10 days have passed since the oppositional leader Andrei Klimau’s arrest. An investigator of Minsk city prosecutor’s office Anatol Hadun told to Radio Svaboda that preliminary investigation continues. “Everything is proceeding according to investigation plan,” Anatol Hadun said. However, he hadn’t told what actions are carried out.
A group of Belarusian citizens initiated renaming of the Suvorau’s Military School in Minsk into the Military School after Kastus Astrozhsky. Collection of signatures has been initiated for giving the name of the outstanding Belarusian military leader to the Military School.
Hearing of the Young Front activists will be conducted by judge of the Soviet District Court Alyaksei Tamanau, the Radio Svaboda reports. The date of the hearing has not been appointed, yet.
Deputy minister for foreign affairs of Belarus Vasyl Pugachou informed the deputies of lower chamber of the “parliament” of Belarus that last year the country managed to consolidate its international positions and internal potential despite pressure from the West. He also called the Non-Alignment Movement “the major channel of promoting its interests under conditions of restricting policy of the West”. The MFA declarations contradict yesterday’s declarations of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
“As usual, Lukashenka’s press-conference was very interesting. I like that Lukashenka hasn’t avoided the topic of Freedom Day celebration. Belarusians have learnt lots of new information,” told Charter’97 coordinator Zmitser Bandarenka commenting the press-conference of Alyaksandr Lukashenka held in Minsk yesterday.
The Belarusian Popular Front Youth has marked Cosmonautics Day. First the rally was planned on the ground near the entrance to Kamarouski market. But at 6 p.m. that place was cordoned off by policemen. A decision was made to hold the rally in another place, near the entrance to “Impuls” shopping center.
The Polish public school of Baranavichy will celebrate its 20th anniversary in a small hall of an officially closed building, not in the local Culture Palace, as they intended. According to the founder and the director of the school Alzhbeta Dalenha-Vzhosek, the school rented the hall of the local Culture Palace for the celebration as about 100 guests from Belarus and Poland were to attend the event. However, a week before the celebration the administration of the Culture House annulled the rent agreement. The local Polish minority says that the local authorities disliked the idea of public celebration of the jubilee.
After yesterday’s conference of Alyaksandr Lukashenka political scientist Uladzimir Matskevich has paid attention to the fact the Belarusian leader got out of the habit of answering questions of journalists of the independent mass media. This explains his sometimes-nervous response to the journalists’ questions, says Matskevich in his interview with the Radio Svaboda:
The administrative pressure exerted upon Gomel activist Mikalai Kalyuka resulted in his recalling the signature under the application for a picket, which is to be held in Gomel 26 April. As friend of the United Civil Party Mikalai Kalyuka reported to the Radio Svaboda the pressure started immediately after the application had been submitted.
The steering committee of “Charnobylski Shlyakh” (The Path of Chernobyl) has addressed a letter to Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The organizers of the Charnobylski Shlyakh has invited Lukashenka to take part in the memorial event, and to account for realization of numerous foreign relief programs, and about how much money from national budget has been used for liquidation of the catastrophe consequences.
Yesterday Alyaksandr Lukashenka held a press-conference for top executives of Belarusian mass media. The leader of the state has made any loud statements addressed to Russia, the EU, opposition, his personal vertical of power. Radio Svaboda has asked participants of the press-conference. What’s new have they heard from Alyaksandr Lukashenka, have they received answers to their questions?
Imprisoned opposition youth leader Zmitser Dashkevich has been moved from a correctional facility in Shklow, Mahilyow region, to the national prison hospital in Minsk.
During the conference “Positive Alternative for Belarus and its Citizens” which is held in Vilnius under the aegis of the Council of Europe the leaders of opposition found a compromise on the issue of the Congress of Democratic Forces. It was decided to hold the Congress of Democratic Forces by the end of spring. The membership of the Congress is to be extended by the delegates of the First Congress and outstanding figures. The authorities of the delegates elected by means of collecting signatures will be checked by a special commission, the Nasha Niva reports.
Former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich was expected to visit St.Petersburg on Friday to meet with local liberal politicians and journalists.
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