News of Minsk and Minsk region

The event coincides with Dzyady, a traditional event to commemorate the deceased ancestors.

The damages amount to over Br12 million.

Librarians or rescue workers do not confirm media reports about the blaze in Belarus' main library in Minsk.

The new payment system to be introduced in 2015 will not depend on time but on the distance covered.

Annual event is dedicated to the Day of ancestors' memory. Rally will be held in Kurapaty, at the site of mass executions of Belarusians by Soviets

Uladislau Koshaleu was found guilty of holding unsanctioned meeting of dormitory residents on one of the floors.

As people can smell burning and visibility is reduced, authorities maintain that nothing is burning near Minsk.

Four workers got injured when the unfinished building of the discount retailer Euroopt shop collapsed in the city of Barysau.

Two activists from the Russian city of St Petersburg were detained in Minsk on October 25 without explanations.