News on 16.08.2012

16.08.2012

Lithuania does not believe the Belarusian KGB 32

17:32, — Politics

Vilnius will not provide Minsk with details about the "Swedish Troopers", if he sees political motives in prosecutions.

Valery Fralou: Bordyuzha checks if Lukashenka is ready to “throw himself under tanks” 40

16:06, — Politics

General Valery Fralou said in an interview for charter97.org he linked the visits of Russian officials to their desire to check if the Belarusian dictator is ready to defend Russia.

Stocks rose by 61.9% 11

16:00, — Economics

Stocks of produced goods in industrial enterprises of Belarus on August 1, 2012 reached 20,263 trillion BYR. They’ve increased by 61.9% since the beginning of the year.

Deutsche Welle: Belarus actively adopts China's experience in Internet censorship 15

14:19, — Politics

Access to a number of websites from change.org, a platform to start petitions, to aviasales.ru, a website to search low costs, was restricted for Belarusian Internet users.

Strike at "Milavitsa" 136

14:17, — society

As it became known to charter97.org, a strike recently took plae at there was recently a strike at the “Milavitsa” company.

Bordyuzha: CSTO will support Belarusian regime 19

14:11, — Politics

CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha believes that sanctions of the West towards Belarus are unjustified and unacceptable.

Taken to police and died in intensive care unit 132

13:40, — Politics

Police say the detained man fell on the floor in the toilet.

Alyaksei Shein: Russia will support “elections” in exchange for privatization

13:17, — Politics

The politician thinks Lavrov came to Belarus to take advantage of the country's worsened relations with the EU.

Velcom has not yet recovered from the devaluation 6

13:14, — Connection

Telekom Austria AG has reported a decrease its revenue for the I half of 2012 compared to the I half of 2011 by 4.9% to 2118.3 million euros and EBITDA by 6.6% to 726.2 million euros.

Marek Migalski: Poland should ensure the safety of Belarusians

12:49, — Politics

The member of European Parliament addressed the Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland.

A collector of signatures for an independent candidate is summoned to the KGB 8

12:43, — Politics

The KGB pressure on Mogilev collector of signatures Uladislau Yarashou continues.

Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office began an investigation the flight of the Swedes 2

12:29, — Politics

On August 14, Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) launched pre-trial investigation into the illegal Lithuanian state border crossing.

NTV: Teddy bears play cat and mouse with Lukashenka (Video)

12:09, — Politics

NTV, a Russian TV channel, returned to the theme of the teddy bear 'assault'.

Ukraine has suspended imports of biodiesel from Belarus 11

11:43, — Economics

Ukrainian oil traders have suspended contracts with Belarusian biodiesel suppliers in anticipation of changes in conditions of imports of biodiesel fuel.

US extends trade restrictions with Belarus 7

10:26, — Politics

Barack Obama extended trade restrictions with the countries posing a threat to the United States.

Estonia to represent Sweden in Belarus 4

9:18, — Politics

Estonian government will discuss a draft bill, according to which Tallinn will represent Sweden's interests on visa issues in our country.

Another Belarusian Olympic athlete had doping in his tests? 30

8:14, — Sport

His surname is not disclaimed. According to non-official information, he is not a medal-holder of the London Olympics.

Yury Chavusau: Nominating of KGB candidates noticed 51

0:52, — Politics

Politologist Yury Chavusau assesses peculiarities of this year's “election campaign”.