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News on 20.06.2008
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Belarus’ joint external debt as of April 1, 2008 was $13 bn 630 mln, and it has grown by 8% over the first quarter of this year (by $1.007 bn).
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The organising committee on creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) has received a letter from the Ministry of Justice saying this public association was denied registration.
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Interfax has learnt it from the president’s press service after the meeting between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and head of the Central election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna.
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Today Ales Kasach went to Kastrychnitskaya Square with a poster with the aim to attract attention of the regime to arbitrariness of Shklou colony’s staff, but policemen expelled him away from the square immediately.
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The Maskouski district court of Minsk dismissed a complaint of Svyatlana Zavadskaya against unjust acts of Mikhail Titsyankou, deputy head of the Minsk city executive committee, who banned holding a picket on 7 May, at the anniversary of disappearance of former minister of internal affaires of Belarus Yury Zakharanka.
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Human rights activist Aleh Vouchak thinks high-rank officials, responsible for a decision to form a “human shield” should be involved in the case.
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Soon there will be no representatives of the working class left in Belarus, who are so necessary to realization of ambitious plans of the government to increase the GDP. The reason is banal: it’s the outflow of workers to the neighbouring countries where wages are higher.
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The Draft Law on Media threatens the activity of bank websites.
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a decree under which a number of military units change their stations.
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A national white-red-white flag was hung out in honour of Vasil Bykau’s anniversary above Vitsebsk-Polatsk road near Kirauski town on 19 June.
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A draft decree on appointing the date for “parliamentary” elections was introduced to Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Head of the Central Election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna said it. According to her, “the coming electoral campaign will be held in a traditional way, no special novelties are expected.”
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How Russian ruble’s strength would affect the economy of Belarus, and how the country could avoid economic takeover? According to the dean of the economy faculty of the Belarusian State University Mikhail Kavalyou, there is one way out, to stimulate influx of Western, Arabic, Chinese capitals to the country at any cost.
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Monument of XIX century architecture – a residential building in Classicism style with eclectic elements in Revalutyonnaya Street, 17 in Minsk, was ruined without a permission of the Ministry of Culture.