http://www.charter97.org/ Íîâîñòè èç Áåëàðóñè, Íàâ³íû ç Áåëàðóñ³, News from Belarus http://www.charter97.org/images/logo.gif http://www.charter97.org/ Íîâîñòè èç Áåëàðóñè, Íàâ³íû ç Áåëàðóñ³, News from Belarus be eng_charter97http://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/SARP_qXc1U0/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:30 +0300 On November 6 the 12th Minsk Forum finished in the capital of Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23484/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/Ny1K-5uz7C0/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:07 +0300 Expendable materials and medicines necessary during the outbreak of the disease have been delivered. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23482/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/LhOwI6ei2UM/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:27:51 +0300 A believer from Jehovah's Witnesses community has been punished by a huge fine. He demanded realization of his right for alternative military service. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23480/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/70UFXH-j-_I/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:01 +0300 A hunger strike of businessman Andrei Bandarenka continues since October 19. He protests against the verdict issued by the court of Pershamajski district of Minsk. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23476/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/YcD3qWBBEPA/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:43 +0300 Christos Pourgourides was a PACE special rapporteur on Belarus and investigated disappearances of the opposition politicians. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23475/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/JInp-XzqLdU/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:55:47 +0300 Journalists were preparing a piece about the situation at the glass plant. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23473/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/XwMQAtGOjPo/ society Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:16 +0300 Leanid Tarasenka spent 14 months in places of detention trying to prove his innocence. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23471/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/LoP_XZ8G1bQ/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:06 +0300 Russia welcomes plans of official Minsk to consider recognition of independent Georgian regions. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23464/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/RCZxJRsacts/ society Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:05:54 +0300 In connection with exceeding the incidence of disease threshold in Minsk a flu and viral infection epidemic was officially announced in Minsk on November 6. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23463/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/xFzdjiF8y4o/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:54 +0300 The Ministry of Information returned founder of the independent public and political newspaper “Marynahorskaya” documents for official registration to the newspaper. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23461/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/AJ3G2AedpOI/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:22:00 +0300 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle sent his greetings to the participants of the 12th Minsk Forum, which opened on November 4. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23459/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/dFkXf-u1Pd4/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:55:23 +0300 Possible recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Belarus would contradict the spirit of cooperation and would unlikely to facilitate it in the framework of Eastern Partnership policy. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23455/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/2j2Rcl_mXRc/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:41 +0300 The movement of Afghan war veterans demands to stop persecution of businessmen from Vaukavysk. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23453/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/-uJStgO1WU0/ Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:05:28 +0300 Viktor Yushchenko and Alyaksandr Lukashenka are to visit the Ukrainian one of the Ukrainian regions affected by swine flu epidemic. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/6/23445/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/x6BoyyjgWEU/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:35 +0300 Mass media experts say representatives of the Belarusian authorities don not want to give important information to the public. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23443/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/VHeucv4-Jko/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:41:23 +0300 On November 5 Belarusian and Ukrainian presidents Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Viktor Yushchenko met in Kyiv. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23435/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/GRTyjpA35_0/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:51:53 +0300 The Belarusian ruler has commented on the swine flu outbreak with death cases in an outrageously cynical way. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23432/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/CQuiC-7QGkM/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:57 +0300 Doctors have to conceal information about swine flu outbreak in Belarus on an order of Lukashenka’s administration, and his personal attitude to the fact that people are dying in Belarus cannot be called anything but boorish. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23430/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/0i0m21REmgQ/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:14 +0300 Belarus plans to send a parliamentary commission to South Ossetia and Abkhazia to estimate a possibility of recognition of the two republics. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23427/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/Q3Nyrkhpccs/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:26:09 +0300 Unlike the previous year, a discussion was not planned at the opening of the Minsk Forum, so Uladzimir Makei managed to avoid unpleasant questions. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23421/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/BgmxGjC6KCQ/ society Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:02:36 +0300 According to the Ministry of Health, 85 people suffer from swine flu in Belarus. Seven of them died. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine says 17 swine flu cases have been detected in the country, 6 people died. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23420/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/OlT1g8yK2QY/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:20:59 +0300 The Belarusian “house of representatives” will consider recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia next week. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23414/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/jGGAvQpYGFU/ Politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:43 +0300 Poland's foreign minister called upon the US to deploy its troops on the territory of the country to defend it from military aggression. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/5/23413/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/VqJIgJ-VUH4/ Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0300 “We won’t cave in and crawl to the European Union,” stated the Belarusian dictator at the meeting with German business representatives. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23402/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/b8oDRkjuo6k/ Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:44:46 +0300 The model of freebie and promise bargaining created by the Belarusian dictator has become outdated, the Russian mass media report. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23394/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/mCxjIvZA5YE/ Sport Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:47:11 +0300 Canadian Glen Hanlon, the former coach of the Belarusian national ice hockey team, gave his farewell press conference. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23388/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/3jbfesmorps/ society Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09:33 +0300 The Health Ministry turned out to be unprepared for the outbreak of disease – medicines haven’t been bought, there is no vaccine, and doctors are made to write in case-records that pneumonia is a complication of a usual flu. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23387/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/C-ZpkW5k5VQ/ Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:32:41 +0300 Officials of Information Ministry will keep a close watch on what is written about flu outbreak by registered media ouitlets and their websites. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23380/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/vVDE6wK8Te4/ Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:48 +0300 This Minsk Forum happens for the 12th time. Thisd year, like last year, the meeting is to be opened by the Presidential administration head, Uladzimir Makej, and German Ambassador Gebhard Weiss. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23376/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/4e3znJjzCuQ/ Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:43:38 +0300 Head of Administration of Lukashenka Uladzimir Makei may pay an official visit to Warsaw in the nearest time. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23375/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/Nc7lnWZkVDo/ society Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:35:52 +0300 The human right activist is in a pulmonology department of Minsk hospital #3 with a diagnosis “bilateral pneumonia”. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/4/23374/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/-f9cTjoyPJA/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:46:52 +0300 On November 3 Ambassadors of the EU countries venerated memory of victims of totalitarian regimes in Trastsyanets and Kurapaty. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23363/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/yG2L05s1Cp0/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:36 +0300 Judge of Kastrychnitski district Edgar Martirosyan fined Vitsebsk activists Taras Surhan and Syarhei Kavalenka 20 basic units each. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23360/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/K1qBQzg_Fz4/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:15 +0300 At the moment Uladzimir Matskevich works as advisor of director general of a large Russian company “Sovkomflot”. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23356/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/GzNe85VEkqo/ society Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:08:20 +0300 Medical workers report to the Health Care Ministry that, about ten people have died in Minsk from pneumonia, a A(H1N1) flu complication. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23355/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/GEzYMWKNDiM/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:31:12 +0300 The head of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions said the dialogue between the Belarusian authorities and the International Labour Organization was being rolled back. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23353/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/zd70CivbWJs/ Sport Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:44 +0300 Canadian Glen Hanlon decided to quit his coaching job with Belarus’ ice hockey national team. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23349/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/FndPb7TE3ko/ society Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:58:28 +0300 At a press-conference in Minsk representatives of the Health Ministry categorically denied to reveal figures on the number of persons who had flu and died of it in Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23347/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/Hu2dUgq8IX4/ society Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:11:30 +0300 Health Care ministry denies commenting on the outbreak of pneumonia n Belarus, but hospital doctors started to reveal what is going on in reality. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23341/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/x7f3_HugYhA/ Nuclear power plant in Belarus Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:02:20 +0300 The Energy Ministry of Belarus states that a decision on the nuclear power plant construction is not a topic for public discussion. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23340/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/YLkSLhnEEq8/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:48:50 +0300 Activists of Homel branch of Francis Skaryna Belarusian language Society are convinced that local authorities are to blame for thwarting the concert dedicated to Dzyady. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23338/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/tv_4n9bp0gE/ society Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:39:42 +0300 The results of voting during yesterday’s Vybor (Choice) talk show on ONT TV channel were really shocking. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23337/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/QOK0WUnMiCY/ Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:40:15 +0300 Some activists of democratic forces in Vitsebsk walked through the town with Belarusian national flags on November 2. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/3/23331/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/7KeFrJfSpOQ/ Politics By Matthew Day, «Telegraph» Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:32 +0300 Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23322/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/T6p7jXw0vhE/ Politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:56:06 +0300 The Belarusian politicians haven’t received an answer to a collective address demanding to instigate a criminal case against Alyaksandr Lukashenka. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23320/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/OHoYTWVtyU8/ Politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:12:46 +0300 Ahead of consideration of the issue on EU sanctions, the Belarusian dictator said he wouldn’t fulfil any political and economic demands. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23310/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/Cy9oXU61K3Y/ society Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:59:56 +0300 According to an official version, schools of the capital of Belarus have been quarantined due to the increased number of URI cases. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23306/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/ObPGQZmLhbM/ Economics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:28:23 +0300 The negative balance of foreign trade grew by $314.3mn in September. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23299/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/okOFhTUUKII/ Politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:35:39 +0300 A large scale military exercise is scheduled for summer 2010 in Latvia. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23294/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eng_charter97/~3/KqI9ASYSCZE/ society Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:16:50 +0300 Independent journalists Tatsyana Bublikava and Aleh Ryzhkou were detained in Homel. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/11/2/23293/