http://www.mail.com/locations/22380-minsk.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/22380-minsk.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922232-belarusian-artist-money-art.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Art is literally money for Belarusian artist Igor Arinich. For several years, Arinich has used Soviet-era banknotes to create artistic images. One work he is particularly proud of is a replica of a painting by early 20th-century Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, which took half a year and about 3,000 banknotes to make. ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:47:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922232-belarusian-artist-money-art.html 2013-02-28T17:47:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899492-belarus-guard-2-year-sentence-teddy-bears.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A Belarusian court has handed out a two-year prison sentence to a border guard who failed to protect the ex-Soviet nation from foreign teddy bears. Belarus Supreme Court said Monday the guard has been convicted of failure to report an intrusion of a light plane that dropped hundreds of teddy bears decked out in parachutes and slogans... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899492-belarus-guard-2-year-sentence-teddy-bears.html 2013-02-18T18:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894116-gays-belarus-face-reprisals-activism.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning. One activist accuses police of beating him during questioning, while others say they were interrogated about their sex lives. The leader of a gay rights organization was stripped of his passport just ahead of a plan... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894116-gays-belarus-face-reprisals-activism.html 2013-02-15T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874368-ussr-key-soviet-document-missing.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper. Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich says a historic 1991 document that proclaimed the death of the Soviet Union is missing from the archives. Shushkevich discovered that the document was gone while working on his memoirs. He said he believes it was s... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874368-ussr-key-soviet-document-missing.html 2013-02-07T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869104-stray-cats-dying-belarus-basements.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The plaintive meows haunt the people of Minsk in the dead of night. They come, activists say, from hundreds of stray cats who find themselves locked in basements by Belarus authorities — and doomed to starvation. City authorities have been sealing off apartment block basements to keep out rats. A tragic consequence is that cats get t... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869104-stray-cats-dying-belarus-basements.html 2013-02-05T10:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1751312-belarus-decrees-forced-employment-jobs.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The authoritarian president of Belarus signed a decree Friday banning some industrial workers in the ex-Soviet nation from leaving their jobs, threatening them with draconian fines if they do. Alexander Lukashenko's decree follows a statement he made a week ago on a visit to a wood processing plant. The measure is intended to stem th... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1751312-belarus-decrees-forced-employment-jobs.html 2012-12-07T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745242-belarusian-ruler-introduces-forced-employment.html BORISOV, Belarus (AP) — Vladimir Dodonov wants to flee Belarus for neighboring Russia before it becomes illegal to leave his job at a wood-processing plant. Belarus' authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has decided to stem an exodus of qualified workers to Russia, starting by banning those who work in wood-processing industries from quitting. Cr... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745242-belarusian-ruler-introduces-forced-employment.html 2012-12-05T15:26:00Z