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Belarusians to receive invitations to elections and information about candidates Today, Belarusians will begin to receive leaflets with detailed information about the election day and will be able to study the biography of the parliamentary candidates. Currently, 523 candidates compete for the seats in the lower chamber of the parliament. Experts from the OSCE, PACE and the CIS will be observing the elections. And tomorrow, elections to the upper chamber, the Council of the Republic, are held....

... regional media forum was held today at the headquarters of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus. The upcoming parliamentary elections were the main topic of the discussion. In particular, the participants talked about the role of Internet sites in the election campaign, about the portrait of the future candidate, trends and antitrends of informing the public through social networks. About 150 journalists from all over the country discussed the current methods of providing information to the audience,...

Until November 6, on working days, parliamentary candidates to appear on radio and television The election campaign of parliamentary candidates has begun in Belarus today. Applicants embark on a direct competition for votes. Until November 6, on working days, the candidates will make appearances on radio and television. Radio spots are from 7 to 8 ...

Last day of registration of potential candidates for House of Representatives Today is the last day of registration of potential candidates for the House of Representatives. So far there are over 700 nominees. Tomorrow the Central Election Commission will report who will continue the fight for deputy seats. That is when the campaigning will begin as well. Starting from October 21, the candidates will begin to announce their election programs on radio and television. Meanwhile, the core team of...

CIS mission notes calm character of preparation for parliamentary elections in Belarus The core mission of the OSCE ODIHR began its observation at the elections in Belarus. This is the second group of the international long-term observers, who came to Minsk. Concomitantly, the CIS mission notes a calm character of the preparation for the parliamentary elections in Belarus. CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev reported this today. The election to the Council of the Republic will be held on November...

Minsk hosts open dialogue between Belarusian Youth Union activists and chair of Central Election Commission Minsk hosted a presentation of the "I Vote!" mobile app. One can use it to find the address of the polling station closest to one's home and even draw up the route. After October 17, the app will also show detailed information about the parliamentary candidates. The app was presented during a Belarusian Youth Union workshop. 250 activists, heads of election headquarters, observers...

Elections to Council of Republic scheduled for November 7 Registration of candidates to the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation satrted in Belarus. Voting on the candidates registered by the CEC for seats in the upper house of the parliament will take place at meetings of base-level local councils, and Minsk City Council, on November 7. The composition of the Council of the Republic will be significantly updated. For example, among the candidates in the Mogilev...

Half of candidates nominated by political parties The next stage of the parliamentary campaign, registration of parliamentary candidates begins in Belarus today. It will last until October 17. The day before the nomination process completed. So far the Central Election Commission has preliminary statistics. Half of the candidates were nominated by political parties. Just over a quarter of the candidates were nominated through signatures collection, the rest were put forward by labor collectives...

Registration of candidates to be held from October 8 to 17 Today the nomination of candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus is nearing completion. According to the CEC, so far 283 people intend to compete for seats in the parliament. However, this figure may change by the evening. Political parties have already nominated 172 potential candidates. Just over a quarter of the nominees announced themselves by collecting signatures, a little less –...

Election campaign being calm and law-compliant according to long-term observers The formation of precinct election commissions for the elections to the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation has been completed in Belarus. 739 precinct commissions ...