Universities in Belarus shift focus in respond to changes at the labor market.
Folklore specialists and Russian language teachers will not be trained next year. The number of classes for the Russian and Belarusian languages has been cut at secondary schools, while arts culture has been crossed out of the curriculum. Those specialists used to be trained by the Belarusian State Pedagogical University. It will resume these courses when there will be a shortage of specialists in the mentioned fields.
In order to avoid overloading the labor market with professionals in the same field, unibversities call for applications once in several years regarding certain courses. For example, it is possible to enroll for Belarusian Language and Literature/Lithuanian language course and Belarusian language and literature/Polish language course once in two years.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Are environmental risks of Astravets nuclear station calculated properly?
A possible ulltimate design-based accident will not even lead to civil protection measures, official sources maintain. But Finnish specialists make a 10-time worse forecast that Belarusian optimistic nuclear experts.
The Evaluation of Impact on Environment reviews two options of accidents at the Astravets nuclear power plant. The first one -- the ultimate design-based accident -- is a technical failure the consequences of which can be controlled. The second option is a non-design-based accident the affects of which can onlt be forecasted.
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Expert: Milinkevich's meeting in Prague is a sign for Belarus authorities
Alexander Milinkevich, the leader of For Freedom movement, has met in Prague with Czech foreign minister Jan Kohout to discuss the development of relations between Belarus and the European Union.
Milinkevich's press service reported that during the meeting which lasted for almost one hour "a wide range of issues associated with the development of relations between Belarus and EU was discussed".
The polticians agreed that in 2010 the Czech Republic would continue the programs to support people who are persecuted for political reasons and to invite Belarusian students to study at Czech universities. However, Milinkevich and Kohout have declined detailed comments to the media.
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Natural resources ministry wishes to cash in on fishing amateurs
Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources push for the introduction of a 'fisherman charter" in order to make fishing a recreation to be paid for at all the rivers and lakes across Belarus.
Belarus' national resources minister Uladzimir Tsalko has proposed to introduce fees for amateur fishing in Belarus, when he was addressing the members of parliament. He cited the experience of such countries like the United States, Canada and Finland. In those countries, it is required to buy the so called "fisherman's charter" before setting out for fishing adventures. The minister reckons that Belarus laws that regulate the protection of flora and fauna should be brought "in line with European standards".
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Police promise to take fingerprints from dead man by force
A man who died 10 years ago is suspected by the police in Brest in playing a part in the explosion during the 2008 Independence Day celebrations in Minsk. Law-enforcers threaten to prosecute him for refusing to provide his fingerprints to investigators.
Volha Brailyan, a resident of Brest, burried her husband Ivan almost ten years ago. The burrial the former officer was organized by the military drafting office, Volha told the European Radio for Belarus.
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120 thousand Belarusians do not receive wages at their enterprises
They have been “voluntarily” furloughed. People agree to it and to working half-time upon pain of dismissal.
According to the information of the Belarusian Federation of Trade Unions announced by its head Leanid Kozik the other day, about 300 thousand people have to work halftime in our country now. ERB has found out whether the people really agreed to such a reduction of staff.
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Hearings on nuclear power consequences in Astravets
The first public hearings organized by the government to evaluate environmental risks of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus today took place in the town of Astravets, Hrodna region. Independent experts were denied access to the hearing hall, while Russian nuclear scientist Andrei Ozherovsky was sentenced to 7 days in detention.
The public hearings devoted to the report on the evaluation of environmental consequences of the Belarusian nuclear power plant began on October 9 at 1200. The town which lies next to the planned construction site of the first nuclear station gathered ecologists, scientists, civic leaders, journalists from Belarus and Russia. But not everyone could take a seat at the local cinema to attend the hearings.
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Belarusian count’s photos found in Paris flea market (Photo)
Benedict Tyshkevich pretends to be a karateist and spies on girls in bed in 19th century photos.
The exposition is unique because it is a miracle that photos dating back to the end of the 19th century have been preserved – employees of a French museum bought them from a Parisian antiquarian accidentally. It is the third time the exposition is opened in the last 15 years – the first time was in France in 1994 and then in Lithuania in 2000. Now the 86 photos have finally returned home.
The old well-preserved photos depict Belarusian villagers and their way of life. Here is a man taking on water from a river and here is a woman carrying it home in a basin on top of her head. A guy and a girl sitting on a fallen tree, their legs dangling in the air, talking about something affectionately. A laundress doing the washing with her hardened hands in a trough.
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Students being compelled to work as census takers
The National Statistics Committee has insured interviewers in the forthcoming census with each entitled to a coverage of 3.3 million rubels ($1,100) if one is murdered or raped, Valyantsina Lipnevich, an official with Minsk’s Main Statistics Office, told ERB.
The coverage will be up to one million ($360) for minor harm, she added.
The census will taken from October 14 to 24. The National Statistics Committee will rely mostly on university students. Some students have complained on their blogs that university administrations force them to work as interviewers.
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Presentation of new film by Yury Harulyou cancelled in Minsk
The official reason is an electric wiring failure.
A presentation of documentaries about Belarusian partisans and Felix Dzerzhinsky has been cancelled in Minsk. The film of a Belarusian producer Yury Harulyou “A land of daydream” and the film of his Polish colleague, cultural counsellor of the Polish Embassy to Belarus Veslav Romanowski “Felix means happy” had to be demonstrated in the theatre of the Academy of Arts. Veslav Romanowski has told ERB that he received a phone call this morning and was told that a failure of the electric wiring had occurred in the hall where the presentation was supposed to be organized.
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State stores accused of selling Spice
Belarusian state-run stores sold Spice, a mixture of herms for smoking, confiscated by customs officers from travelers, an opposition activist claimed.
Spice is usually smoked for its cannabis-like effects which are believed to be caused by a mixture of synthetic cannabinoid drugs.
"Spice was sold in konfiskat stores," Ales Urubleuski charged. "The stores are run by the state. Many people saw it on the counters. Unfortunately, we did not manage to take pictures, but everyone knows that Spice was on sale.
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Information ministry forces Avtoradio to take show off the air
The Belarusian information ministry has forced Avtoradio, a Minsk-based private radio station broadcasting at the 105.1 VHF frequency, to take a news-and-music show off the air, citing its failure to "comply with the stated creative concept of ground tv-radio-broadcasting in terms of in-house productions and thematic content."
Avtoradio broadcast "EuroZOOM," a daily one-hour show produced jointly with Warsaw-based European Radio for Belarus (ERB), since June 1. The program, which includes political, European, international and cultural news intermingled with music, has been co-funded by the European Commission in the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy.
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One day in Amsterdam
In order to get a dose of the colorful and hyperemotional Amsterdam, there is no need to dash from a railway station to the nearest coffe-shop. This city, like a narcotic itself, can bring euphoria, can make you think and open up the meaning of life. All you need is to wander the streets without any plan.
If you still meed a plan, at least a plan of the city, a map can be printed out in a special machine free of charge and without annoying people.
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Why was Belarus cut off from internet?
Beltelecom has admitted its mistake and promised to punish those responsible.
Beltelecom has appologized for cutting off internet services in Belarus. The web site of the state monopoly notes that the problems emerged due to the violation of the maintenance procedures.
“The personalities responsible for the maintenance procedures have been penalized. We appologize for any inconviniences", Beltelecom said.
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