The Belarusian intelligentsia representatives, rights’ defenders, believers have written a letter to Pope Benedict II. They are asking the Pontific to help in preserving the monastery complex of the St Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Minsk.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka considers that strengthening of the nation’s gene-fund and demographic security are directly associated with successes of the Belarusian State in sports.
The Ministry for internal affairs of Belarus and the United Arab Emirates concluded an agreement on training experts-snappers from the UAE within the internal troops of the ministry for internal affairs of Belarus, the deputy minister for internal affairs of Belarus commander of the internal military troops Major General Valery Gaidukevich.
The Congress of the democratic forces of Belarus is to take place on May 26-27 in the Palace of culture of Minsk automobile plant. There are 916 delegates on the list of the Congress participants. They include activists elected at meetings, participants of election campaigns and 22 prominent personalities: Uladzimir Arlou, Ryhor Baradulin, Nil Hilevich, Radzsim Haretski and others. More than 100 persons have a status of guests. The intrigue of the event lies in presence of opposition leaders, former political prisoners Mikola Statkevich and Paval Sevyarynets.
A draft law on amnesty to be sent to the parliament in the near future. It has been stated by Interior Minister of Belarus Uladzimir Navumau on May 25, while he answered questions of “MPs” at a joint session of the both chambers of the “national assembly”.
The occasion when a young activist Tatsyana Tsishekvich was attacked in the campus of the Belarusian State University on May 23, was taken bad. An ambulance car took her to a clinical hospital No. 10. She was checked by doctors. They registered a concussion of the brain. The girl was offered hospitalization, but she refused. Dockors suggested her to address to police.
The Leninsky district court of Garodnya penalized Maksim Gubarevich with 10 base rates; seven other activists received warnings, the Radio Svaboda broadcasts.
The Joint-Stock Company Zarubezhneft is not to join Belarus at mining oil fields in Iran, it is said in the declaration of the Zarubezhneft authorities.
A judge of Savetski district of Minsk Aksana Relyava has considered two administrative protocols (for participation in the Path of Chernobyl protest march on April 26 and a protest against cancellation of benefits on May 20) against an activist of the Young front Ludmila Atakulava and sentenced her to a fine of 25 basic units (775,000 rubles).
Today Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski is to take part in a session of the Council of heads of governments in Yalta. As expected, he is to hold a number of bilateral meetings with his foils from the CIS countries, including Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. As Russian mass media inform with a reference to a source in Russian government, more than 200 questions are on the agenda, including a number of draft agreements.
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