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News on 30.09.2008
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23:52 BATE is Champion! (Photo, video) 30
In the Champions League BATE Borisov sensationally ended the game in a draw with one of the grands of world football, Turin’s Juventus.
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17:34 Chairman of European Parliament Commission Jacek Protasiewicz: “West allowed being deceived” 6
“The West has allowed being deceived by Lukashenka,” stated the European Parliament deputy, the chairman of the commission on Belarus, commenting on the results of the “parliamentary elections” in Belarus.
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17:15 Democratic candidates appealed against “elections” results 3
For MP candidates, members of the United Civil Party, Party of Communists of Belarus, and the Belarusian Popular Front, disputed the results of voting in their constituencies. 35 complaints at “elections” results were filed to the Central Election Commission.
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16:50 Flawed victory for 'last dictator' Lukashenko as Belarus elections denounced 13
It should have been a triumph for the black arts of spin-doctoring. For months Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed the last European dictator, has been advised by the veteran British consultant Lord Bell on how to appear to be the very model of a modern democratic statesman.
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15:51 Secretary General of the Council of Europe: “Lukashenka never loses opportunity to lose opportunity” 3
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis called the elections of September 28 a lost chance for Belarus. Lukashenka never loses opportunity to lose opportunity. It was a hope that the recent “elections” would be a turning point in voluntary isolation of Belarus from the rest of Europe. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen, Mr Davis said about the “elections”.
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15:02 70% were written in Mahilyou 3
Figures in Mahilyou Industrial constituency #87 have become known. According to the results of the protocol, 20.7% have voted for Social Democrat Rasyuk, and pro-regime candidate Melnikau received 70.8%.
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14:38 Elmar Brok: «Europe won’t recognize results of “elections” in Belarus”
A German Member of the European Parliament Elmar Brok believes that Europe won’t recognize the results of the “election” in Belarus, as they didn’t correspond to international standards.
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14:07 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc: “Election” in Belarus was held in conditions of Lukashenka’s absolute authoritarianism” 4
The Belarusian opposition had no chances at the “parliamentary elections”, as voting was held in conditions of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s absolute authoritarianism.
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13:52 Lukashenka demands sanctions lifting in response to mass rigging 28
Alyaksandr Lukashenka had a meeting with Ann-Marie Lizin, head of the PA OSCE election monitoring mission, and suggested the European Union to lift sanctions against his regime.
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12:09 Authorities try to assure Belarusians the OSCE recognised “election” 22
Belarusian television didn’t say a single word that the OSCE/ODIHR election monitoring mission didn’t recognise the “parliamentary election” in Belarus and said they had fell short of OSCE standards. Words of heads of the OSCE mission were extracted from context, Russian Vremya programme on ONT stat-controlled was replaced with ads.
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11:14 Zyanon Paznyak: “Blind executors of mindless directives” 10
The chairman of the Conservative Christian party Belarusian Popular Front Zyanon Paznyak has commented the results of the election to the “parliament” to Radio Svaboda:
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11:11 Head of opposition candidate’s team fired after “elections” 3
Ivan Bedka, head of election team of opposition candidate Ivan Sheha, was said his work contract with the Slonim Central District Hospital was terminated.
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8:56 Belarusian Foreign Ministry discontented by conclusion of OSCE observers 5
The OSCE hasn’t to the full extent appraised significance of moves on improvement of the process of elections organisation made by the Belarusian authorities. This statement has been made by the spokesperson of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Andrei Papou, answering questions of journalists on September 29 in the Foreign Ministry.
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8:44 US disappointed: Department of State harshly criticised “elections” in Belarus 14
Ten US thinks the “parliamentary elections” in Belarus fell short of international standards and the government failed to uphold pledges for a transparent vote count.