Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Belarusian delegate forced to leave PACE’s meeting
A special resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is going to be prepared by January 2013, Andres Herkel, the PACE member from Estonia, told during the meeting of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy in Strasbourg, RFE/RL reports. read more 
Staff carrying out 'political investigation' should be reduced, Myachyslaw Gryb says
Alyaksandr Lukashenka demanded Interior Minister Ihar Shunevich to reform the Interior Ministry. Militia Lieutenant General Myachyslaw Gryb told UDF.BY that people subject to the staff reduction should be those who are engaged in "political investigation." read more 
There will be no NATO troops here, the regime must crack from within, Alyaksandr Klaskowski says
Does Alyaksandr Lukashenka need a parliament? Why the situation in Belarus reminds a graveyard scene? Why Belarus will not become the Northwest Territory of Russia? What is the force to topple down Europe's last dictatorship? read more 
Syarhey Kavalenka released from prison
Opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka has been released from prison, his mother told reporters on Thursday. read more 
Belarusian government terminates contract with company on EU blacklist
The Council of Ministers has terminated its contract with BT Telekamunikatsyi (BT Telecommunications), a company said to be owned by Belarusian tycoon Uladzimir Peftsiyew that is targeted by the European Union s sanctions. read more 
Even plumbers that came to fix something were taken, EOTP observers say
Observers of a civil initiative Election Observation: Theory and Practice (EOTP) kept in a police office for three hours. read more 
No opposition in parliament
Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the central election commission, doubts that there are any opposition parties' candidates elected to the House of Representatives. read more 
Germany summons Belarusian ambassador over visa denials
Germany summoned the Belarusian ambassador on September 20 after Minsk denied visas to two European election observers who were planning to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections in Belarus. read more 
Total of 7.2 percent of voters take part in early vote
A total of 7.2 percent of voters took part in early vote this week on September 18 and September 19, Mikalay Lazavik, secretary of the central election commission, told BelTA on Thursday. read more 
Parliamentary elections advance polling into high gear
A student of Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), Minsk, informed: "The dormitory administrator dropped in at all rooms, told everyone to partake in advance polling." read more |
