Архив: Материалы за месяц
07.02.2012
31 января 2012
- 10:07 Belarus continues loan talks with IMF // English // Статьи
Belarus continues talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a new loan to be supported by an economic program...
30 января 2012
- 13:55 Prison conditions toughened for ailing opposition politician Bandarenka // English // Статьи
Imprisoned opposition politician Dzmitry Bandarenka has been prohibited from using a crutch and special footwear six months after complicated back surgery...
29 января 2012
- 16:29 Belarusian Popular Front to take part in parliamentary elections // English // Статьи
The Council of the Belarusian Popular Front decided at a meeting on Saturday that the party would take part in the forthcoming House of Representatives elections...
- 16:20 Azaranka wins Australian Open, claims No.1 ranking // English // Статьи
The 22-year-old Azaranka became the first Belarusian to win a grand slam singles title...
27 января 2012
- 17:03 Kanavalaw accepts death sentence // English // Статьи
Dzmitry Kanavalaw, who was found guilty of perpetrating the April 2011 deadly subway bomb attack...
26 января 2012
- 16:43 New PACE president expresses support for EU sanctions against Minsk // English // Статьи
Jean-Claude Mignon, the newly elected president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), has expressed his full support for the European Union’s targeted sanctions...
25 января 2012
- 15:59 Wife gravely concerned about safety of imprisoned Sannikaw // English // Статьи
Journalist Iryna Khalip has expressed grave concern about the safety of her husband, former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikaw...
- 14:19 Sannikaw appealed for Lukashenka's pardon two months ago, wife says // English // Статьи
Torturous treatment in prison forced former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikaw to write an appeal to Alyaksandr Lukashenka...
24 января 2012
- 14:25 Byalyatski loses appeal against prison sentence // English // Статьи
A panel of the Minsk City Court on Tuesday upheld the prison sentence imposed on prominent human rights defender Ales Byalyatski...
- 10:49 PACE may recommend Committee of Ministers to introduce restrictive measures against Minsk // English // Статьи
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) may recommend the Committee of Ministers to introduce restrictive measures against Minsk...
21 января 2012
- 17:41 Sannikaw meets with lawyer after more than two months incommunicado // English // Статьи
Lawyer Maryna Kavalewskaya on January 20 met with imprisoned former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikaw, who had not seen his lawyers or relatives since early November...
20 января 2012
- 11:06 French court asked to order arrest of Belarus` interior minister // English // Статьи
A group of alleged victims of the Lukashenka regime on Thursday filed an application with a Paris court...
19 января 2012
- 15:46 EU, Belarusian politicians call for moving 2014 world hockey championship from Belarus // English // Статьи
A group of European Union and Belarusian politicians have petitioned the heads of national ice hockey federations and the EU leadership...
- 12:15 Lukashenka pledges political reform // English // Статьи
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has promised to implement a political reform in Belarus...
18 января 2012
- 13:37 Independent trade unions may launch campaign for EU's boycott of Belarusian imports, activist warns // English // Статьи
Belarus' independent trade unions are considering the possibility of launching a campaign for the European Union’s boycott of Belarusian imports...
17 января 2012
- 15:40 Mikalay Awtukhovich to be moved to cell-type prison // English // Статьи
A judge of the Ivatsevichy District Court has ordered the transfer of Mikalay Awtukhovich to a cell-type prison...
- 11:02 Historian: Polish army officers were executed by Stalin`s secret police in Belarus // English // Статьи
At least 3,870 Polish army officers were executed by Stalin`s NKVD secret police on the territory of Belarus, prominent Belarusian historian Ihar Kuznyatsow...
16 января 2012
- 13:39 Outgoing president of European Parliament disappointed by EU`s failure to influence situation in Belarus // English // Статьи
The European Parliament`s outgoing president, Jerzy Buzek, has expressed disappointment that Europe’s efforts to influence the situation in Belarus...
13 января 2012
- 20:07 EU considers blacklisting 135 more Belarusians // English // Статьи
The European Union plans to seriously tighten sanctions against Minsk, Gunnar Wiegand, of the EU’s European External Action Service...
12 января 2012
- 14:46 Statkevich to be moved to cell-type prison // English // Статьи
A judge on Thursday ordered convicted former presidential candidate Mikalay Statkevich transferred to a cell-type correctional institution...
11 января 2012
- 12:59 Belarus pledges to buy Beltranshaz back for $5bn if it violates its commitments // English // Статьи
In the November 25, 2011 agreement on the sale of Beltranshaz to Gazprom, the Belarusian government pledges to buy the pipeline company back for $5 billion at Gazprom’s...
10 января 2012
- 14:35 Norwegian police are investigating whether Breivik received any paramilitary training in Belarus, spokesman says // English // Статьи
The Norwegian police are investigating whether mass killer Anders Breivik received any paramilitary training in Belarus...
- 12:16 Bandarenka denied release on parole // English // Статьи
Imprisoned opposition politician Dzmitry Bandarenka has once again been denied release on parole...
09 января 2012
- 15:52 Two jailed over protest in front of KGB office // English // Статьи
An opposition activist who demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Minsk on January 8 and a reporter who filmed the protest were sentenced...
06 января 2012
- 10:26 Norwegian mass killer Breivik visited Belarus to meet woman, report says // English // Статьи
Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik traveled to Belarus in 2005 to visit a woman whom he had met online...
05 января 2012
- 16:03 Eurasian Development Bank recommends Minsk to restrict domestic demand // English // Статьи
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has recommended the Belarusian authorities to "restrict domestic demand...
04 января 2012
- 11:27 Obama signs Belarus democracy act into law // English // Статьи
US President Barack Obama on January 3 signed the Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011 into law...
03 января 2012
- 14:10 Poll: Lukashenka`s approval rating slightly improved before end of 2011 // English // Статьи
Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s approval rating slightly improved before the end of the year 2011...
01 января 2012
- 15:56 Economy ministry indicates that there are no plans to lift employment restrictions on sole entrepreneurs // English // Статьи
The Ministry of Economy has made it clear that the authorities have no plans to lift a ban on the employment of people other than family members for small business...
