Draft amendments to the Tax Code can strengthen financial sustainability and public accountability of CSOs and media by enabling reimbursable citizen donations; the effectiveness will depend on secondary regulation and implementation details.

Belarus is pushing legal entities to switch from Gmail (or other foreign-based emails) to domestic services. While the new law has not yet entered into force, the practice of requiring an “official organisational email” has already started.

The recent amendments aim to strengthen legal clarity and information security, but raise concerns about the scope of regulation, proportionality, and potential impact on media freedom.