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
- EconomyBelarus authorizes potato imports from “unfriendly countries” amid shortagesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus: 20 percent of companies unprofitableThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus accounts for third of Russia’s Mercedes imports after war’s outbreakThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyPiatkievič appointed to supervise university admissionsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyLatvian border guards intercept balloon carrying smuggled Belarusian cigarettesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
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- Politics, Security
- Economy
- PoliticsRussia-led military bloc’s defense ministers to meet in Kyrgyzstan on May 28The material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyForeign trade deficit widens to $625 million in Q1The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityOfficials call up reservists for territorial troops drill in Mahiloŭ regionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsIrregular crossings via Belarus into Latvia, Poland on the rise in MayThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- PoliticsReprisals: jailed politician Dziadok faces new chargesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, Security
- PoliticsUN rapporteur condemns Belarus’ confession videos as form of ill-treatmentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarusian official wants Russia to follow Belarus’ censorship rulesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security, SocietyState-run news outlet reports jailing of convicted migrant trafficker in MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityPoland convicts Belarusian of spyingThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- The ViewerThirty years without a border: cost of Belarus-Russia integrationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Economy
- EconomyBelarus’ employed workforce shrinks after growing since October 2024The material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyLatvia seizes smuggled Belarusian cigarettes from freight trainsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarus’ PM visiting Tatarstan one month later than plannedThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyNominal average pay growth slows down to 0.4 percent in AprilThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsIrregular Belarus-Lithuania crossings picking up pace since May 22The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁukašenka seeks “mutually beneficial” ties with GeorgiaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, Security
- PoliticsBelarus sends MAZ buses to eastern LibyaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyJailed anarchist’s prison term exceeds 24 years after third disobedience trialThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsOpposition politician: EU underestimating Belarus since 2020The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsFinland set to ban real estate transactions for Belarusians, RussiansThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- PoliticsDeputy prime minister visiting Libya for second time in 2025The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- PoliticsThree Homiel lawyers face criminal chargesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsIrregular Belarus-Latvia border crossings soaring since AprilThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: three women persecuted upon their return from abroadThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarusians arrested in Russia over cigarette smugglingThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyDiaspora lacks resources to promote Belarus – opposition repThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics, SecurityŁukašenka’s regime aided Ukraine invasion – reportThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsOver 200 sentenced for solidarity with Ukraine, Viasna estimatesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityUkraine, Russia exchanging prisoners at Belarus borderThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsMielnikava was accompanied by Belarusian agent during 2023 vacation in Cuba – PolitykaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- The ViewerOnce a pretender to throne, now a vassal: Łukašenka’s fall from ambitionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyRussia arrested some 1,000 people wanted in Belarus in 2024 – KubrakoŭThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Economy, PoliticsMinsk slams EU tariffs on Belarus’ fertilizers as “blatant protectionism”The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsViasna: 135 people convicted over donations since 2020The material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyŁukašenka preparing successors for all positions except himself – sociologistThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsInterior ministry brands 17 people as extremistsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyAcademy of Sciences unlikely to thrive under Karanik – researcherThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsForeign ministry official discusses cooperation with Italian diplomatThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁukašenka: relations with Georgia improvingThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarusian, Russian central bankers meet in ViciebskThe material is available only to POZIRK+