News of Minsk and Minsk region

Photo: open source
Photo: open source
The reason for the detention has not been explained and no report has been drawn up.
Officials reply to event organizers that it is not their job to explain the provisions in the law on culture.
Minsk sewer manholes will be decorated with fountains, flowers, telephones, horse-drawn trams and cute cats.
Alyaksei Turovich is the author of the film Yellow Sand and an active defender of the Kurapaty memorial.
Viktor Prokopenya. Photo from his Facebook account
Viktor Prokopenya. Photo from his Facebook account
Belarus' prominent IT businessman and investor Viktor Prokopenya declared his personal income worth 58.9 mn BYN ($30mn) for 2017.
Photo: Euroradio
Photo: Euroradio
Euroradio spent the night at the National Center of Modern Art, National History Museum and the National Art Museum.
Photo: minsknews.by
Photo: minsknews.by
Screens with automatic doors will be installed at the 3rd line Minsk Metro stations to prevent people from falling on the rails.
Photo: svaboda.org
Photo: svaboda.org
5 people were detained during a May Day rally organized by the official trade union in Minsk on 1 May.
Photo: Syarhey Chaly’s Facebook
Photo: Syarhey Chaly’s Facebook
A customer leaves a complaint at McDonald’s in Minsk over closed doors during an opposition rally on the Chernobyl anniversary.