17:14 Iranian fighters forced aircraft with Belarusian military delegation to land (Updated)

Today at 03.12 a.m. fighters of the Air Forces of Iran were alerted after a Belarusian aircraft intruded the air over this country.

16:43 Council of Republic approved hard draft law on information security

The “upper house” of the Belarusian “parliament” approved a draft law on information security.

15:56 Mikhail Marynich: There is desire to buy Belarusian petroleum and chemical industry for next to nothing

A number of large Russian companies have frozen their investment projects in Belarus. This specifically concerns petroleum and chemical industry. Experts link such changes to the global financial crisis.

13:46 Arnold Vaatz: “Opposition should explain to Europe how to help people of Belarus”

Bundestag member and representative of the Christian Democratic Unioon Arnold Vaatz thinks Europe should learn an opinion of the opposition before establishing closer ties with the Belarusian regime.

13:04 Belarusian regime ask 2 billion more from IMF

A few days ago the government and the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) addressed the International Monetary Fund’s Board of Directors with a request to grant a reserve credit of $2 billion.

12:50 US won’t lift sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime

The US will alleviate sanctions against Belarus only if the authorities would take further steps for improvement the situation with human rights and development of the civil society.

12:46 Independent newspapers overboard of subscription campaign

Campaign of subscribing to periodicals for 2009 began in Belarus a week ago -on October 15. A number of independent public-political newspapers weren’t included into the Belposhta company subscribing catalogue again.

11:51 US presidential candidate John McCain “speaking” Belarusian

Almost two weeks is left before the presidential elections in the United States. This election race has been called innovative: voters wrote in their blogs about the elections, candidates posted video to YouTube, John McCain even reached Belarusian-speaking Internet users!

11:08 Mikalai Autukhovich wasn’t allowed to work as taxi driver

Political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, who was substituted imprisonment by restraint of liberty at home, wasn’t allowed to work as a taxi driver.

11:05 BPF party activists searched in Drahichyn

In Drahichyn, local militiamen burst into during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Belarusian Popular Front and searched the room.

10:58 Independent “election” observer fined 500 dollars

Yelsk regional court fined an activist of the United Democratic Party and “parliamentary elections” observer Dzyanis Rabyanok for alleged violation of the law on elections. He was fined 1 mln 50 thousand Belarusian roubles. It makes about 500 dollars.

10:14 Little Kolya and his father visited military exercise (Video, photo)

Joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise Autumn-2008 has finished in Belarus. Yesterday a noteworthy event took place at the exercises. The exercises were visited by Mikalay and Alyaksandr Lukashenka who has the same “comic” military uniform on. Willfulness of the Belarusian dictator has entered into a new stage.