Sanctions against Belarus

Council of the European Union has extended the sanctions against Belarus until 31 October 2015.

The US officials on a visit to Minsk sought opportunities for interaction, but asked difficult questions.

Belarusian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Dzmitry Mironchyk declines to comment on the updated EU sanctions against Belarus officials.

The Council of the EU updates the Belarus travel-ban list, adding one and removing eight officials.

The Chargé d'Affaires a.i. let Chubais the cat enter a new building first and said what he had not managed to do during his work in Belarus.

The work of the new European Parliament may start with a scandal – a pro-Putin faction of nationalists and eurosceptics has been created.

Experts: The visit of Belarusian president to Serbia was made possible by loopholes in the law, but it may cost a lot to Serbia politically.

Exports of Belarus-made goods to Russia is down 7% since the West's recent sanctions against Moscow, says economist Yaraslau Ramanchuk.

7 youngest EU member states have marked the 10th anniversary of their membership (PHOTO).