News of Minsk and Minsk region

An illustrative image / surgpu.ru
An illustrative image / surgpu.ru
An opinion piece about money for toilet paper, strict appearance rules and other weird things at a Belarus school.
Lenin monument in Barysau
Lenin monument in Barysau
The petition signed by 935 people has been turned down. “The opinion is personal,” officials have explained.
Valyantsin Trotski’s picket / Maryna Adamovich’s Facebook account
Valyantsin Trotski’s picket / Maryna Adamovich’s Facebook account
An opposition activist uses the motto on posters during pickets to collect signatures for him an MP candidate.
TUT.by
TUT.by
Belarusian officials did not show up at the Georgia House in Minsk opening ceremony attended by Mayor of Tbilisi.
Raman Pratasevich, Euroradio
Raman Pratasevich, Euroradio
The youth festival of Asian pop culture amateurs has changed its image this year.
Kamsamolskaya Street / Euroradio archives
Kamsamolskaya Street / Euroradio archives
Head of Minsk City Executive Committee Anatol Sivak says the capital spent over $1.5 million to reconstruct the pedestrian street.
Memorial at Nyamiha / vetliva.by
Memorial at Nyamiha / vetliva.by
53 people, mostly teenagers, died during a stampede at the Nyamiha metro station in Minsk on 30 May 1999.
Tram #6
Tram #6
In test mode, payment by credit card and telephone started on May 23 on tram route No. 6.
Euroradio
Euroradio
Almost 22 thousand cycling fans rode through central Minsk during the Viva Rovar international carnival on 18 May.