News on 9.08.2012

9.08.2012

Why the EU must counter Lukashenka’s latest provocation 51

18:59, By Joerg Forbrig , EUobserver — Politics

New EU sanctions and the withdrawal of ambassadors will be an adequate response will be the.

Only 10% of the opposition were included in district election commissions 13

16:53, — Politics

From the 664 representatives of four opposition political parties were included only 61 people.

Journalists were ordered not to appear on street with the logo of "Belsat" 5

16:23, — Politics

TV presenter of the channel "Belsat" Olga Starastin and journalist Denis Mikhailau were released from the police station.

France expresses solidarity with Sweden 10

16:10, — Politics

France calls Belarus to restore normal diplomatic relations with Sweden.

Belarusian dictator threatens Sweden and Lithuania (Video) 323

15:35, — Politics

At the same time he confuses the reasons for the diplomatic row with Sweden.

Lithuanian civil aviation admits fact of Swedish flight 4

14:05, — Politics

Alvydas Sumskas, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation Administration of Lithuania, does not rule out an administrative case in connection with the flight may be opened.

Belarusians in Sweden will not go to «elections» 20

13:36, — Politics

No polling station will be set up at the Belarusian embassy in Sweden in the run-up to the parliamentary elections.

Journalists fined for teddy bears (Photo, video) 84

13:34, — Politics

(being updated) Iryna Kozlik and Yulia Darashkevich were fined 30 basic unites.

ODIHR observer mission will be headed by former FM of Macedonia 4

13:20, — Politics

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia Antonio Milošoski will head the OSCE ODIHR mission of observers of the "parliamentary elections" in Belarus.

Fine for slogan “For honest elections without Lukashenka”

13:19, — Politics

Leu Marholin, a deputy head of the United Civil Party, and his election agent Mikhail Vasilyeu have been fined for holding an election picket.

Valyantin Stefanovich: Hopes for release of political prisoners did not come true 1

13:14, — Politics

Human rights activists are concerned about new prisoners of conscience in Belarus.

Belsat journalists detained in Vitebsk 4

13:05, — Politics

Police detained Volha Starostina and Dzyanis Mikhailau as they were shooting a reportage.

Brothers Bogdanovich won Olympic silver 7

12:44, — Sport

Brothers Andrei and Alexander Bogdanovich picked up a silver medal for Belarus in the men's C2 1000m final at Eton Dorney.

Lukashenka demands to build a cheap nuclear power plant 142

12:30, — Nuclear power plant in Belarus

The Belarusian dictator demands to minimize the cost of building of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

Leanid Zlotnikau: Without Russian naphtha Belarus will lose $1 billion

12:24, — Economics

Together with other factors this may cause a new wave of crisis in the country.

Diplomatic source: EU may withdraw ambassadors from Belarus 23

12:13, — Politics

The decision on this may be taken on Friday in Brussels.

Andrei Bastunets: Detention for a photo session is an absurdity 23

11:47, — Politics

The lawyer believes that the police already have understood what a folly it was to arrest two journalists.

Belarus is engaged in smuggling of Russian petroleum products to Ukraine 2

11:44, — Politics

Companies, belonging to the Belarusian oligarchs close to Lukashenka, has tested an analog of the pattern "solvents and diluents" in Ukraine.

Political prisoner Vasily Parfyankou taken to detention facility again 4

11:24, — Politics

Vasily Parfyankou, sentenced to a prison term for the post-election protests, but released in August 2011, has been thrown behind bars again.

Belarusian TV calls Carl Bildt “internet troll”

11:21, — Politics

State TV channels showed reportages about the recent diplomatic row.

Boris Niemtsov: Farmer Lukashenka keeps on lying to Russia

11:19, — Politics

Former vice prime minister of Russia Boris Niemtsov commented for charter97.org on the scandal around naphtha shipments to Belarus.

Emanuelis Zingeris: Сompromise with the dictator is unacceptable

11:17, — Politics

The head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Lithuanian Seimas warned the authorities about repeating of the of history with the transmission of data of the accounts of Ales Bialiatski.

Paval Marozau: Swedish bears – agents of Western special services

11:16, Paval Marozau, Naviny.by — Politics

The summer heat is gone, and so is the scandal started by the Swedish bears with parachutes scattered over Belarusian cities and towns.

Journalists will be  tried for pictures of teddy bears 41

10:07, — Politics

A trial of a journalist of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and a press photographer of the newspaper "Nasha Niva" will be held in Minsk.

U.S. State Department: Expulsion of the Ambassador of Sweden serve to deepen Belarus’ self-isolation 4

8:17, — Politics

U.S. deeply concerned about the diplomatic scandal between Minsk and Stockholm.