Belarus 24 () is the state television and radio channel of
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
.
It was launched on 1 February 2005. It broadcasts primarily in
Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is ...
programmes of other Belarusian state TV channels
Belarus 1
Belarus 1 () is a state-owned television channel in Belarus.
It is the oldest television channel in the country. The channel is on air from 6:00 am to 2:00 am on the next day, in contrast with most public channels in Europe, which broadcast 24-ho ...
,
Belarus-2
Belarus 2 () is a state-owned television channel in Belarus.
It is an educational and entertainment TV channel created in 2003 by Belteleradiocompany, which until 2011 carried the name LAD (). The channel broadcasts in both Belarusian and Russian ...
, Belarus 3 and Belarus 5.
On 1 January 2013, Belarus TV was renamed Belarus 24.
On 10 June 2021 the channel was banned in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
for allegedly inciting hostility and spreading misinformation about Ukraine.
[The Belarusian state TV channel has been banned in Ukraine]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
(10 June 2021)
References
External links
Official website*
Television stations in Belarus
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Mass media in Minsk
Censorship in Ukraine
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