The court of Maskouski district of Minsk fined the administrator of the church “New Life” Vasily Yurevich 160 basic units (about $ 2,000). He was found guilty of second violation of church service order. According to the ruling of Natalya Kuznetsova, he had attended the church service held without permission of the authorities.
Heads of class groups of all faculties of Belarusian state university were ordered to bring to administration lists of all Lithuanian and Polish students. Though there was not a direct order of BSU dean. The lists are made according to instruction of personnel department, “Nasha Niva” informs.
Justice Minister demands to fulfil the resolution on obligatory registration. The Justice Ministry is going to act in line with the legislation, minister Uladzimir Halavanau said. On September 13 the Ministry issued a decree according to which blocks of political parties, trade unions, as well as movements, initiatives and coalitions of citizens are obliged to have state registration. Activities of unregistered civil structures at the territory of Belarus are prohibited.
Another fund-rising action started by authorities in schools of Hrodna Hrodna0news informs. This time parents of pupils are asked to donate money on official arms and portrait of Lukashenka. According to information from regional department of education the action was initiated by directors of schools. Price of official arm is about USD 20, Lukashenka’s portrait costs about USD 15.
The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Belarusian Republican Union of Youth Mikhail Arda (Orda) calls upon the young people of Belarus not to yield to the growing informational influence from abroad.
Europe’s largest human rights and democracy conference, the 2005 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), opened September 19 in Warsaw, Poland.
Aliaksandr Lukashenka said that before president elections opponents of the authorities in Belarus and abroad will take steps to destabilize the society, Interfax informs.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka believes that it’s right that Belarus has not been trying to join the EU. He told that today, addressing the 39th congress of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union, BelTA informs. As said by him, as soon as the new Eastern European nations joined the EU, “the processes started that were not understandable for the people. If we have joined this European process, we would have the same situation the Baltic and other states have now”.
A seminar on Belarus held in Lithuania would not contribute to improvement of relations with the EU and NATO, states the press release of the Belarusian Embassy in Lithuania, received by RIA Novosti. The official representatives of Belarus have not been invited to the NATO seminar organized by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Te chairman of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka was served with a notice to appear in court of the town of Baranavichy. It is said in the paper: “Citizen A.V.Lyabedzka is summoned as a person that is to take part in the proceedings”. Deputy Chairman of the UCP, Lawyer Syarhei Alfer explained that this wording is illiterate. He is summoned, but in what capacity?
Lithuanian Parliament and Parliament Assembly of NATO will carry out seminar concerning Belarus on September 23-24 in Vilnius. According to official web-page of Lithuanian Parliament leader of Belarusian United Civil Party Anatoly Lebedko, chairman of Belarusian Popular Front, coordinator of Zubr movement Vlad Kobets, leader of civil initiative “Freedom to political prisoners”, member of council of civil initiatives “Free Belarus” Paval Marinich and other representatives of Belarusian opposition are going to take floor.
Council of democratic parties defined procedure of voting during Congress of democratic forces. The single candidate will be elected by direct voting. If none of the challengers gains 50% + one voice the second round is held. Alternative proposal to define candidate by means of rating voting did not gain support.
On September 22 a commission in the Minsk colony number 1 on early release issues considered the case of Mikhail Marynich again. The commission denied early release to him again, Radio Svaboda was told by his wife. “No circumstances of case have been taken into account. I mean his state of health, his good behaviour. I spoke to the administration of the colony after that. They told that they have no complaints about him. Nevertheless the decision like this has been made,” Tatsyana Marynich said.
Independent observers note the democratic character of the election of delegates to the national congress of prodemocracy forces [to be held on 1-2 October in Minsk and to result in the nomination of a single opposition candidate to run in the 2006 presidential election], the observation coordinator, Mikalay Astreyka, told Belapan.
On Saturday, July 9, Belarusan special security forces burst into the home of Uladzimir Kishkurna, an opposition political leader. Neither he nor his wife was home. They arrested Kishkurna`s 22-year-old son, Anton, and claimed later that he had drugs and ammunition in his possession. But the real target of their raid appears to have been a printing press, a potent weapon in the hands of those seeking to topple the country`s autocratic president, Alexander Lukashenko. The press, confiscated by the authorities, was one of fewer than 10 of professional quality outside control of the state and was useful for printing tracts and posters against Lukashenko, opposition leaders said.
President Putin`s team is focusing its attention on finding a job for Putin after 2008, and finding a suitable successor for him. This conclusion can be drawn from statements made yesterday by United Russia member Vladimir Pligin, chairman of the Duma`s constitutional law and state-building committee.
Representative of Belarusian congress of democratic trade unions Aliaksandr Yaroshuk sent an open letter to Belarusian prime-minister Sergey Sidorski. Leader of trade unions says that Belarusian authorities refuse to execute recommendations of International Labor Organization. Yaroshuk says that EU started monitoring of trade unions rights in our country. As a result trade preferences for Belarus can be lifted in 14 months. “I warn you, Belarus can lose 250 million euro because of your policy. Sooner or later your indifference to economical loses of Belarus will be estimated according to law,” - says the letter.
On the evening of 21 September two units of the Northwestern Operational Command will conduct live firing within the framework of the 7th conference entitled "Results of the live firing conducted by air defence units in 2004-05", which is being held in Minsk.
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