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News on 29.09.2009
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After the display of troops at the joint Belarusian-Russian military exercise, Lukashenka and Medvedev stated their intention to continue holding army exercises similar to the West 2009.
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The well-known human rights organisation has called upon the Belarusian authorities to stop obstructing the work of journalists working for foreign news media.
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The Swedish Academy decided to change the official Swedish name of the people of Belarus from vitryssar to belarusier following the requests of community.
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Włodzimierz Cimoszewic, former Polish Prime Minister, a candidate for the position of the Council of Europe’s Secretary General, in his interview to Echo Moskvy radio station touched upon the situation in Belarus.
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Pope Benedict XVI has ended his visit to the Czech Republic on September 28. The visit was scheduled to coincide with the feast of St. Wenceslas -- a patron of the Czech Republic.
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The Russian President started his observation of the Belarusian-Russian military exercises from an acquaintance with Lukashenka’s son.
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Dwellers of the city are not allowed to go to work, and it is forbidden to leave the neighbouring villages.
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The Foreign Ministry has answered the address of the Yung Front organisation related to the PA OSCE initiative to call August 23 the International Day of Communism and Fascism victims.
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A case against Aramis and Co was heard at a trial in Minsk.
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Today Russian president Dmitry Medvedev together with Alyaksandr Lukashenka observe the large-scale Russian-Belarusian drills Zapad 2009 (West 2009) at Baranavichy firing range.
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Belarus became involved in a scandal with delivery of luxurious furniture for Russian governmental bodies.
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A warning by a prosecutor for violation of Article 11 of Law on media has been issued to Vadzim Orshynski, a TV cameraman and fine art photographer.
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On September 28 officer of justice of the Maskouski district court of Minsk Paval Khadnevich violently entered the building of the New Life church.
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The government has stated its intention to reconsider approaches to paying pensions to working pensioners.