16:45 Who were provocators on the action 4 November?

Belarusian Helsinki Committee is going to carry out a public investigation of the provocation during the Social March 4 November. Acting head of the committee Aleg Gulak says there was a fact of violation the law, that’s why the delinquents ought to be brought to responsibility.

16:41 War against BelSat goes on

The authorities are going to do the next: the city dwellers are proposed to replace dishes with cable and terrestrial TV. It is surprising, but there hasn’t yet been any concrete order to remove the dishes. But the authorities are planning how to do it: during repair works.

16:41 USA to impose new sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime

“You can expect the USA to take new measures regarding Belarus,” US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs David Kramer said at a press-conference.

15:13 94 per cent of entrepreneurs won’t obey Lukashenka’s order

The registering bodies note higher demand 5 days before the deadline for application for re-registration of individual entrepreneurs to unitary enterprises on attractive terms. But the experts think the tendency of last weeks doesn’t change the total reaction of the entrepreneurs to the state policy - the majority of individual entrepreneurs will ignore the attempts to register IE as legal persons.

14:46 City Executive Committee and City Hall are radiant, too

Are the paving slabs in other Minsk sites also radiant, as those on Nezalezhnasti Square? Journalists walked with dosimeter near the National Library, on Freedom Square and other popular places of the capital.

13:13 Mikhail Marynich: “Chinese money will be spent on dirty industry”

China will give Belarus credit for $ 1.5 bln, a corresponding paper was signed today in Minsk during the visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The money is to be spent on the construction of new production lines of cement.

11:54 400 busts of Lenin exhibited in Polatsk

Private public exposition “Lenin’s Epoch”, the only in the Vitebsk area, has opened in Polatsk ahead of 90th anniversary of October revolution.

11:48 Prison trial over Dashkevich to go on 9 November

The court session over the case of “Young front” leader Zmiter Dashkevich has been rescheduled for 9 November. As it became known for Charter’97 press center, according to the law, the trial is to begin after 5 days a defendant receives a document informing about place and date of a trial.

The draft law “On information, informatization and information security” will receive different name, and it is most likely not to cover the Internet. These proposals were discussed at the last session of the “deputy” group that is working up the document.

9:01 Kira Muratava’s film was excluded from cinema festival “Listapad” programme. Because of Lukashenka?

The order of the Ministry of Culture to exclude the movie of Kira Muratava “Two in One” from the programme of the cinema festival “Listapad” came out of the blue. In the movie, there are about 30 seconds of Aliaksandar Lukashenka’s New Year address to the Belarusian people. At that moment the characters of the movie are watching TV and the character of Bogdan Stupka (famous and esteemed Ukrainian actor) says: “h-h-handsome man!”

8:45 Political prisoner Dashkevich has trial in prison

The trial on the new criminal case against one of the leaders of youth opposition movement Zmiter Dashkevich is taking place in the common regime colony № 17 in Shklou (Mahilou area) 6 November.

8:21 Schengen visas for Belarusians can get cheaper

Several committees of Bundestag are to discuss the project on lower price for Schengen visas for Belarus on November 7.