House of representatives

The amendments provide an opportunity to hold elections to local councils of deputies of the 29th convocation at the same time with the elections to the House of Representatives of the eighth convocation, BelTA informs.

Deputies are fast-tracking repressive laws.

Deputies approved a bill on combating extremism

The first package of amendments to the Belarusian criminal legislation has already been approved by the National Assembly; it is to come into force in 2021.

New punishments will be introduced on January 1, 2021

An employee of the Investigative Committee announced on the air of the Belarus-1 state TV channel that criminal proceedings were instituted “on the facts of pressure on MPS”.

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will not send observers to the upcoming presidential election in Belarus, Andrey Savinykh, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives, said on Tuesday.

The European parliamentarians notified the authorities about their refusal 15 minutes before the meeting.

The United States is seeking to take a closer look on the situation in Belarus, Christopher Socha, Staff Director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the US Congress, said during his visit to Minsk.

Minsk is about to take all necessary measures to help Belarusians get cheaper EU visas, Andrey Savinykh, Chairman of the parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, said on the air of ONT. On January 8, the European Union and Belarus signed long-hoped-for agreements on visa facilitation and readmission.