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
- The ViewerLights, camera, control: Belarusian state’s struggle with cinemaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- SocietyBelarusian ice cream truck driver caught smuggling cigarettes into LithuaniaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCoE head lauds Coordination Council’s memorandum on death penalty abolitionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsNew Zealand sanctions two Belarusian companiesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: another guilty verdict against 2020 protesterThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society
- SocietyBelarusian caught smuggling 10 tons of tobacco into PolandThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarusian ambassador presents credentials to Georgia’s foreign ministryThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics, SecurityNausėda on Zapad-2025 drill: no reason to be worriedThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁukašenka not mediator, says opposition groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsEESC, Belarus democrats unite for changeThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- The Viewer
- Politics, Security
- PoliticsUTC, Paris to hold consultations on response to transnational repressionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyViciebsk region worst-performing, Łukašenka plans dressing downThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarus’ emergency rescue service chief concerned about ageing equipment, staffThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsKremlin to choreograph Łukašenka’s meeting with Trump’s envoy – opposition politicianThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- PoliticsIrregular Belarus-EU crossings exceed 4,000 since June 1The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityConscription-age men called up for training alongside special operation forces in Brest regionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- SocietyDeepL translation service inaccessible in BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, Security
- EconomyHealthcare services exports exceeded $43 million in 2024The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsUN HRC to discuss human rights in Belarus on June 26The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja praises Sweden’s principled stance on Łukašenka’s regimeThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsRights groups label four 2020 protesters as political prisonersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsProsecutor’s commission discusses eight return requests from political exilesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyMalaria deaths recorded annually in Belarus – researcherThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsUncontrolled drone imports threaten national security – MPThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Economy
- Economy
- Politics, SecurityAzerbaijani defense minister in MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyForeign Minister Ryžankoŭ has a phone call with Omani counterpartThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics
- SocietyNobel Prize-winning author Aleksijevič working on a new bookThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: rights activists identify 22 suspects in Biełaruski Hajun caseThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsIran’s ambassador talks to Ryžankoŭ as confrontation with Israel intensifiesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBiełavija’s Dubai flights bypass “potentially dangerous” territoriesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsKGB adds five Belarusians to terrorist listThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus accredits India’s new military attachéThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, SecurityUkraine braces for provocative acts at border during Zapad 2025The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarusian, Russian MPs adjust Union State budget for 2025The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, Society
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja to visit Sweden, Belgium, Spain this weekThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- SocietyBelarusian Railway manager to stand corruption trialThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBiełstat: industrial inventories up 29 percent in January-MayThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus among top three trade partners of Russia-held SevastopolThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- The ViewerWorld through conspiracy lens: Łukašenka’s potato paranoiaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBiełstat: corporate debt up 32 percent in January-AprilThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Politics, SecurityMahiloŭ region officials hold three-day command staff exercise near RussiaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics