18:44 Union of Poles of Belarus goes strong

The main Council of the disgraced Union of Poles in Belarus hasn’t agreed to the offer of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on forming a working group for talks with pro-Lukashenka part of the organization headed by Yuzaf Luchnik.

18:12 Activists, arrested for campaign “Boycott 2008!”, released (Photo)

Activist of the Minsk Young Front Vadzim Khanyauka, arrested for 15 days for participating in the campaign of boycott of “parliamentary election”, has been released today.

18:01 Ihar Rynkevich: “Nobody from moderate oppositionists won’t get into the “chamber”

On September 21 at the session of the Political Council of oppositional parties one of the leaders of Belarusian Social Democrats, Alyaksandr Kazulin’s associate Ihar Rynkevich announced that allegedly the chairman of Minsk city executive committee Mikhail Paulau held a council dedicated to the topic of the elections. A task was set that 25-27% of voters should take part in the early voting.

17:07 Artur Finkevich survived crash miraculously

One of the leaders of the Young Front Artur Finkevich has just escaped a death in a car crash. A wheel of Opel Omega where the young politician was driving came off at the speed of 100 km/h. The car left the road and overturned several times. There were two more Young Front members in the car.

16:49 Early voting at Charter’97 website

We offer to the Charter’97 website visitors to give an honest answer to a question: Will you go to the poll?

Alyaksandr Lukashenka promises to the West he would hold fair and free election. The naive West applies best efforts to trust the last dictator of Europe, who is begging for recognition of his democratic “election to the parliament”. But the Belarusians know the cost of Lukashenka’s promises.

13:34 Lyavon Barshcheuski: “We must be at October square of Minsk at 8.00 pm September 28”

“There wasn’t, no and won’t be election. We should demand holding new, really fair and democratic election,” leader of the Belarusian Popular front Lyavon Barshcheuski told in an interview to the Charter’97 commenting on results of the party council on September 20.

12:28 Lukashenka ordered international observers to obey to “bosses”

At today’s consultations on the course of the “elections” Alyaksandr Lukashenka stated that observers at polling station should listen to “bosses”– chairmen and members of election commissions.

11:56 For the attention of observers: Yarmoshyna calls to early voting

In Saturday’s issue of “Edinstvo” newspaper, founded by the Barysau district executive committee, an appeal to the voters informing about a possibility of early voting was published on the first page.

11:51 Lukashenka demands West to recognize electoral farce as “democratic elections”

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has threatened to the West to give up on the dialogue in case “the parliamentary elections” won’t be recognized.

11:18 Party leaders don’t recognise new “house” legitimate and call to protest

The political council of the political parties call on the international society to recognise the “parliamentary election” unfree and non-democratic, and new “house of representatives” illegitimate. The party call on their activists and all citizens of Belarus to go to October square of Minsk at 8.00 pm September 28 in sign of protest.

10:16 Franak Vyachorka urged Swedish government not to recognise “election” in Belarus

Franak Vyachorka, one of the leaders of the BPF Youth took part in a conference of a youth wing of the Moderate party dedicated to foreign policy of Sweden.

10:02 Hlybokaye BRSM pretend to be fascists (Photo)

BRSM (The Belarusian Republican Youth Union, pro-president youth organisation) is a “cheerful” organisation. How many things can they think up. Beauty contests, even for guys. Parachute jumps, digging weeds. Demonstrations with songs and dancing twice per year. They can’t keep still. The activists are always on the pages of the newspaper of the Hlybokaye district.

9:31 Belarusian-Russian military exercises reconciled with “election”

Big military strategic exercises titled “Stability 2008” are to be held September 22–October 21 in different regions of Russia and Belarus.

9:04 Putin to arrive to Minsk right after “election” to discuss landmark questions

A meeting of heads of governments of Belarus and Russia Syarhei Sidorski and Vladimir Putin is to take place on October 6 in Minsk in the framework of the session of the so-called “union state”.