Minsk (Belarus), Feb 15 (IANS) Turkey's Fenerbahce secured a goalless draw with Belarus's BATE Borisov in an away game after playing with 10-men for 86 minutes in the first leg of a Europa League last 32 clash in Belarusian city Grodno.

Minsk, Nov 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed Vadim Zaitsev, head of the republic's State Security Committee (KGB), the presidential press service said Friday.

Minsk, Oct 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Monday said the state and government administration in the country will be downsized by 25 to 30 percent.

Minsk, Sep 20 (IANS) Belarus Thursday denied Washington's accusations of trying to sell weapons to Syria and violating a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution after the US imposed sanctions on a Belarusian state-owned company.

Minsk, Sep 11 (IANS) Belarus shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk, who had her Olympic title stripped in London for failing a drug test, received a one-year ban Tuesday.

Minsk, Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has refused to extradite a brother of Kyrgyzstan's ex-president who is wanted in the country on murder charges, a Belarusian official said.

Minsk, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian companies are willing to step up cooperation with Belarusian partners in the IT industry, said India's Ambassador Manoj Bharti.

Minsk, Aug 14 (IANS) Belarus still recognises female shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk as an Olympic champion, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister of Belarus Cheslav Shulga has said.

Minsk, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian embassy in Sweden has stopped accepting most documents after a diplomatic row erupted between the two countries. It has turned the task over to the Latvian embassy, the Belarusian foreign ministry said.

Minsk, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has blamed the national border guard service over the "bombing" of hundreds of teddy bears from a plane intruding into the country's air space.

Minsk, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has no plans to boycott the Olympics after President Alexander Lukashenko was refused entry to Britain, the Belarusian minister for sports and tourism said.

Minsk, July 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia signed a $10 billion contract with Belarus Wednesday to build the former Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant.

Minsk, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is to put up for sale a batch of 18 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighter aircraft, rejected by India on concerns about their engines and returned to Russia in 2003, a defense official said Wednesday.

Minsk, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian military plans to develop a range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with vertical takeoff and landing capability.

Minsk, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has executed two men convicted for a deadly subway bombing in the capital Minsk last year, Belarusian news agency Belta reported.

Minsk, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One of the two men accused of organizing a deadly subway bombing in the Belarusian capital Minsk last year, Vladislav Kovalyov, has been executed by shooting, his mother said Saturday.

Minsk, March 13 (IANS) The Belarusian central bank unveiled Monday a 200,000-ruble banknote after huge devaluation of its currency last year.

Minsk, Feb 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has told the head of the European Union delegation to Belarus and the Polish ambassador to leave the country, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Minsk, Feb 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A gold bar weighing one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, a media report said Friday.

Minsk, Dec 24 (IANS) Belarus will abolish the death penalty as soon as the US abolishes it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said.

Minsk, Dec 23 (IANS) Belarus will dispatch nuclear waste from a soon-to-be-built atomic power plant for recycling in Russia, a top official said.

Minsk, Nov 30 (IANS) A court in Belarusian capital Minsk Wednesday sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack that killed 15 people and injured 200 in the Minsk metro.

Minsk, Oct 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The administration of the Belarusian capital has prohibited holding a gay parade in Minsk, scheduled for October 22.

Minsk, Oct 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian government hopes to get a loan of $3-7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Minsk, Oct 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian government hopes to get a loan of $3-7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).