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Lyavon Barshchewski
- 03-11-13 17:08 Opposition activists stage traditional Dzyady march // English // Статьи
An estimated crowd of about 400 people staged an annual commemorative march in Minsk on Sunday to honor the memory of Stalin terror victims...
- 05-10-13 19:45 Mourners pay last respects to Viktar Ivashkievich // English // Статьи
Hundreds of mourners packed a funeral services hall in Minsk on Saturday to pay last respects to veteran opposition politician
- 24-03-13 17:23 Freedom Day demonstration staged in Minsk // English // Статьи
Up to 1000 people took part in a “Dzen Voli” demonstration that was staged in Minsk on March 24 to mark 95 years since the proclamation of the short-lived 1918 Belarusian National Republic...
- 28-07-10 11:10 Opposition activists mark 20th anniversary of state sovereignty declaration by flower-laying ceremonies // English // Медиа-фото
Opposition activists and public figures on July 27 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty by laying flowers at the graves of Vasil Bykaw, Henadz Karpenka,...
- 18-06-10 16:16 Opposition figures discuss idea of creating shadow cabinet // English // Медиа-видео
Opposition politicians, prominent civil society activists and public figures held a conference at the Johannes Rau International Educational Center in Minsk on June 17 to discuss the idea of creating...
- 31-05-10 13:15 Deputy Chairman Ryhor Kostusew named Belarusian Popular Front’s presidential nominee // English // Медиа-видео
The Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), at a controversial convention in Minsk on Saturday, elected Deputy Chairman Ryhor Kostusew as the party’s potential candidate in next year’s...
- 27-09-09 14:59 BPF members banned from participating in other opposition groups’ presidential nomination campaigns // English // Новости
The Soim (Council) of the Belarusian Popular Front has banned party members from participating in other opposition groups’ campaigns aimed at selecting a person who will seek access to the...
- 26-04-09 21:25 Opposition stages Chernobyl anniversary demonstration in Minsk // English // Статьи
A crowd estimated by reporters at up to 1000 people participated in an opposition-organized demonstration in Minsk on Sunday afternoon to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...
- 18-04-09 14:22 Belarusian Popular Front will soon repay rent debt for Minsk office, chairman says // English // Новости
The Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) will soon repay the outstanding rent debt for its Minsk office, BPF Chairman Lyavon Barshchewski told BelaPAN. Earlier this month, the district housing authority of...
- 26-03-09 16:19 Organizers say that $260 was spent on BNR anniversary demonstration // English // Новости
The organization of Wednesday’s demonstration in Minsk on the occasion of the 91st anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic cost 720,000 rubels ($260), Lyavon Barshchewski, leader of...
- 25-03-09 22:37 Police prevent opposition activists from staging march in downtown Minsk to celebrate Belarusian National Republic anniversary // English // Статьи
The crowd stood there for about 15 minutes, facing a heavy cordon on the other side of Browki Street...
- 25-03-09 18:04 Authorities plan to provoke incidents during demonstration on Belarusian National Republic anniversary, organizer warns // English // Новости
Authorities plan to provoke incidents during the demonstration to be staged in Minsk on Wednesday evening to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic, Viktar Ivashkevich,...
- 18-01-09 14:15 Lyavon Barshchewski to step down as Belarusian Popular Front chairman // English // Новости
Lyavon Barshchewski has announced that he will resign as chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) before the opposition party starts picking its candidate for the next presidential election....
- 03-11-08 15:14 Popular Front stages march to remember Stalin terror victims // English // Медиа-видео
A march was staged by the Belarusian Popular Front in Minsk on Sunday to mark Remembrance of Ancestors’ Day (Dzyady) and commemorate Stalin terror victims. The march kicked off at noon at the...
- 10-08-08 10:50 Belarusian Popular Front threatens election boycott // English // Статьи
The Belarusian Popular Front has warned that it may withdraw its nominees from September’s elections if authorities do not stop pressure...
- 26-04-08 20:57 Video: Opposition stages Chernobyl anniversary march in Minsk // English // Медиа-видео
Some 1,500 people took part in an opposition demonstration staged on the occasion of the 22nd Chernobyl accident anniversary in Minsk on April 26. The demonstration, known as Charnobylski Shlyakh...
- 26-04-08 20:55 Opposition stages Chernobyl anniversary march in Minsk // English // Статьи
More than a thousand people took part in the opposition’s march staged on the occasion of the 22nd Chernobyl accident anniversary...
- 02-04-08 10:18 Video: Trial of opposition activist Andrey Kim // English // Медиа-видео
The trial of opposition activist Andrey Kim began in Minsk’s Tsentralny District Court on April 1 but was soon postponed indefinitely, as Judge Alena Ilyina agreed with the prosecution that the...
- 26-03-08 11:45 Video: Police crack down on opposition demonstration in Minsk // English // Медиа-видео
Police cracked down on a demonstration that opposition activists attempted to stage in Minsk on March 25 to mark 90 years since the establishment of the Belarusian National Republic, beating up and...
- 19-03-08 13:44 Video: Book-launch party for Ivonka Survila`s memoirs held in Minsk // English // Медиа-видео
A launch party for a book of memoirs penned by Ivonka Survila, the Canadian-based head of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR)’s Rada (government in exile), took place in Minsk on the evening...
- 02-02-08 17:07 Viktar Ivashkevich elected chairman of Minsk city organization of Belarusian Popular Front // English // Новости
Viktar Ivashkevich was elected chairman of the Minsk city organization of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) at the organization’s general conference held on February 1. Mr. Ivashkevich’s...
- 09-12-07 15:53 Lyavon Barshchewski elected leader of // English // Статьи
The party failed to elect its leader the previous day, as neither of the two men in the second round of the vote...
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