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News on 11.06.2008
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The State Center of Information Security under the auspices of the Belarusian president has temporarily suspended issuing certificates of domain names’ ownership to their owners.
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According to the survey of the European Commission, an average wages in the European Union amounts to 20.25 euro per hour. Belarusian average wage is 1.38 euro.
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An action of solidarity with Ivan Shyla has been held today in the Minsk center. Ivan Shyla was expelled from a Salihorsk school for “active public activity” on 4 June before his last final exam.
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During the music festival “Beatles Forever!” held last weekend in Lahojak, several young people raised white-red-white flags.
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Paval left his house at 7.45 pm yesterday. A man in civvies came up to him and handed in a call-up paper. Paval is to go to the military enlistment office at 9 am today. He is to spend 17 days at military training.
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The sports complex “Nyoman” will be opened in Hrodna on June 12 with a match between veterans of the Belarusian association of football and a local team “Nyoman” (Neman).
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The draft law “On Mass Media” does not contain any fundamental changes in this sphere and it will be considered by the “deputies” of the “chamber of representatives” on June 17.
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There is no official notice on closing an ice arena. Moreover, local newspapers advertise opening a new bus route Railway Station-Ice Arena.
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Activists of the campaign decorated the city buildings with stickers in Pinsk, moreover, blur ribbons appeared in the main streets of Mahilou and Zhodzina.
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Henryk Litwin, Polish Ambassador to Belarus, thinks the contacts between the heads of the two states are impossible until all political prisoners are released and democratic reforms are conducted.
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka said yesterday food deficit and price growth in Belarus was inevitable. He related this to “the world food crisis,” not to the actions of the government. According to him, only summer cottages gardens can save the Belarusians from food shortage.
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Mikhail Pastukhou, the head of the Mass Media Legal Protection Center under auspices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, expresses concern over the sudden consideration of amendments to the Law on Mass Media at the current session of the “chamber of representatives”.
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The US and the EU called on the Belarusian authorities to “release unconditionally and immediately all remaining political prisoners.” As Washington and Brussels think, it is the Belarusian leadership who is responsible for the violating of human rights. The declaration at the bilateral summit held in Tuesday in Brdo, Slovenia.