News on 1.08.2008

1.08.2008

OSCE to teach Paulichenka and Karaeu European behaviour standards 7

15:56, — Politics

Experts from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will hold a seminar in the education center of the Ministry of Internal Affaires of Belarus on developing professional behaviour of the officers.

Teachers made work in election commissions 4

14:00, — Politics

A teacher of a Svetlahorsk school, who asked to say her name, told how election commissions were formed:

Belarusian vice premier threatens to cancel gas contract with Russia 47

12:10, — Economics

Belarus insists on signing an additional contract to gas pricing “in the connection with essential change of circumstances”.

Boycott to lies and treachery! 22

11:44, — Politics

Member of the Belarusian Popular Front party Svyatlana Lapitskaya withdrew her candidature just in the office of the Zhodzina district electoral commission and refused to register its initiative group. Lapitskaya called on everyone to express distrust to the Central Election Commission, the current regime and do not visit ballot stations.

Russian generals want to deploy missiles and bombers in Belarus

10:42, — Politics

After menacing but rather loose statements of the Kremlin on readiness to give an “adequate asymmetric” answer to possible deployment of US anti-missile systems in the Central Europe, variants of hypothetical responses appeared. Belarus is mentioned in a number of them.

Non-Belarusians appointed to military posts 37

10:24, — Politics

Only people, who weren’t born in Belarus, are appointed to key military posts. So, a new Minsk riot militia commander is Osetian.

Is tribunal over Belarusian political criminals possible? 9

9:37, — Politics

Belarusian human rights activists say if it happens, special attention of the Belarusian tribunal will be given to militia officers and judges, who arrest political and civil activists on falsified reports, and officials, who gave orders to rig the results of elections.

Radovan Karadzic and Goran Hadzic may have hidden in Belarus 1

9:27, — Politics

According to Monsters and Critics, president of not longer existing country Republic of Serbian Krajina Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic is rumoured to be in Russia or Belarus.

Mikhal Pashkevich: “I understood it was a farce, but didn’t think it’s absolute farce” 7

9:10, — Politics

Mikhal Pashkevich, observer of the United Civil Party, was present at a session of the Central Election Commission yesterday. Falsely accused of “using foul language in public”, he spent 15 days in jail.