17:22 Lukashenka to meet with Putin October 6

Alyaksandr Lukashenka agreed on meeting with Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin.

17:04 Mahiliou: Meetings with voters are possible only at one place in a district

There are two election districts in Kastrychnitski rayon of Mahiliou: # 86 and # 87. There is only one place for meetings with voters in each of the districts. These are Palace of Culture of “BelAZ-MaAZ” company in district 86 and “Zadniaprouye Ltd.” Club in district 87.

17:03 Prime Minister Sidorski to lead Belarus’ delegation to investment forum in London

Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski will lead the country’s delegation to a November 18 forum in London, which will be used for promoting Belarus’ investment opportunities, according to the Belarusian foreign ministry’s press office.

17:03 Vitebsk: It is impossible to receive information about the number of voters and ballot papers

On the first day of early voting permanent chair of precinct election commission # 52 of Vitebsk-Chkalauskaya district # 18 Nina Shubina began to violate the election legislation from the very first second. She sealed the ballot box on her own, failing to open and demonstrate it to commission members before the sealing.

On September 23rd district commission of Buda-Kashaliou district # 38 held a special hearing of the statement by candidate Kanstantsin Zhukouski . In the document Zhukouski states, the elections are not free and fair, that is why he does not think it makes sense for him to further participate in the election.

15:35 Henadz Buraukin: “The authorities seem not to want democratic development of country”

“I wish the election were free. But it’s difficult to speak about any progress if compare with the past,” people’s poet of Belarus Henadz Burauki told in an interview to the Charter’97 press center.

15:23 Andrei Sannikov: “Solana’s actions hold EU up to ridicule”

Coordinator of the “European Belarus” civil campaign Andrei Sannikov thinks the yesterday’s phone conversation between Javier Solana, the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Alyaksandr Lukashenka “won’t influence the improving of the situation in Belarus but only give assurance of its impunity to the regime of Lukashenka”.

14:40 Bagapsh and Kokoity ask Lukashenka to recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Alyaksandr Lukashenka received letters with personal requests of “presidents” of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on recognition independence of their republics.

13:41 Collective farms “election”

A principle of holding “election campaign” from “election” to “election” remains the same: “compulsory” early voting, which allows to rig the results, is number one problem for observers and voters.

12:49 Activists of “Boycott” campaign told about repressions during “election” to OSCE/ODIHR

About 100 cases of repressions against youth activists namely arrests, beatings, and expelling from educational institutions, have been recorded during the “Boycott” campaign.

12:43 Grassroots protest: dwellers of whole houses refuse to vote in Minsk

Dwellers of three tower-blocks in Belski Street of Minsk protest against the local authorities, who don’t solve a problem of land improvement of the yard.

12:19 Internet society supports boycott

86.6 per cent of people voted on the Charter’97 website, won’t go the “parliamentary election”. Today we offer to readers to answer a question: “Do you support a rally against falsifications of the “election on September 28?”

11:23 Does Solana offers friendship to last dictator in Europe?

On September 24, Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Javier Solana, the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, had a telephone conversation.

10:49 Zinaida Bandarenka: “We should go to Square, not sit in kitchens”

People’s artiste of Belarus Zinaida Bandarenka thinks this “election campaign” can’t be called democratic, so the Belarusians’ must demand new, really free election.

9:54 How to bypass blocking of website

On September 28, beginning from 8.00 pm, we plan to cover online a demonstration of protest against falsification of the “parliamentary election”, which will be held on that day. Blocking of independent websites for Belarusian visitors during loud political events has become traditional in Belarus. Blocking can be easily bypassed by using simple and effective means.

9:00 Opposition parties: Early voting used for rigging “election”

The authorities use early voting as one of the main ways of rigging the “election” results. It was said at the session of the presidium of political council of opposition political parties, held in the office of the United Civil Party on September 24.

8:49 Action against recognition of Lukashenka’s “election” to be held in Warsaw

An action against recognition of the results of the Belarusian “parliamentary election” is to be held in Warsaw on September 27. The action will also demand to carry out really free election in Belarus.