On August 28 Belarusian journalist Dzmitry Zavadski would turn 34. A cameraman of the ORT channel went missing six years ago, on July 7, 2000. He was seen for the last time in the airport Minsk-2. The journalist arrived there to meet his colleague Paval Sharamet. There is no hope that real culprits of Dzmitry Zavadsky’s abduction would be found under Lukashenka’s regime. The highest leaders of Belarus are suspected by the international community of implication in abductions of the journalist and opposition leaders Viktar Hanchar, Yury Zakharanka and Anatol Krasouski.
The Second National TV Channel has started filming of another large-scale project. A 10-piece serial film under a working title “Sovetskaya Belorussia”. Ten documentary films 60 minutes each is to tell about the history of Belarus starting from the year 1917 until the events in Viskuli, where a document of the USSR dissolution was signed. The story will be censored naturally.
It has been an unusual concert for Minsk, though organizers of “Estrella star show” held on August 27, were exaggerating its importance calling it a world class festival. “Uma2rman” and “Gorod 312” are certainly Russian stars, but not international ones. However, it’s our national trait to exaggerate the importance of events because there are not many of them, “Belorusskie Novosti” writes.
The head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company Alyaksandr Zimouski has made a sensational statement at one of press conferences. He announced publicly that the leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka had been offered to appear live on TV, and deputy chairman of the party Yaraslau Ramanchuk on the radio. In this connection, as the press service of the United Civil Party informs, Anatol Lyabedzka has sent an official appeal to Zimouski asking to specify who and when had offered the leaders of the United Civil Party to appear in electronic mass media.
An application for holding a festival on September 16, 2006 in Minsk called “Big jeans Festival” has been lodged to Minsk city executive committee on August 25. It is planned to start the festival at 2.30 p.m. by a march from cinema house “Kastrychik” to Bangalore Square, where the festival is to continue at 4 p.m. as a large meeting-concert “For Freedom!”
After fantastically illiterate words of the Belarusian dictator that “Frantsysk Skaryna lived and worked in St. Petersburg”, and that he grew up “on poems of Vasil Bykau”, creators of Belarusian ABC-books have amused the Belarusians. They printed a portrait of the Belarusian first pressman Frantsysk Skaryna in the textbook for the first form. The famous Belarusian reminds Alyaksandr Lukashenka. You can see it on the picture yourself.
A youth leader Paval Sevyarynets, sentenced to two years of restriction of freedom for organizing mass protest actions against rigging of the referendum results, has been told officially that he cannot be granted conditional early relief. A special commission that was to decide on the case of the politician, in its resolution noted that Paval Sevyarynets “has not settled down on the course of repentance, reformation and cooperation with the administration”.
On August 27 an attempt to prevent members of the youth organization of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) to hold a football tournament “For Freedom and Independence” was made. A van and reinforcement metal parts were placed on the playing field of Vavilov factory stadium making impossible to play there. When football players came to a stadium, policemen were waiting for them.
On August 27 Salihorsk celebrated the Day of the City. An activist of the youth democratic movement Andrei Tychyna hoisted a national white-red-white flag over the square, and was detained by riot policemen fro that.
A rock-concert “Songs of Freedom” was held on August 25 in Bangalore Square in Minsk. The concert was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of making the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Belarus a constitutional law.
On August 25 a rock concert “Songs of Freedom” was held on Bangalore Square in Minsk. The concert was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the State Sovereignty declaration of Belarus. Several thousands of people gathered to listen to the songs of their favourite bands whose concerts are banned in the country because of their political position: N.R.M., Neurodubel, Tavarysh Mauzer, Plan, Band A, Krama, Partyzanskaya Shkola, Pamidor/OFF.
Former political prisoner Valery Levaneuski has offered Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski to take action to bring the current legislation on rights of prisoners in line with demands of the Belarusian Law “On Addresses of Citizens” and to consider cadre questions.
This year 2.4 as much money has been earmarked for battle training events of the Military Forces of Belarus as compared to the year 2005, Interfax was told by deputy Defense Minister of Belarus Major General Yury Merantsou. “Previously we had problems with preparation of pilots because of lack of fuel for training planes, and this year 2.2 times as much money has been received, and we additionally have bought 10 training military planes L-39,” he said.
Justice Ministry has issued a written warning to the Party of Communists of Belarus for untimely informing about the 10th extraordinary congress of the party held on July 15, and the number of the party members. The warning was issue don August 25. Thus, the authorities have made one more step towards closure of the party of oppositional communists. 10 days ago Minsk city authorities have announced that all organizational structures of the party of Communists of Belarus exist in the capital illegally.
Foreign minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov is staying on a working visit to the Republic of South Africa, BelTA was informed in the foreign ministry. The minister is accompanied by a delegation of the Belarusian business and scientific circles.
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