19:30 “The China Syndrome”

Lifting of the EU sanctions against Alyaksandr Lukashenka has become a sensational event in the life of Belarus. It has happened despite of the fact that the “parliamentary elections” had been recognised as undemocratic and not free by the world community. Over the last week it has become obvious that many people understand the meaning of this event in a polar opposite way. And it is getting rather dangerous now.

16:45 Justice Ministry refused to register Kalyakin’s “Horizontal”

For the second time the Justice Ministry of Belarus has denied registration to the public association “Horizontal” the oppositional leaders tried to found.

15:30 Minster of Information didn’t like article about “elections” titled “Satan’s Ball”

Editor and founder of “Borisovskie Novosti” newspaper Anatol Bukas sent a written explanation to the Ministry of Information in the connection with an article in his newspaper.

14:07 Yarmoshyna says holding local and presidential elections at once is “good idea”

The Central Elections Committee Chairperson Lidziya Yarmoshyna finds it a good idea to hold local and presidential elections simultaneously, but notes complex attitude towards that in the Belarusian society.

13:11 Who is responsible for huge foreign debt of Belarus?

Signs of a crisis in Belarus are obvious. In September gold and foreign exchange reserves dropped from $5.6 billion to $4.9 billion, while the foreign debt of the country is about $16 billion already. Who is responsible for such huge debts in Belarus?

11:29 Syarhei Parsyukevich: «Entrepreneurs will lose everything in the end of the year”

The former political prisoner Syarhei Parsyukevich stated in the interview to Radio Racyja, that the most difficult awful thing in the activities of entrepreneurs is pressure by the state.

10:38 Iosif Syaredzich: “Unbearable conditions for journalists will be created in this situation”

A strict law on information security in Belarus will come in force in 6 months. The “council of the republic” approved an appropriate draft law, adopted by the lower house of the “parliament” before. Experts think that the Law on Information, Infomatisation, and Information Security sets total control over all kind of information in the country.

10:00 Belarusian army buys Islander-type missiles

It has been stated at a briefing in Minsk by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and first deputy defense minister of Belarus Syarhei Hurulyou.

8:53 Lukashenka’s sudden visit to Moscow to meet Medvedev

On October 25, Alyaksandr Lukashenka is arriving in Moscow to meet with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. Russian “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” reports it and adds that “information about a planning visit has just appeared and come as a surprise”.

8:17 “ProjectorParisHilton” authors charged with violation of Criminal Code of Belarus (Video)

Representatives of the Belarusian TV state that jokes about Lukashenka in Russian TV program “ProjectorParisHilton” are offensive.