The trial of the shop "Lohvinau" starts on January 5

The process will take place in the Economic Court.

It is announced on page of the book shop "Lohvinau" on Facebook.

“We will be judged on January 5 (Monday) in Economic Court (Academic 15, Block 1). It is not far from the memorial house of Yakub Kolas. The trial begins at 3 p.m. Entrance is free", the statement said.

The iconic intellectual address of the Belarusian capital turned to be in danger of disappearance in December 2014. Unscheduled tax audit has come in the shop «Lohvinau" earlier this month. They have put seals on the room and seized documents for verification. After the inspection the bookshop has been unsealed. But it has been severely punished for working without the license of the Ministry of Information. On results of the audit held the bookshop is fined nearly Br1 billion, that has been the income from book sales for the year. This money will be recovered by action.

The shop owner Ihar Lohvinau said that for the year he had applied eight times to the Ministry of Information for a license. And every time he got a refusal. One of the refusals was connected with incorrect postal code.