Early voting for the Belarus presidential election will be held on 4-8 August. Early voting is meant for voters who will not be able to cast their ballot on election day, BelTA reports. Polling places will be open from 10:00 till 14:00 and from 16:00 till 19:00. Voters will not have to explain why they will not be able to come to the polls on election day. In order to receive a ballot paper, voters should present their passport or a military ID (for army conscripts), an official ID (for...

Over 1,000 vacant state property facilities are available for purchase across the country, BelTA learned from Zhanna Podobedova, Head of the State Property Management Office of the Central Office for Property Management of the State Property Committee, at a press conference on 28 July. The official said that over 1,000 vacant state property facilities are available for sale at present, including over 300 state properties that can be bought for as little as one base amount (Br27 at...

The number of observers at polling stations during the current election campaign will be reduced due to the epidemiological situation. Such a decision was adopted at a meeting of the Belarusian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on 22 July, BelTA has learned. CEC head Lidia Yermoshina proposed to reduce the number of observers to five on the main voting day, and to three during the early voting time. “The matter is about presence. The accreditation of observers does not stop,” she...