A group from the ‘chamber of representatives’ of the ‘national assembly’ of Belarus, consisting of 75 MPs, addressed the United Nations organization and other international organizations with an appeal to release former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

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The information that branches of political parties and public associations cannot be registered or listed by local authorities, are received from different parts of Brest region. It could lead to the situation when during election campaign oppositional parties would not be able to nominate their candidates to the parliament.

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Judge of Hrodna court Viktoaryja Prysada fined 18-year-old Ales Kursevich 5 basic units. Zubr activist was detained on June 4 in the night. He was charged with painting a graffiti “Zubr” and “Free Levaneuski”. (Valery Levaneyski is a chairman of the All-Nation Strike Committee of Businessman, who is charged with insult of honor and dignity of Belarusian President. Now he is in pre-trial detention center). A report has been drawn up against Ales Kursievich on charges relating Article 143 of the Administrative Code (sanitary conditions disobedience). As the press service of Zubr movement informs, Ales Kursevich was beaten during the interrogation.

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Television journalist crew of Russian TV Company Ren-TV was detained on June 6 at the October Square in Minsk. Reporter Elena Slav and cameraman Alexei Pokrovsky were interviewing activists of Zubr movement Maxim Gromau and Katsyaryna Klimko, who were charged with violation of Criminal Code for painting graffiti “Free Marynich!”. Elena Slav and Alexei Pokrovsky were taken to the police department of Central district of the capital. They were questioned and their documents checked, and they were released.

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“We understand the reasons of the hunger strike of Belarusian MPs,” told US Ambassador to Belarus George Krol, answering the questions of journalists in his residence in Raubichy on June 6, where the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings of Allied troops in Normandy took place. The diplomat reminded that the US government and Embassy have many times made statements on situation with democracy and civil society in Belarus, and called on to make necessary amendments to Election Code before the parliamentary elections in autumn of 2004.

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Sochi. (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Belarus are unlikely to adopt a common currency on January 1, 2005.

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As Interfax agency informs from Sochi, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko believes Belarus and Russia have solved the problems relating to gas supply from Russia to Belarus.

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