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31 августа 2011
- 16:32 Lukashenka attacks banking sector (просмотров: 1009) // English // Статьи
Alyaksandr Lukashenka on Tuesday sharply criticized the country's banking sector, accusing bankers of avarice and misinformation...
- 16:27 Growth rate of imports fell in first half of year because of "," foreign minister says (просмотров: 854) // English // Новости
The growth rate of imports fell in the first half of the year because of "currency restrictions," Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw told...
30 августа 2011
- 13:07 Lukashenka downplays economic crisis (просмотров: 1142) // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has downplayed Belarus’ economic crisis, saying that there are no reasons for panic and claims about a “looming...
- 13:02 Secretary general of International Federation for Human Rights sends open letter of support to Byalyatski (просмотров: 1102) // English // Новости
Artak Kirakosyan, secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has sent an open letter of support to arrested human...
29 августа 2011
- 16:29 Lukashenka tells educators to prevent youths from being influenced by «rogue politicians» (просмотров: 919) // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka told a group of school teachers in Minsk on August 29 that educators must take efforts to prevent youths from being involved...
- 16:26 Only 10 percent of books published in Belarus are in Belarusian, says first deputy information minister (просмотров: 1141) // English // Новости
Only 10 percent of the books that are published in Belarus are in the Belarusian language, First Deputy Information Minister Liliya Ananich told...
- 13:27 Belarus posts highest rise in consumer prices among post-Soviet countries in first seven months of 2011 (просмотров: 1083) // English // Новости
Inflation in Belarus in the first seven months of 2011 was between five and 103 times higher than elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Independent...
- 13:24 IMF Executive Board to hold discussion on Minsk`s loan request on Monday (просмотров: 1030) // English // Новости
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)`s Executive Board is scheduled to hold a discussion Monday to consider the Belarusian government’s...
- 13:23 Royal Bank of Scotland ceases cooperation with Minsk over human rights issues (просмотров: 1355) // English // Статьи
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it will no longer do any deals for the Belarusian government...
28 августа 2011
- 17:04 Police drop criminal proceedings against former presidential candidate Ryhor Kastusyow (просмотров: 1360) // English // Статьи
The 54-year-old Kastusyow was accused of instigating “mass disorder” in connection with a post-election protest staged in Minsk on December 19, 2010...
- 17:02 Zyanon Paznyak reelected as chairman of Conservative Christian Party (просмотров: 781) // English // Новости
Zyanon Paznyak was reelected as chairman of the Conservative Christian Party (CCP) at the party’s 9th convention held at the Culture Palace of...
- 17:01 National Bank to raise refinance rate to 27 percent on September 1 (просмотров: 1437) // English // Новости
The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) has decided to raise its base refinance rate from 22 to 27 percent on September 1 in response to high inflation....
27 августа 2011
- 17:28 Russia's Sibur denies plans to buy stakes in Belarusian companies (просмотров: 853) // English // Новости
Sibur does not plan to acquire state assets in Belarus, Dmitry Konov, president of the Russian petrochemical company, told reporters in Moscow on...
- 17:27 Former Lithuanian president lambastes Vilnius for disclosure of Byalyatski`s bank account details (просмотров: 1052) // English // Новости
Former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has lambasted Vilnius for the disclosure of bank account information that led to the arrest of Belarus`...
- 17:25 Belarus' population decreased by 13,600 in first seven months of 2011, says National Statistics Committee (просмотров: 1474) // English // Новости
The population of Belarus totaled 9,467,300 people as of August 1, 2011, or 13,600 less than on January 1, according to the National Statistics...
- 17:25 Consumer prices reported up 6.6 percent in first 23 days of August (просмотров: 1049) // English // Новости
Belarus` consumer prices rose by 6.6 percent between August 1 and August 23 compared with July’s average prices, according to the National...
- 17:23 Financing of government programs has been reduced by 10 trillion rubels, official says (просмотров: 846) // English // Новости
This financing of government programs this year has been reduced by 10 trillion rubels ($2 billion at the official exchange rate), Anton...
- 17:21 Police drop criminal cases against two post-election protesters (просмотров: 1147) // English // Статьи
The Minsk city police department has dropped the criminal cases that were opened against Aleh Korban and Ales Arastovich...
26 августа 2011
- 15:11 Belarusian Popular Front welcomes guests into its new office (просмотров: 1234) // English // Видео
The Belarusian Popular Front welcomed public figures, foreign diplomats and reporters at its new office at number 93a Krapotkina Street in Minsk on...
- 15:07 Belarus, Russia to hold joint military exercise in September (просмотров: 2157) // English // Новости
Belarus and Russia will hold a joint military exercise between September 16 and 22, Nikolai Makarov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General...
- 15:06 Economy ministry expects consumer prices to continue rising (просмотров: 765) // English // Новости
The economy ministry predicts that consumer prices will continue rising, Anton Dalhavechny, head of the ministry's macroeconomic analysis and...
25 августа 2011
- 17:43 Imprisoned opposition activist Dashkevich meets with lawyer (просмотров: 797) // English // Новости
Imprisoned opposition activist Zmitser Dashkevich met with his lawyer in Correctional Institution No. 9 on August 24. The meeting came after a...
- 17:39 Foreign ministers of Germany, Baltic states discuss situation in Belarus (просмотров: 1031) // English // Новости
The foreign ministers of Germany and the three Baltic states discussed the situation in Belarus at their meeting on the German island of Rugen on...
- 17:37 Lukashenka promises that bank deposits will not be frozen (просмотров: 924) // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka promised on Thursday that the authorities would not freeze bank deposits amid the country's currency crisis, noting that there...
- 17:30 Minsk residents line up at stores to buy meat (просмотров: 1128) // English // Видео
Minsk residents have lined up at stores amid an acute shortage of meat in the Belarusian capital. Scores of people waited for hours inside a store...
- 17:23 Lukashenka promises exchange market «stabilization» in one and half or two months (просмотров: 1510) // English // Статьи
The situation in the exchange market will be “stabilized” in one and a half or two months, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at a government conference held in Minsk on Thursday...
24 августа 2011
- 16:36 German investor likely to be forced to pick different site for wind farm in Minsk region (просмотров: 895) // English // Новости
A government official acknowledged on Wednesday that Germany's Enertrag might have to look for a different site for a wind farm in the Minsk region....
- 16:34 Ukraine and Belarus may reach pre-crisis level of trade this year, diplomat says (просмотров: 1084) // English // Видео
Trade between Ukraine and Belarus may reach the pre-crisis level this year, Ukraine’s charge d’affaires, Oleksandr Sosura, told...
- 14:22 Swedish MEP urges prosecutor general to immediately release Ales Byalyatski (просмотров: 802) // English // Новости
Olle Schmidt, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, has called on Belarusian Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich to immediately release Ales...
- 14:19 National Bank suggests that currency exchange outlets located at markets, shopping centers stop selling foreign cash (просмотров: 997) // English // Новости
The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) has suggested that banks' currency exchange outlets located at markets and shopping centers only buy from but not...
- 14:17 Moody's warns of default risk (просмотров: 1103) // English // Статьи
Credit rating agency Moody's has warned of an increasing risk that Belarusian banks could default on their obligations and freeze foreign-currency deposits...
23 августа 2011
- 16:02 Ales Byalyatski's son handed $70 fine on disorderly conduct charge (просмотров: 922) // English // Новости
A judge of the Tsentralny District Court in Minsk on Tuesday sentenced human rights defender Ales Byalyatski's son, Adam, to a fine of 350,000...
- 16:00 Activist of Za Awto association spent four hours at police station on Monday evening (просмотров: 955) // English // Новости
Fyodar Sukhaw, deputy director of the Za Awto association of motorists, was detained by police for four hours on Monday in what appears to have been...
- 15:59 Former deputy prime minister in charge of utilities and construction appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to Belarus (просмотров: 789) // English // Новости
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on August 22 appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Tikhonov to be ambassador top Belarus. The...
- 15:57 State newspapers attract far larger readership than independent ones, minister claims (просмотров: 1094) // English // Статьи
Belarusian government-controlled newspapers attract a far larger readership than "so-called independent" publications...
22 августа 2011
- 16:55 In pictures: Green flag pulled down from Libyan embassy in Minsk (просмотров: 873) // English // Новости
The green flag was pulled down from the Libyan embassy in Minsk and replaced with national flag from the pre-Qadhafi era on Monday morning in...
- 13:40 Dzmitry Bandarenka may be moved from hospital to prison this week (просмотров: 961) // English // Новости
Dzmitry Bandarenka may be moved from a prison hospital to a correctional institution as early as this week, Volha, wife of the imprisoned opposition...
- 13:37 Authorities reject petitions for Byalyatski's release (просмотров: 868) // English // Статьи
The Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee has turned down all of some 600 petitions calling for human rights defender...
21 августа 2011
- 21:29 Minsk reluctant to use Belaruskali stake to secure $2 billion loan (просмотров: 1085) // English // Новости
Belaruskali is unlikely to take out a $2-billion loan from Russia’s Sberbank and Deutsche Bank on terms proposed by them, Valery Kiryyenka,...
- 15:31 Steady increases in motor fuel prices will prompt motorists to take to the streets sooner or later, activist says (просмотров: 977) // English // Новости
Steady increases in the retail prices of motor fuel will prompt drivers to take to the streets sooner or later, Artsyom Sharkow, director of the Za...
20 августа 2011
- 18:17 Fewer people support Belarusian-Russian Union State project, government sociologist says (просмотров: 906) // English // Новости
The share of citizens who are in favor of developing the Belarusian-Russian Union State project has decreased in recent years, Ihar Katlyarow,...
- 18:15 Belnaftakhim raises motor fuel prices further (просмотров: 999) // English // Новости
The Belarusian State Petrochemical Industry Concern (Belnaftakhim) raised Saturday the retail prices of motor fuel by three percent on the average....
- 18:04 USA disappointed over suspension of uranium deal by Belarus (просмотров: 1128) // English // Статьи
The United States is disappointed over a decision by Belarus to suspend plans to fully give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium...
19 августа 2011
- 18:52 Former prisoner Yury Linha sentenced to fine following arrest on August 15 (просмотров: 1010) // English // Новости
Former prisoner Yury Linha, who spoke out on beatings in a Belarusian prison earlier this month, was sentenced Friday to a fine of 35,000 rubels ($7...
- 18:23 Belarus announces suspension of uranium program with USA (просмотров: 1049) // English // Видео
Belarus has suspended a joint uranium replacement program with the United States in response to the newly imposed economic sanctions, which it views...
- 16:21 Industrial sector's payables reported up 80 percent in first half of 2011 (просмотров: 968) // English // Новости
The aggregate amount of the payables of Belarus' industrial sector increased by 80 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2011 to total 31.1...
- 16:20 Nyaklyayew apologizes to MEP Marek Migalski for authorities' decision to deny him entry into Belarus (просмотров: 1288) // English // Новости
Former presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyayew has offered his apology to Marek Migalski for the Belarusian authorities' decision to deny the...
- 16:18 Zmitser Dashkevich released from disciplinary segregation (просмотров: 1106) // English // Новости
Zmitser Dashkevich has been transferred from a disciplinary cell to the administrative segregation unit in the correctional institution in Horki,...
- 16:16 Belarus suspends talks with USA on uranium replacement program (просмотров: 1344) // English // Статьи
Belarus has suspended talks with the United States on a uranium replacement program in response to the newly imposed economic sanctions...
18 августа 2011
- 12:36 Several people arrested during «silent» protest in Homyel (просмотров: 1046) // English // Новости
Several pro-democratic supporters were arrested in Homyel as they gathered at the city center on Wednesday evening to stage a “silent”...
