Topic: Society
Entrepreneurs: “It’s worse than the Iron Curtain”
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15:45, — Society
Brest entrepreneurs have begun to cancel their planned trips to Ukrainian markets after new rules of transit goods across the border came into force since 15 May.
Bus deadheads pacified by riot policemen
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15:35, — Society
Riot policemen pacified young people in Mahilyou who hadn’t paid fares.
Iron Curtain introduced at Belarus’ border
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9:03, — Society
Since May 15 control over crossing the customs border of Belarus by goods for personal use is reinforced.
International package delivery companies FedEx and UPS do not work in Belarus
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17:44, — Society
International companies UPS, FedEX, TNT and DHL are not parcel carriers at the territory of Belarus. Such a poster emerged in the National airport “Minsk”.
Prisoners of dilapidating “Valadarka”: Yakub Kolas, Mikhail Marynich, Alyaksandr Kazulin, Andrei Kim (Photo)
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14:00, — Society
The pretrial detention centre in Valadarski Street in Minsk continues to dilapidate. At different times many political prisoners were serving term there, from the classics Yakub Kolas, among the last being Alyaksandr Kazulin and Andrei Kim.
Vandals violated reproduction of Our Lady icon in Kurapaty (Photo)
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13:36, — Society
A reproduction of Our Lady icon, installed on the chapel by artist Alyaksei Marachkin, was torn off. Act of vandalism happened at night.
“Narodnaya Volya”: Militiaman raped a student patrolling Minsk
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15:31, — Society
It happened in the Minsk center on 8 March. Junior student of a Belarusian university was returning home from a pizzeria. She was stopped by a militia officer ion uniform and asked to get into a militia car. The girl was raped in the militia car...
Bono built family orphanage in Kopyl
14:08, — Society
It’s a 34 orphanage of family type built by the Belarusian children’s fund in the framework of the program “Warm House”.
Policemen brutally beaten up Brahin dweller because of a flicker (Photo)
16:33, — Society
“We saw a police car overtaking us. Two policemen went out of the car. They beamed a flashlight into our faces: “Stop! It’s police! Where are your flickers? You are talking too loud, you violate public order,” told a Brahin dweller Maryna to "KP in Belarus".
A new face of Belarusian TV (Photo)
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11:46, — Society
A listener of Radio Svaboda Eva Hilevich has made the picture at the Chernobyl Way demonstration on April 26 n Minsk.
Panic of increased radiation background in Belarus push by schoolchildren? (Video)
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11:17, Hleb Labadzenka, “KP v Belarusi” — Society
Rumours about accident at a nuclear power plant and increased radiation background in Minsk has been circulating among the city dwellers for the third day.
Victims of Nazi repressions denied
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15:38, — Society
The Central Election Commission of Belarus decided on Thursday to deny registration of the initiative group on preparing the draft law on Nazi repressions victims.
Children weren’t allowed to go out due to accident on a nuclear plant?
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13:01, — Society
As the Charter’97 press center has learnt from parents, whose children attend the Minsk kindergarten No 111, their kids were not allowed to go out yesterday. Teachers told the parents it was an order of the director, who had received a call from a higher-level agency.
Do Babrujsk authorities have no objections to Fascist swastika?
13:00, — Society
A swastika and a gallows with a Star of David have been “decorating” one of bus stops of Babrujsk for more than half a year.
“Indulgence” to pensioners before election
12:41, — Society
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a decree envisaging half-fare commuter service tickets for pensioners in the period of agricultural work.
Nazis desecrated monument to victims of Slutsk ghetto
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15:50, — Society
Dozens of black swastikas were stencilled on the memorial.
Struggle against satellite antennas reached Minsk (Document)
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11:51, — Society
Struggle against satellite antennas continues in Minsk. More and more Minsk dwellers are given orders to register dishes in the local bodies of authority.
Human bones from Jewish cemetery in Homel thrown into city dump (Photo)
18:48, — Society
Anxious information appears about barbarian treatment to remains of Jews, buried on an old Jewish cemetery in Homel.
More than hundred people came to solidarity action with church (Photo, video)
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11:46, — Society
Prayer for returning of St Josef Church was held near the church 14 April, ahead of Solidarity Day. More than a hundred members of the civil campaign “European Belarus” took part in prayer.
Lukashenka swears by health
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15:08, — Society
Health is the top priority of the social policy of the Belarusian state, Alyaksandr Laukshenka said today at the meeting with doctors who have transplanted a liver, which was the first time in Belarus. However the real policy of the state in the sphere of medicine proves the contrary.
Struggle against satellite antennas began in Minsk again
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9:16, — Society
Minsk owners of satellite antennas received instructions from utility and municipal services. By 7 April they must file documents, allowing to install dishes and air conditioners.
A Russian holds 52th day of hunger strike in Belarusian colony
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8:29, — Society
Radio Svaboda learnt it from his parents and entrepreneur from Vaukavysk Mikalai Autukhovich, who got acquainted with Mikalai Kostyshau in the Minsk colony No 1.
