Belarusian Central Electoral Commission registered five presidential candidates after checking the authenticity of the signatures collected; Lukashenko's candidature collected more than 2,5 million signatures, the other candidates just over 100.000 each

The government has commissioned the drafting of a new aquaculture law; the new legal framework is expected to foster the growth of this promising sector

The electoral commission declared Alexander Lukashenko the winner of the presidential election for the seventh time; the result was widely expected, as he is ruling since 1994 and he is often referred to as 'the last dictator of Europe'

In 2024, over 5.800 people were convicted in administrative political trials in Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Defence Centre reported; independent analysts link this to the election campaign that began