According to the head of the Central Election Commission, the voter turnout in the upcoming local elections in Belarus may exceed 60%.
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About 400 contenders for the deputy seat were excluded from the electoral race. Most rural districts will be non-alternative.
Minsk has proven itself to be a reliable negotiating platform for the most crucial matters, including those of regional security.
Most rural districts will be non-alternative. Two districts in Novogrudok have no candidates. The head of the Central Election Commission told us about the course of the election campaign-2018.
The acting secretary general of this organization is temporarily residing in Minsk these days. Today, the prospects for cooperation at the inter-parliamentary level were discussed in the Council of the Republic.
At the same time, official Minsk counts on further close cooperation with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Today, Speaker of the lower house of parliament Vladimir Andreichenko stated this at the meeting with the OSCE PA Special Representative for Eastern Europe Kent Harstedt.
By Veronika Buta: Among the 23,000 nominees in the local elections, about half are representatives of the Belaya Rus association.
Candidates have the opportunity to speak on the media and familiarize voters with their programs during pickets. A high degree of political activity is observed in the Central district of Minsk.
Not all applicants for the deputy mandate have reached this stage. More than 11% of nominees received no candidate certificates.
"Negotiations on Ukraine can be transferred even to Antarctica, if there is confidence in their success", said the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Makei, as he commented on the statement of the leader of Kazakhstan on the results of his meeting with the US President about the possible transfer of the negotiation platform fr om Minsk.
The third congress of the Belaya Rus NGO is taking place at the National Library at this moment. The greetings to the delegates were sent by the Head of State.
The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine met in Minsk for the first time this year. As announced by Martin Sajdik, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, providing there is political will, the parties to the conflict in Ukraine can come to an agreement even on the most difficult issues.
This topic has already been discussed on January 11 at a meeting of the Head of State on the issues of liberalization of the visa regime.
This is the first meeting since the beginning of the year. Among the main themes are the observance of the ceasefire, the creation of security zones and a new stage in the exchange of prisoners.
This was announced by the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. The citizens of our country and China who live in Hong Kong are allowed to enter, leave, stay in the territory of Hong Kong without visas for 14 days.
Optimization of the department and priorities of Belarus in the international arena were discussed in the Palace of Independence.
Exactly a month remains before the local elections in Belarus. Today, the registration of candidates is over. Some regions have coped with registration ahead of schedule and campaigning has already begun there.
US diplomats have expressed their will to participate in monitoring the local elections in Belarus. As a rule, international observers are not invited to local elections.
In n exclusive interview for The Main Air, Chair of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina spoke about the possibility of rescheduling one of the election campaigns of 2020 for late 2019.
A little more than a month remains ahead of the elections of deputies in local councils. There are nearly 23,000 candidates ready to join the struggle for the deputy mandate this year.
The names of those who will continue the pre-election race will be known on January 18. Election commissions across the country are checking the documents of the nominees.
According to Lydia Yermoshina, a high competition is recorded in Minsk, more than 6 candidates per seat. However, in some regions the situation is the opposite.
22,700 people have been nominated candidates for deputies in the local council elections in Belarus. The greatest political activity is observed in the capital.
From this day, Belarusians can apply for student, job, journalistic, transit visas, as well as for participating in exchange programs.












