News on 8.05.2008

8.05.2008

Jonathan Moore: Sanctions against other state-controlled Belarusian enterprises are possible 12

18:35, — Politics

US Charge d’Affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore doesn’t exclude his country will impose additional sanctions against Belarusian enterprises.

Europe tired of valueless promises of Belarusian authorities 16

18:34, — Politics

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU’s Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, said she was deeply disappointed with the latest events in Belarus.

International package delivery companies FedEx and UPS do not work in Belarus 51

17:44, — society

International companies UPS, FedEX, TNT and DHL are not parcel carriers at the territory of Belarus. Such a poster emerged in the National airport “Minsk”.

Vyachaslau Siuchyk: “Cattle is kept in better conditions than inmates in Staryja Darohi prison” 7

15:48, — Politics

On May 8 after a 15 days arrest in a detention facility in the town of Staryja Darohi (Minsk district) a democratic activist Vyachaslau Siuchyk was released. “Cattle are kept in better conditions than inmates in Staryja Darohi prison. But the most awful thing is that these a standard conditions for every prison in Belarusian regional capital,” told the politician to the Charter’97 press-center.

Freedom for Kazulin! (Photo, video) 6

15:31, — Politics

Activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus” hung out a big banner “Freedom for Kazulin!” in the Minsk center, on the bridge above Nyamiha Street.

Editor of an oppositional newspaper to be locked up in mental hospital? 9

14:29, — Politics

The head of the psychoneurologic department of Slonim central district hospital received a letter signed by the head of the local branch of the KGB Alyaksandr Mazalkou with an order to check the editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper “Gazeta Slonimskaya: Viktar Valadashchuk and his relatives, whether they are listed in databases of psychoneurologic and narcological dispensaries.

Amnesty International calls to support Emanuel Zeltser, thrown to KGB jail 4

13:27, — Politics

Human rights organisation Amnesty International organises an action of support of American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser.

Lukashenka has no future 54

10:35, — Politics

Volha Kazulina has returned after a meeting with her father in prison. She has passed an answer of her father, political prisoner, to offensive comments of Alyaksandr Lukashenka during his annual address. Alyaksandr Kazulin has been sentenced to 5.5 years of a colony for organizing protest rallies against rigged presidential election results.

Pavel Sharamet: “Lukashenka has decided to sell Belarus to Russia” 23

9:58, — Politics

On April 26 a DDOS-attack against the web-source “Belarusian partisan” started. The server of the site was attacked from 69 addresses in Paraguay, Amsterdam and South-Eastern Asia. On the same day the same problems were experienced by web-pages of Radio Svaboda and Charter’97.

Prices are European. But what about salaries and pensions? 2

9:47, — Economics

Alyaksandr Lukashenka touched a problem of prices during his visit to the Hrodna region. He said agricultural products prices would grow.

“Oppositional” flowers near KGB (Photo) 10

9:35, — Politics

Minsk dwellers can watch the results of an “ideological diversion” for some days. White and red tulips blossom near the entrance to the State Security Committee of Belarus (KGB) on Independence Avenue.

Is even one democratic deputy able to control executive authority? 2

9:00, — Politics

United democratic forces candidates for parliamentary deputies try to regain public control over the executive authority. It is a keynote of the address to nation from democratic candidates for deputies of the “house of representatives,” which draft was approved on the session of the Presidium of the Political Council of the United Democratic Forces (UDF).