17:55 Belarusian officials can be banned entry to EU again

On December 15 Dutch politicians demanded the government of the Netherlands to take action against Belarusian officials including Alyaksandr Lukashenka. It has been stated in connection with the fact that the Belarusian officials prevent children from regions affected by Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster to go abroad for Christmas holidays.

15:53 Belarusbank stopped granting home loans

JSE Belarusbank, the biggest Belarusian bank, stopped granting home purchase loans on December 8.

15:44 Young Front: “Dialogue of regime with West impossible due to repressions against youth”

Young Front organisation calls upon all civilized countries of the world prevent new revenge to one of the leaders of the organisation.

13:31 Lukashenka: “Army must be prepared for modern wars. We won’t spare money”

Alyaksandr Lukashenka believes that only Belarus’ participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and creation of a common defense space would ensure national security.

13:14 Belsat anniversary celebration and music clip festival banned in Minsk

On December 14 a festival “Clip marathon” of Belarusian video clips was to take place in “Aquarium” club. However, two days before the event its organisers had to cancel it.

12:52 Gazprom doesn’t comment on gas prices for Belarus

The press service of Russia’s Gazprom company refused to comment on the information about gas prices for Belarus in 2009.

12:43 Two buses with entrepreneurs weren’t let out of Svetlahorsk

Traffic militia didn’t let two buses hired by entrepreneurs for a trip to Minsk out of Svetlahorsk.

11:37 Militia fired 11 shots at criminal suspect (Video)

Minsk militia officer shot dead a criminal suspect on Saturday. State-run TV channels inform the details about the incident.

10:51 Court hasn’t found Svaboda newspaper extremist

On December 12 the court of Iuye district considered the case of recognizing August issue of Svaboda unregistered newspaper as extremist newspaper.

9:54 Slovakia condemns Belarusian authorities for arrests of oppositionists on Human Rights Day

The Foreign Ministry of Slovakia condemn arrests of civil activists in Minsk on December 10.

9:42 “Gazprom”: In 2009 gas price for Belarus to be equal to $240 per thousand cubic metre

Gazprom’s export earnings in 2009 were to lower by 31.7% in connection with the decrease of an average year export price to $280 per thousand cubic metres. In order to compensate losses companies state that next year gas price for Belarus is to make $240 per thousand cubic metres.

8:55 Individual entrepreneurs had rally on Banhalor square. Next protest rally on January 12 (Update, photo)

Some thousands of people took part in a protest rally of entrepreneurs. The protesters demanded liberalization of business environment in Belarus.