The latest information on the voting process was delivered to us from the Palace of Independence. We are promised to get updated data on the turnout in an hour.
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The observers, including international ones, control transparency of the election process during the whole voting. They have a particularly busy day today.
4 hours of the election day are behind. The international observers have highly appreciated the national observers. The Head of the mission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization noted "elections are active and transparent".
Belarusians massively went to vote. Information on the data of voters’ quantity is increasing. Each specialist is competent in his performing tasks.
Today is the main voting day. And right now the 506th polling station of Minsk, where President Alexander Lukashenko votes, is on the line.
Voting in Belarus lasts 3 hours. And in the information center the first press conference of Head of the Central Election Commission Lydia Yermoshina has already taken place.
By this minute, it is known that in 5 days the voter turnout was 35.77%. Tomorrow is the main voting day. Having fulfilled their civic duty, voters will have an opportunity to participate in festive events.
Andrea Rigoni, an experienced European politician, arrived in our country in this role. The Italian was also a rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the situation in Belarus.
Tomorrow the first press conference of the Central Election Commission will be held in the Palace of the Republic. That's where the information center is located.
The Information Center of the Central Election Commission will begin to work here on November 17. About 700 journalists will highlight the parliamentary elections.
Early voting to the House of Representatives continues in Belarus. The turnout was 19.43% for 3 days. Gomel region is among the leaders in voter participation.
Early voting to the House of Representatives continues in Belarus. According to the CEC, the highest turnout is in the northern region.
Today is the fourth day of the election race. The polling stations will open their doors at 10 a.m. and will work until 7 p.
More than 11.5% of voters have already made their choice. The most active is Vitebsk Region. A lot of people have decided to cast their votes in advance: those who have plans for the weekend.
The 40th session of the General Conference of UNESCO is taking place in Paris. On the eve of the meeting, Ambassador of Belarus to France Igor Fisenko addressed the organization's headquarters.
Polling stations are available abroad. One of them is at the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow. It belongs to Kupalovskoe constituency of Minsk, and the Foreign Ministry is located there.
The CEC present such data. Residents of Vitebsk region most actively determine their candidate. Today is the 3rd of 5 days of early voting.
The second day of the official visit of the President of Belarus to Vienna will be remembered for intense talks: negotiations in broad and narrow composition, meetings with officials and a business forum.
66% of respondents in Ukraine positively assessed President Alexander Lukashenko. Probably, the peaceful Minsk platform, as well as the exclusively peaceful position of the Belarusian President, influenced the results of the people's poll in Ukraine.
Early voting started today and will last until November 16 inclusive. At exactly 10 a.m., about six thousand polling stations opened their doors.
The Head of the Belarusian State held official talks with Austrian Federal President Alexander van der Bellen in Vienna. The meeting was held in narrow and extended formats.
Negotiations of the participants of the Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine are under way today in Minsk.
The CEC registered 56 newly elected senators. Most of them are representatives of various fields of culture, science, education and health care.
The culmination of the election campaign will take place this Sunday, November 17, on the main voting day. Tomorrow the early voting starts in Belarus.












