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  • Prosecutor’s office interested whether Lukashenka killed Kazulina
    17:42 Prosecutor’s office interested whether Lukashenka killed Kazulina
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    Famous journalist Iryna Khalip was called to prosecutor’s office of Minsk to give explanations concerning publication of her article “Murder in Live Broadcast” on the site www.charter97.org, written on the day of Iryna Kazulina’s death.

  • KGB refuting Belarusian TV
    16:22 KGB refuting Belarusian TV
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    The Committee on State Security (KGB) of Belarus doesn’t confirm the fact of uncovering an espionage network acting under the cover of U.S. embassy in Minsk.

  • Belarusian TV against FBI (Video)
    16:04 Belarusian TV against FBI (Video)
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    Belarusian TV (BT) states the US Embassy in Minsk had organised a spy network among Belarusian citizens under cover of antiterrorist protection.

  • Alyaksandr Skrabets lost 20 kilograms during hunger strike
    15:49 Alyaksandr Skrabets lost 20 kilograms during hunger strike
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    Alyaksandr Skrabets, who is on hunger strike for the third week, demanding release of political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin, has lost his conscience for a while. His elder brother Syarhei told it to radio Svaboda.

  • BPF party urges investees to boycott Raiffeisen Bank
    13:04 BPF party urges investees to boycott Raiffeisen Bank
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    The Belarusian Popular Front party calls upon Raiffeisen Bank savers to sever relations with it and withdraw their deposits from the bank. This has been announced by the chairman of the party Lyavon Barscheuski.

  • Nobody sees Belsat
    12:56 Nobody sees Belsat
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    Emergence of a satellite TV channel independent from the regime was long-awaited in Belarus. And not long ago Poles managed to create and launch such a channel. However, just a few people in Belarus saw it. Gradually people get nervous and start writing worried letters.

  • Lukashenka may get atom bomb in frames of “union state”
    12:47 Lukashenka may get atom bomb in frames of “union state”
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    Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov had negotiations in Minsk on Friday. The objective of the visit of the Russian party to the Republic of Belarus was participation in a joint session of the Council of Ministers of the “union state.” As the Russian RBK Daily runs, after the negotiations it has become clear that rhetoric of the official Minsk has changed in relation to Moscow: Lukashenka made a promising statement that there were “no obstacles” in bilateral relations of the states.

  • Belarusian Rally in front of UN Headquarters in New York (Photo)
    11:37 Belarusian Rally in front of UN Headquarters in New York (Photo)

    On Saturday, March 22, Belarusians in the US, mostly young ones, held a meeting near the building of the UN headquarters in New York.

  • How to avoid blocking of Belarusian sites
    10:44 How to avoid blocking of Belarusian sites
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    On March 25, on Freedom Day, blocking of access to independent news web resources for Belarusians is possible. The mechanism of blocking is rather simple. All communication channels go via one crosspoint controlled by the state-owned republican unitary enterprise “Beltelekom”. In order to block the site it is enough to place a filter at Beltelekom server, and the access to the site for Belarusian users will be blocked. But blocking could be circumvented.

  • Lukashenka’s cup ski race organised in Kyiv (Photo)
    9:19 Lukashenka’s cup ski race organised in Kyiv (Photo)
    6

    The Belarusian Spring has begun in Kyiv. A festival of Belarusian culture in Ukraine was organised by activist s of the initiative “Salidarnast.”

  • New York Mayor proclaimed 25 March Day of Belarusian Independence
    8:27 New York Mayor proclaimed 25 March Day of Belarusian Independence
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    New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg addressed the Belarusian Diaspora ahead of the 90th anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic and proclaimed 25 March 2008 Day of Belarusian Independence in his city.