20:29 KGB decided to increase staff by students

Officers of secret services tried to recruit a first-year student of informational technologies and management faculty of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Paval Lyashkovich.

19:36 Obama becomes first black U.S. president (Photo)

Barack Obama became the first black U.S. president on Tuesday, making history before a sea of people and declaring the United States in the midst of a crisis that can be defeated with a united sense of purpose.

16:59 Lukashenka thanks Yushchenko for lobbying his interests in West

In Chernihiv Alyaksandr Lukashenka expressed gratitude to Ukrainian president for “assistance” in normalization of relations of the Belarusian regime with the West.

16:23 Pickets against bad living conditions banned

The authorities of Slonim town didn’t permit activists of the “Young Front” to hold a street action in the town center.

15:59 Belarusian politicians about meeting of Viktor Yushchenko and Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Famous Belarusian politicians commented on the meeting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko and Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Chernigov to Charter’97 press center.

14:39 Pro-governmental Union of Poles in Belarus selling out property having bought by Polish government

Leadership of the pro-governmental Union of Poles in Belarus headed by Jozef Lucznik is going to sell out the property that belongs to the organization.

14:13 Youth activist Ihar Salavei unlawfully called up

Ihar Salavei, activist of the “For Freedom” movement, has received call-up papers in spite he has problems with heart.

12:27 Amnesty International: Who tortured US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in Belarusian prison?

Amnesty International human rights organization called on its activists to support US citizen Emanuel Zeltser.

12:10 Zyanon Paznyak called names of Kurapaty vandals

Zyanon Paznyak, leader of the Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian Popular Front, told Radio Svaboda about acts of vandalism in Kurapaty, Russian imperialism, and veterans of NKVD (Soviet secret police).

11:37 4 July blast: only social-psychological portrait of a criminal is known

The investigation group has only a social-psychological portrait of a criminal, who had exploded a bomb on July 4, 2008, in Minsk.

10:53 “Liberalisation” plans drawn up by officials who “strangled” business

The Belarusian authorities have drawn up another “plan” of economy’s liberalization. Experts are sceptical about it.

8:55 Colonel Paulichenka appeared nude in public (Photo)

The former commander of the Internal Troops special force has taken part in the traditional bathing on Epiphany in the village of Zadamlya Minsk region.

Today the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko met with the Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Chernihiv. One of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, the coordinator of the Charter’97 Zmitser Bandarenka comments on this “brotherly” meeting.