About Pozirk
Pozirk was launched by journalists who had worked for BelaPAN, Belarus’ oldest independent news agency, and Naviny.by, the country’s first online daily. Journalists and editors were forced to leave the country after the Committee for State Security (KGB) branded BelaPAN an extremist group in November 2021.
Like its predecessor, Pozirk is a news agency that publishes news, analysis, interviews and comments about developments in Belarus in Belarusian, Russian and English.
The Pozirk team adheres to the high standards of journalism set by BelaPAN, which led the Media IQ ranking 10 times in 2019 alone based on compliance with journalism standards.
News
- Politics
- SocietyBelarus charges Russian national with smuggling cashThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, SocietyEurope sees two-fold increase in irregular migration from Belarus in early 2025The material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarusian banks’ profits soarThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyRubel up 7.3 percent against US dollar at cash exchange offices in two monthsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyIndividuals’ overdue debt on loans jumps by 35 percentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyMinsk, UN discuss programs until 2030, celebrations for United Nations anniversaryThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsTurkmenistan invites Łukašenka to international peace forumThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja: “Belarusians stand with Ukraine”The material is available only to POZIRK+
- The Viewer
- Politics
- EconomyMultitudes post disposable income below $120The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyNobel Prize winner urges Belarusians to change their worldviewThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityPutin ratifies Union State security dealThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityMinsk introduces heavy punishment for reporting troop movementsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyHouseholds see gap between disposable income, cash expendituresThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, SocietyLithuania to require truck drivers to produce fuel declaration starting March 12The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBaltic States, Poland push EU for €10 billion border defense plan against Russia, BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsOpposition politician discusses support for Belarusians with Polish senatorsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBiełstat: foreign investment down 31 percent since 2019The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, Society
- Economy
- Security, SocietyFlying object crashes on farm building in Homiel region – reportThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsInterior ministry brands 21 people as extremistsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, SocietyLatvian MPs move to ban tour operators from sending tourists to BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsInformation minister wants state-run media to produce “high-quality counterpropaganda”The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyReprisals: two jailed activists face new trialsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityMinsk, Moscow ramp up nuclear threats to Lithuania – VilniusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics
- Politics, SecurityRussia has imposed “hybrid occupation” on Belarus, opposition council saysThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsRights groups declare six new political prisonersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus’ employment rate shrinks 1.1 percentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsKGB adds three prisoners to terrorist listThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SecurityLithuanian president says not afraid of Russian-Belarusian exercisesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- EconomyProsecutor general slams government for failure to prevent capital flightThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society
- PoliticsOpposition leader sounds alarm over Minsk’s crackdown on nonprofitsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- PoliticsBelarus down in Freedom House’s ranking of political and civil rightsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsOpposition politician asks EU diplomats to support independent mediaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: exiled blogger faces 10 criminal charges in BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- The ViewerBelarus faces distrust amid shifting military rhetoricThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- PoliticsForeign minister invites UN rights commissioner to visit BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Economy, PoliticsŁukašenka, Rakhmon discuss forthcoming meetingsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics, Security, SocietyFM Ryžankoŭ describes Russian nukes in Belarus as deterrent, not threatThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyRights groups label 19 as political prisonersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- Economy
- Politics, SocietyProsecutor’s commission approves 30 requests for return to Belarus – ŠviedThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- PoliticsBelarus’ top diplomat meets Vatican’s representative in GenevaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityRussia’s upper house ratifies security guarantees treaty with BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: couple from Hrodna convicted over politicsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarus, Pakistan hold first consular consultationsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsLithuanian public figures call for ban on Pahonia for New Belarus PassportThe material is available only to POZIRK+