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Central election commission to consider 13 complaints about registration denial to nomination groups
15:35, 20/08/2004
The central election commission is to consider 13 complaints from those who intended to enter October`s parliamentary race through the collection of voter signatures but could not obtain official registration for their nomination groups, Nikolai Lozovik, secretary of the commission, told BelaPAN. 
14:24, 20/08/2004
Appointed date of the first day of trial against leader of National strike-committee of entrepreneurs, member of Coordinating council of European coalition “Free Belarus” Valery Levaneusky. As Vladimir Levaneusky one of Valery Levaneusky’s sons said to Charter’97 press-service, court of Leninsky district court of Grodno vill start to view case of his father who had been accused of insulting Lukashenka. Levaneusky have been kept in prison since spring of 2004. The trial will be carried out in building of court: Grodno, Dovatora street 2/1.
13:42, 20/08/2004, Latvian News Agency
Senator John McCain will lead a delegation of U.S. lawmakers on an official visit to Riga from August 20 to August 21. In addition to Senator McCain, the delegation will include Senator Susan Collins, Senator Lindsey Graham, and Senator John Sununu.
12:24, 20/08/2004
Working visit of Aliaksandr Lukashenka to Russian Federation starts today. Press-service of Lukashenka informed BELTA about it. It is planned that leaders of Russia and Belarus will according to previous agreement carry out negotiations about all issues if cooperation between countries.
12:13, 20/08/2004
Chair of Central electoral commission Lidiya Yermoshina told to “Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi” what to expect from parliament elections on October 17. Also she gave positive answer on question: “Is it true that still remains probability of carring out referendum in one day with parliament elections?”
12:11, 20/08/2004
Public prosecution finished investigation of law suit against ex-chairman of Belarusian state TV Yahor Rybakou. All materials were sent to Board on criminal cases of Supreme court. During the investigation accusations were not changed. He is still accused of misappropriation, bribery and abuse power.
12:03, 20/08/2004
Valery Frolov, a leader of the Respublika group, has been admitted to the Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Narodnaya Hramada” (BSDP). Mr. Frolov’s application for membership was approved by the party’s Minsk city branch on August 19 after BSDP leader Nikolai Statkevich recommended the lawmaker for admission.
10:56, 20/08/2004
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Narodnaya Hramada” (BSDP) will hold a special party convention on August 21 to nominate its candidates for October’s parliamentary elections, instead of doing this at its Central Committee’s meeting as planned before, BSDP leader Nikolai Statkevich told BelaPAN.
10:52, 20/08/2004
Vladimir Rusakevich, Belarus` minister of information, has issued an order that the Novaya Gazeta Smorgoni, a private newspaper based in Smorgon, Grodno region, should be suspended for three months. The order took effect on Monday, but Mr. Ulan did not learn about it until Thursday, when he received a copy by mail.
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