15:51 Alyaksandr Kazulin could see his grandson in prison

Three-days meeting of Alyaksandr Kazulin and his relatives ended on Tuesday. His wife Iryna, daughters Volga and Yulya, and his grandson visited the colony “Vitba-3”.

14:14 Will total control over Belarusians be legalized?

Tomorrow deputies of the “chamber of representatives” are to review a draft law on the register of the population. As we have informed, that document was called “violating freedom of person” and wasn’t passed in the first reading by deputies. But they haven’t rejected it either.

14:02 Lukashenka took up old arms

“Defence capability of the country is the most important element. To move with the times, we need to buy new arms, complexes or modernise the military hardware we are armed with now. We will buy what we need, but modernisation should become the main direction,” Alyaksandr Lukashenka said today during his visit to the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus.

12:47 Popular Front party members denied accommodation in Minsk hotels

The Party of the Belarusian Popular Front has failed to reach an agreement with the hotels in Minsk in order to accommodate the delegates of the party's congress to take place on December 8-9.

12:39 Policemen maltreated girl for graffiti

Youth activist Katsyaryna Salaueva is to go to police department for interrogation today at 3 p.m. People in civvies detained her last night near the building of the Polatsk City executive Committee, after she drew a slogan on the wall: “Nobody can stop us! Young Front.”

12:09 Lukashenka signed law on amnesty

Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a law № 287-З “On amnesty of some categories of persons who have committed crimes” yet on November 22. But it has become known only today.

12:09 KGB against BelSat

The first non-state TV channel for Belarusians BelSat begins broadcasting from December, 10. The Gomel KGB is trying to find out who of the local journalists is going to work for independent TV.

The 10th Minsk Forum “Belarus: European Nation in Transition: Identities and Cooperation in Politics, Economics, Society” has taken place on November 22-25. German ambassador to Belarus Dr. Gebhardt Weiss in his speech at the forum emphasized the fact that in actions of Belarusian elites from different camps lack rationalism. As an example he offered the European March, which was finally allowed, but arrests took place on the eve of the rally. The diplomat asked why activists were imprisoned before the rally while the decision had been taken to allow the march. Today answers questions of the Charter’97 press-center.

12:07 Belarusian authorities can miss their opportunity

“We’d want to receive a signal from Belarus about the destiny of political prisoners,” Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office said in the interview to BelaPAN. The Minister of State emphasised the importance of “confidence between government, civil society and opposition.” G. Erler said the Belarusian authorities had laid the foundation of such relations, he also expressed his hope that an opportunity to build them wouldn’t be missed.

10:31 Navumau Goes to Geneva

Issues of cooperation between Belarus and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are to be discussed by Belarusian Internal Minister Uladizmir Navumau and the head of the IOM Brunson McKinley in Geneva, Interfax was told by the head of Belarusian Internal Ministry information and public relations department Katsyaryna Samusenkava-Shelehava.

9:57 Are nuclear power plants in Belarus and Iran to be constructed by same holding?

A representative of the Russian holding Atomstrojexport has informed that the enterprise is conducting talks with Belarus on construction of the first Belarusian nuclear power plant. The statement about that has been made at a conference on issues of nuclear power plants construction.