News on 12.03.2008

12.03.2008

Myasnikovich: “US Sanctions to have impact on economic situation of Belarus” 12

17:22, — Politics

The chairman of the Academy of Sciences Mikhail Myasnikovich has stated that the U.S. sanctions threaten Belarusian economy.

GUM Department Store demands participants of entrepreneurs’ rally to pay 28 million rubles 15

14:29, — Politics

GUM department store in Minsk has raised a 28-million invoice for participants of the entrepreneurs’ rally on 10 January. Youth activist of the United Civil Party Mikhail Pashkevich said it to “Nasha Niva. “

Zimouski Threatens Entrepreneurs with Criminal Prosecution 18

12:45, — Politics

Alyaksandr Zimouski has answered entrepreneurs who had addressed the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company with a request to give them an opportunity to appear on TV in a live program.

US Ambassador to Belarus Recalled to Washington 24

11:10, — Politics

The U.S. has decided to recall Ambassador Karen Stewart for “short consultations”. She informed about that on March 12 in the morning at the meeting with representatives of the united democratic forces of Belarus. “The policy of the U.S. towards the Belarusian regime will remain inalterable unchanged,” Karen Stewart said at the meeting.

David Kramer: “We won’t sit down to table of negotiations until Kazulin is imprisoned” 11

10:40, — Politics

Today release of Alyaksandr Kazulin is the only condition the US and the EU set forward before start a “dialogue about a dialogue” with Belarus: to sit down to table of negotiations and discuss steps for improving relations. The axis Washington-Minsk is base on a person who is called “last political prisoner of Europe”.

Minsk City Executive Committee overrules decision to resettle people from Karl Marx Street 1

10:35, — society

The Minsk City Executive Committee has taken a decision not to rehouse people living in Karl Marx Street, and to preserve the functional purpose of these houses, told the chairman of the Committee of Architecture and urban development of Minsk City Executive Committee Viktar Nikitsin.

Sentenced to death by traffic militia 210

9:59, — Events

Traffic militia (GAI) officers barred the road with car with people inside to stop a drunkeb driver, rushing at 180 km/h.

Venezuela’s Embassy rushed to defend Lukashenka from sanctions 9

9:06, — Politics

Business relations between Venezuela and Belarus have nothing in common with money laundering, says the spread on 11 March statement of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

US Department of State says about total violation of human rights in Belarus 8

8:54, — Politics

The situation in Belarus continues to concern the United States of America. The US Department of State published its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

Independent Belarus is integral part of Europe

8:36, — Politics

A Belarusian week in honour of the 90th anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic foundation has begun in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The programme of the week includes meetings of Belarusian politicians with EP leadership, discussion of the situation in Belarus. A discussion on the topic Independent Belarus is Integral Part of Europe will be held in Strasbourg on 12 March.