elections in Kazakhstan

Not a day goes by without a new creative idea: beautiful and open-hearted persons with special needs took to the streets of Belarusian capital on Thursday. What did the peaceful protesters take with them? Flowers, ingenuous smiles, symbols in white-red-white colours and incredible Belarusian courage.

In the wake of the EU’s imposing restriction measures on 40 top officials of Belarus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is introducing its own sanctions list.

The unburnt opposition ballots in Brest may indicate that the authorities are preparing to recount the votes.

On Friday morning, Belarus’ Central Election Commission (CEC) has published the official turnout data for the first three days of early voting.