Minsk

Volunteers provide nourishment to the needy as part of the Belarusian Red Cross Society's operation 'Protecting the homeless from the frost in Belarus,' a program launche...

"Minsk-2006" became the owner of VTB Cup Belarusian basketball. Minsk, Belarus. 11th December 2011

Opening of the dolphinarium "Nemo". Minsk, Belarus. 10th December 2011

Prisoners Mikita Likhavid, Alyaksandar Atroshankau, Nasta Palazhanka, Paval Vinahradau at a press conference after their pardon, after being jailed for the December 19 protests during t...

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka pardoned eleven more demonstrators jailed for the December 19th protests that erupted after last year's presidential elections. Minsk, Be...

Belarussian hockey players from Dinamo Minsk attend a commemorative event at the Minsk-Arena Sports Complex. Minsk, Belarus. 8th September 2011

The funeral of Belarussian ice-hockey player Ruslan Salei took place in Minsk. Salei was one of the team Lokomotiv players killed in the airplane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Ru...

Four activists jailed in connection with Belarus's contentious presidential election in December 2010 were freed overnight on September 1-2 after surprise pardons from President Al...

The pre-Gaddafi regime flag now hangs over the Libyan Embassy in Belarus. Minsk, 22nd August 2011

A silent rally is broken up by plainclothes Belarussian policemen. The police detained protestors in central Minsk. The protest was against the hardline authorities. 20th July 2011

Approximately two hundred people were detained during protest actions by the 'Revolution through Social Network' group after protesters decided to gather in silent protest act...

About 160 people were detained during a protest in Minsk. The participants of the social network group Revolution, gathered in the centre to demonstrate against President Lukashenko...

At least 220 people were detained during a protest rally in Minsk. Several thousand people had planned to gather but riot police forced them out of Oktyabrskaya square and started arres...

About 1,000 people tried to gather in the Belarussian capital to take part in a flashmob called for via various social networks to show their desire for economic and political changes i...

Belarussian police blocked Oktyabrskaya square to prevent a silent protest action that had been planned to take place during the evening. The police force was deployed and dispersed peo...

Gas has fallen in price after car owners' protested in Minsk. The Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the government to lower gas prices, and some gas companies have don...

Minsk citizens stand silently in Minsk's main square. Protesters neither hold political signs nor chant slogans. The protest lasted 30 minutes and then the crowd began singing song...

Belarus consolidated their grip on the second spot in Group D of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying with a hard-earned victory against Luxembourg. Minsk, Belarus. 7th June 2011

Belarusians car owners protested against the rise in fuel prices. The govermental gas company Belneftekhim raised the prices on car fuel approximately 30 percent. It was the fourth chan...

France missed a chance to take control of Euro 2012 qualifying Group D after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Belarus. Minsk, Belarus. 3rd June 2011