Tuesday, December 29, 2009

No clashes for CHL All Stars match tickets?

Organizers of the CHL All Star hockey match and the administration of Minsk Arena promise there will be no two tickets for one seat sold.

Tickets for the All Stars match on January 30 at Minsk Arena have been on sale through TicketPro system for several days. But Minsk Arena representatives said recently the tickets were invalid and advised to return the tickets to TicketPro dealers and to buy the tickets from Minsk Arena instead.

Euroradio has found out what to do if two people will buy tickets through two different distribution systyems for one seat.

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Yahor Hrustaleu’s car stolen in Moscow

The working visit of a famous Belarusian TV presenter to Moscow has resulted in a disaster – Hrustaleu’s favourite “Toyota” was solen right from the yard of his block of flats.

A security guard of a Minsk car park situated in Winners’ Avenue has showed the car of Hrustaleu’s wife to ERB.

Guard: “I have seen Hrustaleu recently and he said that his “Toyota” had been stolen in Moscow. He even had to bribe policemen to make them start the case quicker. Probably, Hrustaleu came to Minsk because he wanted to borrow his wife’s car – the yellow one over there. But he didn’t. He said a few words and left, he was in a hurry”.
ERB: “Has Hrustaleu’s wife stayed in Minsk?”

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Eastern Partnership to defend expelled youth activist from Belarus?

Leanid Kozik, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, who recently in Brussels promissed to stage an action in central Minsk in support of Tatsiana Shaputska, has departed to Belarusachka sanatorium for repair works after an accident.

The first meeting of the organizing committee in support of Tatsiana Shaputska, the press secretary of Malady Front youth pressure group, expelled from the Belarus State University, will take place today at the office of the Belarusian Popular Front, Malady Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich told the European Radio for Belarus

Zmitser Dashkevich: “We are holding the first meeting of the organizing committee to defend Tatsiana Shaputska. Milinkevich, Paganiayla, Seviarynets, Bialiatski, Ina Kulei and other human rights activists and public figures have agreed to join the committee. Also, Siarhei Matskevich who attended the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and is the head of the political section there. We will discuss how to resolve this problem and help Tatsiana”.

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Culture minister Pavel Latushka eyes dismissal of Uladzimir Zametalin?

Belarusfilm executive director Uladzimir Zametalin is likely to resign, the European Radio for Belarus has learned. Relevant papers were allegedly tabled for approval at the Council of Ministers, and decision can be taken shortly.

However, this information is yet to be confirmed by either the Minister of Culture, the Council of Ministers or Belarusfilm.

Meanwhile, film director Yury Harulyou told the European Radio for Belarus that he yesterday met Uladzimir Zamyatalin walking out of the studio and the latter seemed to be extremely deep in his thoughts.

Yury Harulyou: “He was walking very slowly and seemed very deep in his thoughts!”

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Ales Pushkin’s paintings not allowed to leave Belarus for exposition in Sweden

Only 3 landscapes out of the 17 paintings sent to the Ministry of Culture have been allowed to go to Sweden

The artist has informed ERB about it.

Ales Pushkin: “She (official - ERB) has allowed only three landscapes “My beaver”, “Winter Beaver”. She said: “You should better glorify your country with landscapes rather than disgrace it with policemen, barbed wire, all those locks, axes and starling-houses”.

The remaining 14 paintings will be considered by the Ministry of Culture for 10 more days. Meanwhile, the exposition in Kalmar (Sweden) will open on December 4. If the paintings do not get to the train-ferry today, they will not be displayed at the exposition either.


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