Belarus may get the first step towards a visa-free regime with the EU if it releases political prisoners in time for an Eastern Partnership summit in May, senior officials from the Latvian EU presidency have said.
EU Observer: Belarus may start talks on visa-free EU travel

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) receives bread- and-salt as he attends the Dazhynki harvest festival in the town of Gorki, some 270 km (168 miles) east of Minsk, on Sept. 21, 2012.