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30 сентября 2007
- 14:28 Belarus to establish national polar research center (просмотров: 459) // English // Новости
The Council of Ministers of Belarus has issued a directive that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection should establish a...
- 14:27 Foreign Minister Martynaw attacks USA’s conduct in his speech at UN debate (просмотров: 384) // English // Новости
Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw lashed out at the United States over its conduct in the international arena while speaking at the September 28...
29 сентября 2007
- 15:15 Georgian economy development minister says that potential for trade with Belarus is huge (просмотров: 388) // English // Новости
The potential for trade with Belarus is huge, as the scale of industrial production there is very large,” George Arveladze, Georgia’s...
- 15:04 Belarusian opposition has many people who could be worthy alternative to incumbent leader (просмотров: 441) // English // Новости
The Belarusian opposition has many people who could be a worthy alternative to the incumbent leader if given equal political opportunities, Lubomir...
28 сентября 2007
- 19:22 Defense Minister Maltsaw issues warning to Poland over US missile defense plan (просмотров: 399) // English // Новости
The deployment of US missile defense facilities near Poland’s Belarusian border would lead to “unpredictable consequences” and...
- 19:20 Slovakia set to devote more attention to Belarus issue during its Council of Europe presidency (просмотров: 595) // English // Статьи
Slovakia plans to devote more attention to the Belarus issue during its presidency of the Council of Europe between November 2007 and May 2008...
- 19:11 Belarus bids to host Junior Eurovision 2009 song contest (просмотров: 596) // English // Новости
Belarus has submitted a bid to host the Junior Eurovision 2009 song contest, Yury Azaronak, deputy chairman of the Belarusian State Television and...
- 19:08 Kazulin’s elder daughter dismissed from her job (просмотров: 301) // English // Новости
Volha Kazulin, the elder daughter of imprisoned former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, has been dismissed from her job. She served in...
- 14:05 Foreign Minister Martynaw speaks for closer international cooperation in use of chemistry for peaceful purposes (просмотров: 421) // English // Статьи
Belarus advocates the development of international cooperation in the sphere of using chemistry for peaceful purposes, Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw said...
- 11:57 Civil society activist facing expulsion from Hrodna university (просмотров: 372) // English // Новости
Civil society activist Katsyaryna Bychak is facing expulsion from Hrodna State University for “violating internal rules.” The woman, a...
- 11:55 Customs official notes increase in transit via Belarus (просмотров: 430) // English // Новости
Transit via Belarus has been on the rise, Andrey Planin, deputy head of the Customs Control Organization Department of the State Customs Committee,...
27 сентября 2007
- 22:11 National Bank to reduce refinance rate to 10 percent on October 1 (просмотров: 515) // English // Новости
The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) will lower its base refinance rate by 0.25 percentage point to 10 percent on October 1, one month after the...
- 18:40 Politician suggests that opposition should form shadow cabinet (просмотров: 359) // English // Новости
Ihar Rynkevich, a member of the board of the Political Council of United Pro-democratic Forces, suggested at the board’s meeting on September 26...
- 18:38 Belarusian foreign ministry following trial of Italian seasonal foster parents of Vika Maroz (просмотров: 416) // English // Статьи
The Belarusian foreign ministry is following the trial of an Italian couple who kept a Belarusian orphan girl hidden for almost three weeks...
- 16:42 Opposition leaders to urge authorities to use this year’s amnesty for releasing political prisoners (просмотров: 502) // English // Новости
The leaders of United Pro-democratic Forces plan to call on the Belarusian authorities to use this year’s amnesty to release all political...
- 11:10 Energy Charter secretary general calls on Belarus to ratify Energy Charter Treaty (просмотров: 374) // English // Статьи
European countries call on Belarus to ratify the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), ECT Secretary General André Mernier said while meeting with Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka in Minsk on September 26...
- 10:47 Authorities have given consent to only three of 458 pickets against abolition of benefits, organizer says (просмотров: 341) // English // Новости
With 90 percent of the applications already replied, only three out of 458 pickets against the forthcoming abolition of benefits and privileges have...
- 10:45 Activist sentenced to 15 days in jail over August meeting with opposition politician Sevyarynets (просмотров: 332) // English // Новости
A judge of Brest’s Maskowski District Court on Wednesday sentenced activist Andrey Sharenda to 15 days in jail over last month’s meeting...
26 сентября 2007
- 18:28 It is in interests of Belarusian authorities that opposition’s European March passes off smoothly, German ambassador says (просмотров: 594) // English // Новости
It is in the interests of the Belarusian authorities that the opposition’s October 14 European March for Freedom passes off smoothly, Gebhardt...
- 18:26 Government ignores independent trade union leader’s call for urgent meeting of National Council on Labor and Social Matters (просмотров: 398) // English // Статьи
The government has ignored the call by the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU) for an urgent meeting of the National Council on Labor and Social Matters (NCLSM)...
- 18:15 Corruption case against Presidential Administration’s former ideology official sent to Supreme Court (просмотров: 451) // English // Новости
The corruption case against Uladzimir Kholad, former first deputy head of the Presidential Administration's Main Ideology Office and head of the...
- 14:12 Arrest of protest organizers prompts review of opposition’s strategy toward dialogue with authorities, politician says (просмотров: 290) // English // Статьи
Tuesday’s arrest of key organizers of two major demonstrations prompts the opposition to review its strategy toward establishing dialogue with the authorities...
- 11:15 Opposition denied permission to hold series of protests in Brest on September 30 (просмотров: 335) // English // Новости
The Brest city authorities have denied permission to a group of local opposition activists for holding a series of rallies in protest against the...
- 11:13 Deputy minister predicts share of Belarusians over 60 will soon reach 14 percent of population (просмотров: 589) // English // Новости
People over 60 will soon constitute 14 percent of the country’s population, Maryana Shchotkina, deputy minister of labor and social security,...
25 сентября 2007
- 20:19 Mahilyow blood donors ask PACE to provide detailed information about EU blood donation policy (просмотров: 423) // English // Новости
A group of blood donors based in Mahilyow has petitioned the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to provide detailed information about...
- 20:15 New small business association files registration application (просмотров: 539) // English // Новости
The founding committee for a small business owners’ association called For Free Development of Enterprise filed a registration application...
- 20:12 Free Theater to carry out educational project in Warsaw following Belarusian visa denials to foreign participants (просмотров: 525) // English // Статьи
Free Theater (FT) will carry out an international educational project called DasArts in Warsaw following Belarusian visa denials to foreign participants...
- 13:45 Executive hails Minsk’s incentives offered to Russian oil companies (просмотров: 418) // English // Новости
The head of a leading oil company welcomed Minsk’s plans to encourage Russian enterprises to refine crude in Belarus through compensation...
- 11:47 Lukashenka revises budget revenue, spending targets upward (просмотров: 432) // English // Статьи
In particular, the revenue projections have been increased by 2.99 trillion rubels, or 9.8 percent, and the spending target has risen by 2.46 trillion rubels...
- 11:33 PACE president urges EU to ease visa procedures for Belarusians (просмотров: 422) // English // Новости
The president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) urged the European Union to ease visa procedures for Belarusian citizens. While...
24 сентября 2007
- 18:42 Leaders of district, city, regional trade union committees attending workshops in Minsk (просмотров: 534) // English // Новости
The leaders of district, city and regional trade union committees affiliated with the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) flocked to Minsk on...
- 18:33 Vyasna human rights group appeals to Supreme Court against registration denial (просмотров: 570) // English // Новости
The Vyasna (Spring) human rights group on September 21 filed a suit with the Supreme Court of Belarus against the justice ministry for its denial of...
- 15:17 Imprisoned activist Dashkevich says that he is facing new criminal charge (просмотров: 287) // English // Новости
Imprisoned opposition activist Zmitser (Dzmitry) Dashkevich has told his associates that he is facing a new criminal charge. The leader of an...
- 15:15 Some 200 market vendors stage protest against rent increase in Barysaw (просмотров: 353) // English // Новости
Roughly 200 sole entrepreneurs gathered near the building of the Barysaw District Executive Committee on September 24 to protest a recent increase...
- 15:12 Four EU nations set to scrap visa fees for Belarusians (просмотров: 547) // English // Статьи
Four European Union countries plan to scrap visa fees for Belarusians after the nations’ accession to the Schengen zone..
23 сентября 2007
- 15:55 Lukashenka: If it had not been for agricultural toilers’ heroism, Belarus would have been on its knees (просмотров: 996) // English // Статьи
“Nobody has grain now, neither Ukraine, nor Moldova, nor Russia,” the Belarusian leader claimed. “Speaking in a simple, peasant manner, God saved us this year.”...
- 15:40 Obscenities case against opposition youth sent back for revision (просмотров: 454) // English // Новости
A judge of Minsk’s Leninski District Court ruled on September 21 that the obscenities case against Alyaksandra Klimovich, a member of the youth...
- 15:36 Opposition activist in Rechytsa sentenced to six days in jail on obscenities charge (просмотров: 365) // English // Новости
An opposition activist in Rechytsa, Homyel region, has been jailed for six days by a district judge’s decision viewed as a move to isolate him...
- 15:33 Opposition activist sentenced to 8 days in jail, $280 fine for allegedly disobeying police (просмотров: 491) // English // Новости
Zmitser (Dzmitry) Zhaleznichenka, a young opposition activist resident in Homyel, has been sentenced to eight days in jail and a fine of 600,000...
22 сентября 2007
- 17:42 People traveling to Belarusian rock festival in Ukraine turned back by police, artists allowed to cross border after six-hour detention (просмотров: 5476) // English // Статьи
One bus was reportedly pulled over by traffic police officers near Dzyarzhynsk and another bus near Stowbtsy on alleged grounds of driving in excess of the speed limit. There were some 40 people on each of the buses...
21 сентября 2007
- 17:38 British embassy introduces biometric visas on September 27 (просмотров: 483) // English // Новости
The British embassy in Minsk will start issuing biometric visas on September 27. The embassy’s visa section is closed for the installation of...
- 17:37 National end-of-harvest festival kicks off in Rechytsa, Homyel region (просмотров: 448) // English // Статьи
A national-level end-of-harvest festival, Dazhynki 2007, opened in Rechytsa, a city of 70,000 residents in the Homyel region...
- 13:06 Milinkevich condemns Supreme Court’s decision to uphold registration denial to Movement for Freedom as politically motivated (просмотров: 414) // English // Новости
The Supreme Court of Belarus made a politically motivated decision, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, leader of the Movement for Freedom, told BelaPAN after...
- 13:03 Ball is in Minsk’s court to improve Belarus-EU relations, EU official says (просмотров: 737) // English // Новости
The ball is in Minsk’s court to improve relations between the European Union and Belarus, Pirkka Tapiola, senior adviser to the EU high...
- 12:54 Minsk expects Moscow to decide on giving Belarus stabilization loan, Prime Minister Sidorski says (просмотров: 662) // English // Новости
Minsk expects Moscow to decide on giving Belarus a stabilization loan, Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski told reporters while touring the Minsk region...
- 12:52 Joint enterprise to organize the extraction and processing of brown coal will be established within week, Prime Minister Sidorski says (просмотров: 412) // English // Новости
A joint enterprise to organize the extraction and processing of brown coal in Belarus will be registered within a week, Prime Minister Syarhey...
- 12:48 Belarus presents bid to host 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship (просмотров: 874) // English // Статьи
Belarus presented its bid to host the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship along with Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Sweden during the semi-annual congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation...
20 сентября 2007
- 17:29 Supreme Court upholds registration denial to Movement for Freedom (просмотров: 599) // English // Статьи
A judge of the Supreme Court on September 20 rejected an appeal against the justice ministry’s refusal to register the Movement for Freedom led by former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich...
- 17:13 Italian researchers express interest in cooperating with Belarus’ High-Tech Park (просмотров: 702) // English // Новости
The Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4) is interested in cooperating with the Belarusian High-Tech Park, Franco...
- 17:11 European Commission officer downplays effects of Belarus withdrawal from Generalized System of Preferences (просмотров: 506) // English // Новости
An officer at the European Commission has downplayed effects of the suspension of Belarus' benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences on...