Belarus
Belarus president pledges to prevent 'Maidan' during August election as thousands on streets support opposition
Belarusian President Lukashenko reacts strongly to threat of "maidan" protests in August presidential election
New coronavirus cases decline across emerging Europe but the epidemic’s not over yet
Steady growth in new cases in several countries despite easing of lockdowns, numbers pushed up by outbreaks at industrial plants.
Belarus emerges as Eastern Europe's coronavirus hotspot
Belarus is one of the five European countries most affected by coronavirus
Belarus president seeks government reshuffle before August election
Belarusian President Lukashenko is seeking to reshuffle his government on eve of August election
Belarus industrial output declined 3.8% year on year in 4M20
In January-April 2020 Belarus industrial output declined 3.8% year on year as the double whammy of the oil price collapse and the coronavirus stop-shock hit home.
Belarus industrial output declined 3.8% year-on-year in 4M20
In January-April 2020 Belarus industrial output declined 3.8% year-on-year as the double whammy of the oil price collapse and the coronavirus stop-shock hit home.
Business rallies to help in fight against coronavirus across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Business leaders across the Former Soviet Union are using some of the riches they have amassed in the last three decades to help in the fight against the coronavirus.
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UPDATED: Belarus central bank cuts key rate to 8%
The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) will cut its refinancing rate from the current level of 8.75% per annum to 8% from May 20, the regulator said in statement on May 13.
Belarus under international fire for crackdown on journalists
OSCE official denounced the detention and imprisonment of journalists, including freelancers, in authoritarian Belarus over the last few days.
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Retail sales under lockdown across Central and Eastern Europe are sinking
A worldwide lockdown has created havoc for retailers as their customers are forced to stay at home. There has been a little respite as sales in March surged due to panic buying but that has given way to a lockdown that keeps stores closed
OPINION: Post-COVID recessions bring risk of turbulent spring
Governments that failed to rise to the crisis — through denial, dismissing the dangers or simply incompetence, resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic hardship — should fear their day of reckoning.
Belarus authorities lash out at journalists, bloggers amid snowballing coronavirus crisis
Minsk revoked the media accreditation of a news crew of the Russian Kremlin-controlled television Channel One and deported its correspondent.
New daily coronavirus cases in Russia top 10,000 again, down to single figures in much of CEE
Russia now has the world’s second-fasted growth of COVID-19 cases after the US, with Moscow at the epicentre of the outbreak.
Lukashenko seeks Belarus presidential election by late August amid disastrous coronavirus rate
President Lukashenko said he intends to remain at his post "for as long as the people will trust me", but criticism is growing over the Belarusian authorities' refusal to impose a quarantine on the country.