solidarity actions.
8 month agoTurkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and TAF commanders, who were in Azerbaijan, visited the grave of the late President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and laid a wreath
5057 new covid19 infections confirmed in Russia
Picket now in Minsk between Puskinskaja and Spartyunaja metro stations
8 month agoOruc Reis continues exploration, moving west
8 month ago1592 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine. Total rises to 86 140 cases and 1992 deaths
A person in Odesa region diagnosed with anthrax
8 month agoGrodnozhilstroy goes on strike
Joint Force operation: 4 ceasefire violations yesterday
8 month agoMinsk, near the Academy of Science [the very place of brutal detentions few days ago] pic telegram Баста
Picket in Minsk near yarn factory
8 month agoNew pickets across Minsk since early morning
8 month agoBelarus initiates 'mass riot' criminal charges against violently detained Ukrainian humanrights activists Reutski and Vasyliev
5 state propaganda show hosts have resigned today in Belarus: 3 from TV and 2 from radio
8 month agoThe police reported that they have arrested "the manufacturers of the Molotov cocktail" in Minsk
Video: sound of loud explosion during dispersal of crowd in Sierebranka, Minsk
In Lida security forces opened fire after protesters attempted to save fellow demonstrator from arrest
8 month agoPossible riot at penal colony #2 in Babruysk, security alerted, chats "go away!" audible from inside
Security forces opened fire to stop the vehicle on Prytytskogo street in Minsk
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich to Lukashenko: "Go before its too late, before you throw the people into a horrible abyss, into civil war. Go. No one needs a Maidan, no one needs blood. You just want power and this desire of yours will turn into blood."
About 50 people gathered today in Chervyen, 10 were detained
8 month agoA400M presumed TurkishAF heading west out of Baku, Azerbaijan. 2054z
Police dispersing demonstration at Zapad-3 district in Minsk
Demonostration at Losyca in Minsk
Putin and President of Azerbaijan Aliyev had a phone call discussed regional situation, situation on Azerbaijan-Armenia border
8 month agoUS Navy P8 Poseidon AE6840 active over Eastern Mediterranean
Photo: military armed with rifles at Uruchie metro station in Minsk earlier
Big demonstration in Mozyr tonight
Security forces are using special means against protesters in Shabany, Minsk
Protesters shut the road at Ziaaliony Luh in Minsk
8 month agoIn Moscow, Russia, several hundred people gathered outside the Belarusian embassy on Maroseika street in solidarity with the people of Belarus. Moscow police detained 8 protesters:
8 month agoDemonstration in support of Belarus in Riga
Big demonstration tonight in Mazyr
Macron: "We will increase our strength with other EU partners in military cooperation in the Mediterranean, particularly Greece, in order to ensure respect for international law."
Rally at Karbyshova street in Minsk
Video: explosion of stun grenade at Malinouka, Minsk
Peaceful protest in Berezino
Demonstration in Mahilyow
8 month agoStrong showing of solidarity as well in Washington DC in front of the @WhiteHouse.
8 month agoRight in front of the White House - the rally in Solidarity with Belarus
8 month agoMany Russian units are on the move and many of the convoys and trains have helicopter cover and train loadings were often covered by the chemical warfare troops and their aerosol screens. Mostly central and eastern military districts
Malinauka, Minsk: police dispersing protesters, but as soon as police leave, protesters return to the site
Petrovshchina. People blocked traffic for a couple of minutes.
8 month ago"Booms" from police action at Malinauka, Minsk
Belarus confirms death of detained protester
8 month agoA police officer was run over in Baranovichi. Police used weapons, shooting at the wheels
The Egyptian President and the Greek Prime Minister agree during a telephone conversation that the signing of the maritime border agreement between the two countries will contribute to achieving security and stability in the eastern Mediterranean region.
8 month agoTraffic policeman reportedly hit by car at Yuvileyna in Minsk
8 month agoVideo: moment of shooting on Dzerzhinskogo street in Minsk
The Greek Prime Minister: We will respond to any provocation in the Eastern Mediterranean
8 month agoEvgeny Perlin, one of the most infamous Belarusian state TV propagandists, has resigned in protest against what's happening in the country
8 month agoNATO E-3A AWACS NATO09 actice over Turkey
Crimean Tatars write that Russian-occupied Crimea has become a closed sanctuary for the coronavirus. More and more Russian tourists coming for vacation and get sick with what the authorities there call pneumonia. Local hospitals are full. Ukraine has closed the border. COVID19
Russian fighter jet intercepted U.S. planes over Black Sea
8 month agoToday in central London, UK, some 200 people gathered outside Downing Street in solidarity with the civil society in Belarus. Protesters proceeded to the Belarusian embassy, with protest rally planned for 18:00-20:00 local time
Protesters in Khabarovsk protesting for 33rd day, shown support for Belarus today
Linas Linkevicius: Lithuania is ready and considering the possibility of accepting Belarusians, suffering from the ongoing brutalities, on humanitarian grounds
Greek Prime Minister Misotakis had a phone conversation with French President Macron. Misotakis is also expected to talk with President Sisi of Egypt
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis: "No one can threaten or blackmail us."; "We will not succumb to threats and blackmail."; "Turkey's reaction to the deal showed that it do not comply with European principles of the 21st century."
Greece foreign minister @NikosDendias will arrive tomorrow in Israel for meeting with @Gabi_Ashkenazi and Israel PM Netanyahu
Three people are believed to have died after the train derailment in Aberdeenshire, and one person is feared missing, sources told the PA news agency
Macron had a phone call with Putin, discussed events in Belarus
8 month agoDemonstration in Hrodna
8 month agoAbout 500 people have already gathered for a peaceful rally in Gomel.
Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have prepared a plan for resolving the crisis in Belarus, said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. "The presidents of our three countries have developed a plan to de-escalate the situation in Belarus. It contains three points to resolve the situation," Nauseda said.
1 died, 3 were injured in a fire at Krasnoleninskoe oil field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
8 month agoThis is happening near the Riga shopping mall, where people build barricades on the second day of protests. Minsk, Belarus
8 month agoIrini continues tirelessly to monitor the Med. Thanks to the MV that daily cooperate to assure security and to implement Arms Embargo on Libya, as the MV Victoria L Monrovia that welcomed our HS Spesai boarding team
Denmark's Minister of Foreign Affairs says a Danish journalist has been beaten in Belarus. He says that is "completely unacceptable" and demands the government stop assaulting peaceful protesters and journalists. Adds he will take the matter directly to the EU
Belarusian authorities say the Babariko's campaign is involved in the protests
Military convoy is heading from Uruchie(where base of special forces located) to central Minsk
Not only Russia, but also China is trying to destroy Western democracies, according to Pompeo. In case of danger, we will be on your side, he added at the meeting with PM of Czech Republic
8 month ago"The US is our main ally and strategic partner, which is why I am glad that we are able to maintain a high frequency of contacts," said Prime Minister @AndrejBabis at a press conference after talks with US Secretary of State @SecPompeo
8 month ago"It is in everyone's interest. We will continue to talk about the risk to the Belarusian people. We want them to be free, as we have to people around the world," Pompeo said.
"If Russia have a more fundamental influence on the completion of the nuclear power plant in Dukovany, it would undermine the possible independence of the Czech Republic," - Pompeo
Lukashenka: "The basis of all these so-called protesters are people with a criminal past and are unemployed today. No work means walk along the streets and avenues."
8 month agoScene outside a local prison right now. Hundreds of desperate relatives wait for days outside the prison for ny information on their loved ones who disappeared on Sunday
Syria's Assad congratulates Lukashenko
8 month agoProtest now at Urucca
Women protest in Minsk against police brutality
8 month agoPoster says: "You cannot force people to like you"
8 month ago"An extremely serious incident": a train derails in the north of Scotland, toll unknown at this time
8 month agoMore shots of the train derailment near Stonehaven. Massive emergency response
8 month agoHuge billowing black smoke from train on fire after derelailing near Stonehaven
8 month agoMajor incident on Dundee to Aberdeen rail line near Stonehaven Train derailed and alight
Lukashenka convened National Security council, says the main goal of authorities to save constitutional order
8 month agoTurkish Navy Doğan class fast attack craft armed with Harpoon SSM and Turkish Army TAI/AgustaWestland T129 Atak helicopter patrols Turkish coast in the southeast Aegean near Didim. Photo: @BanuTiryakioglu
Greek Foreign Minister: I will meet Pompeo in Vienna to discuss Turkey's violations
The Prime Minister of Scotland: The derailment of the Aberdeenshire train is "very dangerous"
8 month agoSpontaneous commemoration-protest rally is taking place right know on the place of death of protester 2 days ago pic @nn_by
8 month agoThese solidarity chains are appearing all over Belarus. Photos from Grodno, Zhodino and Lida
8 month agoTaras Kozak´s jet GLF4 T7-BRG departed Minsk Belarus
Algerian President: Some protest movements are behind corrupt money and counter-revolution
The Ministry of the Interior of Belarus admitted that it used live ammunition against the protesters in Brest. According to their statement, the crowd was aggressive and did not respond to the warning shots. One person shot
The EU Foreign Affairs Council, consisting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, will meet extraordinarily on Friday teleconference. Eastern Mediterranean, Belarus and Lebanon will be discussed at the meeting
8 month agoHellenicAirForce and Turkish Air Force AEW&C aircrafts patrolling
Maduro celebrates Lukashenko's "unobjectionable victory" in Belarus
8 month ago250 women stand in chain in solidarity with detained and in protest against violence vid @nn_by
Polish Ministry of Health: 715 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. Nine infected people died.
Turkey plans to lay two cables for seismic research by Aug. 23, energy minister says
8 month agoTurkish research vessel Oruc Reis Has turned the course to the East moving away from the conflict zone
Greek media: 45 Turkish violations of Greek airspace and 3 incidents of tensions between Turkish and Greek aircraft were recorded on Tuesday
8 month agoRussian Air Force Tupolev Tu-134AK RA-65690 descending for Minsk Belarus. Russian Air Force Antonov An-124-100 RA-82010 heading North along Belarus border
The Internet partially came back to Belarus, at 8AM. Major social networks and messengers are connecting again. Most news websites are still blocked
5102 new covid19 infections confirmed in Russia
8 month agoGermany: 1,226 new coronavirus infections in one day
Joint Forces Operation: 2 ceasefire violations yesterday
8 month ago1433 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine
Sale of fireworks banned in Belarus from today
UK formally in recession. It's the deepest recession in UK history. The deepest of any G7 economy. The deepest since the invention of Gross Domestic Product. GDP shrank by 20.4% in Q2, acc to @ONS. Follows a 2.2% fall in Q1