17:54 Sergey Svetlakov: To censor “ProjectorParisHilton” is silly childish games

One of the hosts of the popular TV program “ProjectorParisHilton” Sergey Svetlakov in an exclusive interview to the Charter’97 press-centre comments censorship imposed by Belarusian authorities against jokes about Lukashenka.

15:37 Medvedev does not want to meet with Lukashenka

Russian president is not going to meet individually with Belarusian leader at the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Moscow.

14:58 Council of Europe Information Office opened in Minsk (Photo)

The Council of Europe Information Office opened in Minsk. “Belarus should give tangible and consistent signals and evidence of its commitment and adhesion to common democratic values,” Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, said.

14:46 Attack on charter97.org lasts for second day

The DDoS attack started yesterday at 11.56 a.m. (Minsk time). The technical service managed to neutralize the strong distributed denial of service attack this noon, but two hours later the attack was continued.

12:46 Prosecutor’s office issued warning to “Gazeta Wyborcza” reporter Andrzej Poczobut

Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarusian journalist contributing to Polish media, who is a member of the de-registered Union of Poles in Belarus, was summoned to the Prosecutor’s office of Hrodna region.

12:32 Head of Russian Agency for Health and Consumer Rights Onishchenko refused to have “milk” talks with Minsk

The Russia’s chief health officer said he cancelled his suggestion to the Belarusian authorities on possible negotiations on resumption of dairy products deliveries from Belarus to Russia.

12:12 “BPF Youth “activist arrested on border. He may be drafted into the army forcefully

Anton Kalinouski, one of the leaders of “BPF Youth”, was detained at a border crossing point when returning to Belarus in the morning June 9.

11:48 Full blockade: Russia banned import of 1,300 more Belarusian goods

The Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service is going to ban import of 800 more names of Belarusian dairy products in addition to the 500 banned earlier.