Society

Belarusian airlines Belavia increases flights to Russian destinations.

It is a public holiday in Belarus to commemorate the departed on the 9th day after Easter - a pagan tradition tied to the Russian Orthodox calendar.

The Jewish community in Minsk will not be able to commemorate the Ghetto victims in a mass ceremony on May 9 when the world cup kicks off.

The head of the IMF mission David Hoffman says Belarus should not increase wages in 2014.

Only one political prisoner in Belarus may qualify for amnesty and only on condition that his prison term does not end before amnesty is announced.

The former director of a confectionery factory is standing trial in a Minsk's district court on charges of embezzlement and infringement on privacy.

The incident occurred at the interaction of Gagarin and Ulyanovskaya Streets in Babruisk.

The straw figures of hockey players in Belarus and Sweden jerseys were spotted along a highway not far from Karobchytsy village.

The hearing will begin at Minsk's Pershamaiski District Court.