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Draft introducing fines for accessing forbidden websites has appeared

The fine ranges from 350 thousand to one million roubles.

You can also look through the draft at the national legal portal. The possible changes may not only be applied to accessing forbidden websites. It may also concern the distribution of advertisements on foreign websites and a fine for the absence of a data base of customers.

Syarhej Mikhalok tells why he does not return to Minsk (video)

The musician has told about his Moscow house and recalled his house in the Belarusian capital with sadness, in a video-appeal.

The video has been published at the official channel of the "Lyapis Trubetskoy" band at You Tube.

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Yermakova: A lady should have no less than 3 pairs of footwear per season

Owner of a shoe shop Alena Yermakova disagrees with the National Bank's Chair Nadzeya Yermakova and has to close her business.

Chair of the National Bank Nadzeya Yermakova confessed to the journalists that she had "lost as everyone" due to devaluation, and that "the money goes only for clothes". Previously, she told that Belarusian women should be satisfied with just one pair of footwear per season, taking into consideration the increase of prices for imported footwear.

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Manayeu: Lukashenka?s rating is lowest now

According to the IISEPS, Lukashenka’s rating has decreased by 2.5 times and 20.5% are ready to vote for him.

However, the number of people ready to express their protest has not changed.

"The number of people ready to vote for Alyaksandr Lukashenka if there were an election tomorrow has reached the record low level in 17 years of monitoring and totals 20.5%. The previous historic minimum was registered in the spring of 2003 – in March and April – 26.2%”, - said sociologist Aleh Manayeu to Euroradio.

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EU urges to release political prisoners and start dialogue with opposition

A declaration on the situation in Belarus has been adopted at the Eastern Partnership Summit.

“The civil society participants of the Eastern Partnership Conference express their continuing concern about the worsening problem of ongoing human rights, democracy and the supremacy of law violations, regret the restriction of the liberty of mass media and are urging to release political prisoners, stop repressions and start a dialogue with the opposition.

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Deputy Prime Minister of Britain: Europe is running out of patience

An exclusive interview with the Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain Nick Clegg by European Radio for Belarus.

Euroradio: Welcome to the studio of the European Radio for Belarus. The first question is about the Eastern Partnership summit that is taking place today. Belarus Foreign Minister Martynau was invited but he didn’t come. Will Europe continue to try to engage Belarusian authorities into the dialogue while the latter are ignoring you?
Nick Clegg: Well, I think it is clear that president Lukashenka and his regime have simply no place in the modern European family of nations, and that’s why there is a very clear travel ban on president Lukashenka himself, why the number of targeted sanctions have been introduced at the members of Lukashenka’s regime, and I think this summit is an important summit because it is one of the first times when lots of European leaders and politicians like myself are coming together and saying: “Look, this can’t carry on! Enough is enough.” I don’t think we’ve been talking loudly enough about how the abuses in Belarus have continued, and if necessary, we will take further steps. On the other hand, if there is genuine reform in Belarus, and if prisoners are released, and if opposition leaders are released, and if the abuse of human rights of the Belarusian people is ended… then, of course, we stand ready to engage with Belarus. But engagement is a two-way street. Engagement requires action on both sides, and at the moment all the signs are that in Belarus the regime is going backwards, not forwards.

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Applause action in Minsk (photo report)

Silent protests have been revived in Belarus on September 21.

About 300 people participated in them in the capital.

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Dzmitry Kanavalau recognizes himself on photos from Minsk metro

This is stated in the protocol of one of the interrogations, read out today in court.

The trial on the April 11 metro blast case is continued in the House of Justice in Minsk. The main accused Dzmitry Kanavalau refuses to give evidence, therefore the investigation's protocols are read out in the court hall.

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Victoria Azarenka - World No. 3!

This is the highest ranking achieved by a Belarusian tennis player.

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka has become World No. 3 today. The new rating of tennis players testifies to it.

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Junior team called Syarhei Astapchuk ?little star?

The deceased hockey player’s former colleague recalls his first steps in hockey.

Two Belarusians died in the plane crash that killed the main roster of Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” – Ruslan Salei and Syarhei Atapchuk. A lot is being written about Salei. However, much less is written about Syarhei Astapchuk, who was a young (21 years old) but talented hockey player. Euroradio interviewed Minsker Victar Mironichau yesterday. He used to play with Astapchuk in junior team “Himik” in Navapolatsk for 8 years.

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Nyaklyayeu: It looked like they wanted to forbid me to breathe

The politician has commented on the recent decision of Lenin District Court.

The police suggested imposing new restrictions on Uladzimir Nyaklyayeu, leader of the campaign “Tell the Truth”. As a result, the court has forbidden him to leave the country and to take part in mass events. The politician is not allowed to leave Minsk without a written permission of the police. Nyaklyayeu will have to register in the police and stay at home from 8 p.m. till 6 a.m. the next day. Policemen also wanted to forbid the politician to go to cafes and restaurants but the court turned down the suggestion.

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Central Elections Commission confirms that ballots are burned

CEC commented upon the Ivatsevichy incident, where the special services representatives were seen burning last election's ballots.

Radio Racyja has informed about burning of packages with ballots at the boiler-station of Ivatsevichy "Water-Channel". They were delivered by a mini-bus and burned by the special forces representatives for two hours.

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More than 1 200 people queue in a currency exchange office (photo fact)

Euroradio clarified how the banks reacted to the National Bank's recommendation not to sell currency and how many people queued for dollars.

On August 24 the National Bank advised the banks to stop selling currency in the exchange offices, located in big shopping centers. Thus, "Belarusbank" is already considering the National Bank's recommendation but hasn't stopped selling currency yet.

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Festive actions of solidarity with Belarus worldwide (PHOTO, VIDEO, UPDATED)

Youth organizations from all over the world are organizing street actions in support of Belarus today, on the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Sovereignty

The first action took place in Miami, USA, on Sunday. Youth democratic activists from “Young Cuba” sent pictures and videos of the action to Euroradio.

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Police: We'll base our further relations with Khamichenka on trust

Euroradio has found out that Uladzimir Khamichenka is staying at his friend's and has not bought a cell-phone yet.

Uladzimir "Headphone" Khamichenka, one of the convicts after the December 19 events, pardoned by Alyaksandr Lukashenka, seems not to have disappeared anywhere. According to the information provided by the law-enforcement authorities, he arrived to Slutsk on August 15, and registered in the police the next day.

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Russian citizen who died on "Bulgaria" buried in Belarus by mistake

A husband of the Belarusian who also died in the accident made this fatal mistake.

He mistakenly recognized his wife - a 61-year-old Larysa Petukhova - in Perm inhabitant Halina Batanava during the identification procedure.

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Cowpat throwing contest to take place in Belarus for the first time

It will happen at the renewed festival "Free Air".

The event's organizers Uladzimir Shablinski, Yauhen Kalmykou and Alyaksandr Bahdanau got together just before the festival in order to tell why it is worth it to attend "Free Air".

At first, states Yauhen Kalmykou, this year the festival will be held in a new format for the first time ever - representatives of the new ethno from 5 countries at a time will gather at one stage.

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Poland's General public prosecutor fires guilty for "Byalyatski's incident"

These are head of International Cooperation Department of the General prosecutor's office Krzysztof Karsznicki and his deputy Anna Wiśniewska.

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"Headphone" Khamichenka disappears?

He failed to appear at his sister's, or aunt's, or at the place of his registration after pardon.

“When a person is released from places of imprisonment, they ask him where he is going to live and work. He chooses the place of residence by himself. The procedure is the same in all countries. He did not plan to stay at his place of residence. He joined the criminal community again”. This is how the head of civil security police service of the Slutsk city department of internal affairs Valery Kameneu says about "Headphone" Uladzimir Khamichenka, released by the presidential pardon on August 11.

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Real American truck assembled at MAZ plant (photo fact)

Head of Minsk automobile plant Alyaksandr Barouski told about the plans to organize production of “nosy” trucks at a press-conference in March.

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Belarusians earn less than Georgians, Uzbeks and Ukrainians (table)

We have gone down to the 7th position in the average wage rating of the CIS and Georgia.


Belarus used to occupy the third position in the CIS rating following Russia and Kazakhstan. According to the official information, the average wage was 530 dollars in December 2010. However, the situation has changed this month. If we recalculate April wages according to the current dollar rate established by the National Bank, our average wage will total 317 dollars. Belarus has gone down to the 7th position in the CIS rating. Inhabitants of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia (former CIS member state) and Ukraine earn more than Belarusians now.

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"Budzma" campaign makes a 5-minutes video of whole history of Belarus

However, they let the contemporaries to continue it.

The civil campaign "Let's Be Belarusians!" issued the first professional cartoon on history of Belarus.

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Belarus not to get money from EU without democracy

The European Union’s assistance to the neighbouring countries will depend on democratic reforms.

The principles have been mentioned in the updated European Neighbourhood Policy. European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle has announced it.

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Andrej Sannikau demands second round of presidential election

Convicted politician passed an appeal to Belarusian citizens from prison.

The web-site "Charter'97" has published Andrej Sannikau's appeal. Let us remind you, the politician was sentenced to 5 yeras of imprisonment in a reinforced-security colony for the December 19 protest action on December 19.

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Three anarchists sentenced to imprisonment, two ? to restraint of liberty

Minsk Zavodski District Court has pronounced the court’s decision to the activists of the anarchist movement.

Ihar Alinevich has been imprisoned for 8 years, Mikalai Dzyadok – for 4.5 years, and Alyaksandr Frantskevich – for 3 years.

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Alyaksandr Lukashenka demands ?to clean out? mass media

The Belarusian leader has demanded to close the mass media that provoked the rush demand in the consumer foreign currency market.

According to BelTA, he has claimed it at the today’s meeting dedicated to the current situation in the consumer and foreign currency markets, informs BelTA.

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Nyaklyayeu: All political prisoners will be released by autumn

Strict verdicts were pronounced to the ex-candidates and the other participants of the Square on May 26.

Despite Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s promising sentences about a light sentence in Astana, Minsk Lenin District Court judge Lyudmila Hrachova made a different decision about the Square participants’ fate. Mikalai Statkevich was sentenced to 6 years, Dzmitry Us – to 5.5 years of imprisonment (he was arrested in the court room).

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"Concert on the Grass" unexpectedly postponed

Local authorities demanded that the organizers should coordinate with them.

"Concert on the Grass", which was supposed to take place on May 28 at "Shabli" farmstead has been unexpectedly postponed till June 11. The reason for this has been the necessity to coordinate this event with the local authorities. Like, concerts of this kind are considered mass events and need to be conducted in accordance with the law. The host of "Shabli" farmstead, in his turn, is convinced that the concert is not a mass event and gets into the category "agro-tourism".

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Minsk terrorist?s father takes blame upon himself

The prime suspect’s father is trying to convince the investigators that he organized the blast himself.

According to LifeNews, Henadz K. is trying to shield his sons Dzmitry and Alyaksandr arrested with him. All of them are suspected of connection with the explosion at “October” metro station.

Read more: http://ping.fm/wkNOW

EP Presidnet considers Square participants? sentences to be illegal

EP President Jerzy Buzek has criticized yesterday’s sentence pronounced to ex-presidential candidates Mikalai Statkevich and Dzmitry Us.

Let us remind you that Statkevich was sentenced to 6 years in a top security colony and Us – to 5.5 years of imprisonment.


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"People buy refrigerators delivered in the morning? (photo)

Shelves of consumer electronics shops are empty, people are waiting … for new goods.

Belarusians are getting rid of Belarusian rubles and are emptying shop shelves.

The “Fifth Element” shop informs that people are buying washing-machines, TV-sets and refrigerators. The increased demand has been observed for two months.

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Driving inspectorate ?cleans? Independence Avenue before Putin?s arrival

The main capital thoroughfare has been practically cleaned from all cars near the National Library. However, there are traffic jams in the neighboring streets.

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?Credit to Belarus is like a petrol can for owners of a house on fire?

Economist Syarhei Chaly has commented on the prospect of getting a Russian credit for Belarus before Lukashenka and Putin’s meeting in Minsk.

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Dollar rate reaches 4500 Br, Euro ? 6400, in currency exchange offices

Rouble has devaluated by 50% for less than a week.


Belarusian National Bank has softened the limit for cash currency a little - from 4000 to 4500 roubles for a dollar.

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Nyaklyayeu and Rymasheuski?s trial

The prosecution demands a deferred sentence for Nyaklyayeu – 3 years of imprisonment.

They are standing trial together with Alyaksandr Fyaduta, Syarhei Vaznyak, Andrei Dzmitryyeu and Nasta Palazhanka.
The hearing is taking place in Minsk Frunze District Court (Dunin-Martsinkyevich Street, 1/2).

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Sentences to Sevyarynets, Halip and Martsaleu pronounced

Sevyarynets - 3 years of restriction of freedom, Halip and Martsaleu - 2 years of imprisonment with arrest of judgement for 2 years.

The hearing of the case of co-chairperson of the steering committee for the creation of “Belarusian Christian Democracy” Pavel Sevyarynets, journalist of “Novaya Gazeta” Iryna Halip and social-democrat Syarhei Martsaleu began in Minsk Zavadski District Court at 10 a.m. They are accused of “organization and preparation for actions rudely violating the order or active participation in them”.

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Ala Sannikava: My son is guilty only in running for President

Sannikau's mother confessed she had expected her son to be released in the court, and Mirzayanau's mother promised to go to the Square with him next time.

Andrej Sannikau's son Danik will turn 4 on May 15. A sentence to Andrej Sannikau was pronounced the day before his son's birthday in the Partyzanski district court of Minsk. Danik will not see his father for 5 years. The judge Natallia Chatsviartkova sentenced the politician to such a term in a reinforced-security colony for "organization of mass disturbances".

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A night with Polish TV-stars (photo)

Euroradio stood in a queue for 3,5 hours, but managed to get into the Polish TV museum and met with TVP's stars.

Billboards with a yawning Marie Curie called to dozens and hundreds of different places of Warsaw in the framework of the "Museums' Night". Why her? Because the year 2011 has been announced an international year of chemistry, and the authorities of Warsaw decided to familiarize inhabitants and guests of the city with the life and work of the famous scientist: there was a city game, a city-light show and a theatrical show based on memories of the outstanding Pole.

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Veterans of Great Patriotic war hold a rally in Minsk

About 80 thousand Minskers and guests became participants and spectators of this event. (photo report)

No accidents were reported during the rally, BELTA informs with a reference to the law-enforcement authorities. Festive events dedicated to the Victory Day go on in Minsk. A firework is to become the finishing touch of the holiday, it will start at 22.00 simultaneously in six spots, like in previous years. The firework will be composed of 30 shots, the most picturesque one will take place near the stella "Minsk-Hero City".

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Musicians collected 15 million for one night and gave money to children

A 10-hours charity concert took place in “Reactor”. The children from Navinki will now have an opportunity to rest in Summer camps due to this.

Liosha Tarasevich - a musician and a tutor in Navinki center - organized the charity concert "Help children together with us". The concert took place in the "Reactor" night club before the May holidays. Liosha Tarasevich works with children who have peculiarities of mental development and accompanies them to different Summer camps for the sponsors' money. However, all the sponsors failed because of the crisis this year, and there arose a necessity to think of something in order not to disappoint the children.

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Independent journalists conduct a flash-mob at "Mass Media in Belarus"

The Minister of Information Aleh Praliaskouski and the first deputy head of the Administration Aliaksandr Radzkou did not react to the action.

An exhibition "Mass Media in Belarus" opened in Minsk. State publications are presented there in the first place, as well as various publishers' offices and advertising companies.

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Ministry of Information: ?We just decided this now for no special reasons!"

This is how the officials of the Ministry of Information explained their decision to close the newspapers "Nasha Niva" and "Narodnaya Volya" to Euroradio.

The Ministry of Information has addressed to the Supreme Economic Court asking to close the newspapers "Nasha Niva" and "Narodnaya Volya" on April 25. "Nasha Niva's" editor-in-chief Andrej Skurko has informed to Euroradio that he found this out only on April 27 in the afternoon, from BELTA news agency. Now, he says, the oldest Belarusian newspaper will defend its right to exist in court.

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Partyzanski district court resumes hearing of Sannikau's case

No photo or video-filming has been allowed. Representatives of state media have been let in before all the other journalists. (UPDATED)

15.39 Fiodar Mirzayanau is the only one who asks questions to the casualties. All the rest remain silent.

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Hamichenka, Drozd, Kirkevich, Pratasenya and Vinahradau?s trial

Drozd, Kirkevich and Vinahradau have pled not guilty of participation in mass disorders. Hamichenka has partially pled guilty. Pratasenya has pled guilty.

15.34 Next witness - Aleh (surname has been unheard), policeman. He recognized Hamichenka, he saw him in the Independence Square. He was on duty on December 19, first in the reserve, then he moved to the Independence Square from the side of the Red Catholic Church at about 22.00. He saw a crowd behind Lenin's monument. He says that people were screaming and moving. He saw fishrods in their hands.

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Chernobyl Way - few participants and no detentions

No traditional manifestation dated for the anniversary of Chernobyl disaster has been organized this year. In return, the participants were shown Lenin’s double

About 500 people gathered at the meeting. You could see transparencies “Young Front”, “We demand safety guarantees”, “Astravets NPP? No, thanks!”, “Fukushima. What next?” and “We do not need another Chernobyl”.

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Sadouski: Lukashenka insults everyone ? Medvedev and Barroso

Lukashenka’s scandalous insults are unlikely to cause any international reaction.

The first Belarusian Ambassador to Germany Pyatro Sadouski has expressed the opinion in an interview with Euroradio.

Euroradio: Lukashenka has called Barroso “an asshole”. What diplomatic consequences will it inflict for Belarus?

Sadouski: “There can be no evident direct consequences because it was not for the first time. He is insulting everyone!.. This person should be stopped and he should be stopped on the international level”.

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Kulyashou confirms detention of terrorist?s father and brother

The Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs has informed about it at an online press conference on the website

of the Belarusian State Broadcasting Company today.

"Yes, they are here – the father and the elder brother. However, the investigator, the head of the investigative group, will make a decision about the further measure of restraint – they will either be released on recognizance or will have stay in detention. They are detained at the moment “, - explained Anatol Kulyashou.

Vital Daineka ? 14th blast victim

Vital Daineka has died in emergency hospital this morning.

Vital Victaravich Daineka born in 1970 and registered in Minsk is the 14th victim of the explosion at “October” metro station. He has died in emergency hospital this morning, informs a BelTA reporter.

92 people are still in hospital at the moment.

Niavyhlas: We failed to make professionals out of boys from the yards?

The time when children will play football everywhere, like in Brasil, is still far off, — the Chairman of the Belarusian Football Federation thinks.

The Federation failed in organization of work with boys "in the yards and in classes" during the last 4 years. This leads to poor technique of young footballers, which makes "development of football complicated". The Chairman of the Association "Belarusian Football Federation" Henadz Niavyhlas has declared such an opinion at the Federation's conference which is taking place in Minsk.

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Lipkovich: I bought toilet paper with inscription ?Book by Charhinets?

Blogger Yauhen Lipkovich is going to send an open letter to the Official Union of Writers.

He has decided to reply to the statement approved by the writers’ organization.

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Do traffic police hunt cars bearing stickers with national symbols?

Inspectors make charges for a white-red-white flag sticker, paying no attention to other stickers, although almost all of them are forbidden.

Cars decorated with all kinds of stickers can be often seen in the streets, starting from an image of a high-heeled shoe which means a girl is driving, ending with some funny expressions. Traffic police were not noticed to pay much attention to them.

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Lukashenka claims BRUY members also named in terrorist act

Lukashenka pronounces message to National Assembly and people (online)

The speech including questions took 3 hours and 15 minutes.

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Niavyhlas: We failed to make professionals out of boys from the yards?

The time when children will play football everywhere, like in Brasil, is still far off, — the Chairman of the Belarusian Football Federation thinks.

The Federation failed in organization of work with boys "in the yards and in classes" during the last 4 years. This leads to poor technique of young footballers, which makes "development of football complicated". The Chairman of the Association "Belarusian Football Federation" Henadz Niavyhlas has declared such an opinion at the Federation's conference which is taking place in Minsk.

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Darya Domracheva re-qualifies as tennis player (photo)

Biathlonist changed her gun for a tennis racket during her vacation in Spanish Marbella.

Darya Domracheva finished the season in the status of one of the world's best biathlonists. Darya was ranked 9th according to the questionnaire completed by 240 sports journalists from Europe, Asia and America.

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Pahaniayla: In order people wouldn't think confessions were forced out ...

…of some psycho, the trial on terrorist act case should be open. Specialists are not sure the authorities will agree to this.

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euroradio.fm under DDoS-attack since April 15

Go to euroradio.by, if you have problems opening euroradio.fm.

On Friday, April 15, users of euroradio.fm reported problems with access to our website. Euroradio's engineers soon received a notice from the hosting company that the server was under DDoS-attack.

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Budzimir stops hunger strike

"I did not plan a conscious suicide, and an indefinite hunger strike would surely end in this without solidarity actions in support of its demands".

"Today, on the jubilee 20th day of the hunger strike, I took the decision to stop it, although my demands were not fulfilled even partly, I got no "positive signals" from the authorities, and the civil and political situation got close to nothing for this time", - Dzmitry Halko (nicknamed "Budzimir" in the internet) wrote this in his blog this morning.

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Catholics in Hrodna enact Christ's Way of Cross (photo)

Procession with religious songs and prayers crossed from Holy Cross Catholic Church to Farny Cathedral, where the holy mass took place.

Members of Catholic parishes from all the city conducted a procession which symbolized Jesus Christ's Way of Cross to Calvary on April 16, just before the Yew Sunday. Many young people took part in the event.

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Liabedzka: I do not close doors to Ramanchuk

Anatol Liabedzka has told what he asked Ramanchuk about during their meeting and why some people turned out to be "weak and mean" after the election.

Release of the United Civil Party's leader Anatol Liabedzka has revived "Jaraslau Ramanchuk's case". Jaraslau Ramanchul made a scandalous statement on December 20, in which he accused some presidential candidates and a journalist Iryna Khalip of December 19 events. After that, the ex-candidate claimed that Anatol Libedzka made up the story that the governement allegedly promised Ramanchuk a job before the election...

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Bantsar: Decision on "Polish Charter" brings no changes to Union of Poles

Belarusian Poles will not feel any consequences of the Constitutional Court's decision, activist of the non-official Union of Poles Ihar Bantsar thinks.

Let us remind you, the Constitutional Court decided against the "Polish Charter" on April 7. Like, some norms of the Polish law "On Polish Charter" do not meet international legal norms.

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Foreign Office: Western countries try to exercise pressure on Belarus with

The Belarusian Foreign Office has criticized the Western states and the OSCE administration today.

Commenting on the OSCE’s initiative to create a mission to investigate Dec.19 events in Belarus, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Savinyh mentioned “double standards of interpreting OSCE documents”, “the discriminating essence of the initiative” and “bloc thinking”.

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Lithuanian Seimas to conduct a round-table discussion on Astravets NPP

Today's round-table will be dedicated to analysis of the situation with the NPP, by MPs and experts, politicians and activists from Lithuania and Belarus.

Lithuania did not confirm its consent to construction of the Astravets nuclear power plant in close proximity to its border. However, the construction works on the ground have already been started and this makes Lithuania deeply concerned.

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Online shops set dollar exchange rate at 3800

The number of clients has decreased by two times in two weeks and Internet shop owners hardly manage to change prices on their websites in time.


Euroradio has decided to find out how the currency deficit has affected Belarusian online shops. At one of the internet-shop we contacted the dollar costs 3800 rubles. The sales have decreased, notes the shop, but there are still clients.

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Libya: hundreds of Belarusian military men on Gaddafi's side

Many of them served in Afganistan and trained in the elite military units of Belarus.

Hundreds of Belarusian military specialists are helping Gaddafi's army to counterstand the insurgents and NATO's bombings. The newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" informs this with a reference to different sources in our country's Ministry of Defense, as well as to a conversation with a Belarusian officer. According to the latter, Belarusians do not take part in battle operations directly, but they are on battle positions all the time. Mikhail (this is how he introduced himself) has spent more than a year in Lybia, he has an individual contract with Lybian authorities, which is "not connected with my country's Ministry of Defense in any way", and gets 3 thousand dollars a week. Belarusian military men not only perform the function of Lybian commanders' advisors, but also organize reconnaissance and military technical equipment exploitation.

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Consequences of failure at TPP-3 not liquidated yet

Electric power supply failed in four districts of the city.

The incident occurred beacuse the power feeder, which provided electricity to several city districts at a time, turned off. The electricity problems covered partly the Central, Lenin, Zavodzki and Partyzanski districts.

The reason for failure at the TPP-3 is being clarified, an emergency brigade is working at the site. An assistant of the head of Minsk city administration of emergency situations Vital Dembouski has said this to Euroradio.

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Belarusians keep twice more money at home than National Bank has in gold

Belarusians have 11 billion U.S. dollars on hand. There are only 5 billion on bank accounts.

The head of the National Bank Piotr Prakapovich announced this sum a few days ago. Thus, the population has more money than the state. The experts think that if this money was directed to the bank system in due time, today's crisis could have been avoided.

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EC President: We cannot forget about eastern neighbours!

Europe’s attention is concentrated on the south now. However, Van Rompuy has promised to fulfill “democratic standards commitments” as regards Belarus.

"The Eastern Partnership is the best instrument to enhance our support of the Belarusian civil community”, - claimed Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, in Prague on February 23.

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35 students to go to Europe to study in framework of Erasmus Mundus program

The competition among the Belarusian students reached 10 people per place this year!

35 Belarusian students and magistrands will go to study to the European universities in the framework of the program Erasmus Mundus. The competition among the Belarusian students reached 10 people per place this year!

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Pickets of solidarity with political prisoners prohibited all over Belarus

Activists of REI trade union have received denials to their 27 applications for pickets in Homel, Dobrush, Svetlahorsk, Zhlobin, Rahachou on February 23.

According to the REI trade union's Homel regional legal inspector Leanid Sudalenka, the city authorities have put under a threat the very principle of freedom for peaceful gatherings of citizens by such decision.

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200 signatures for petition to Lukashenka collected in Katowice

Poles are demanding to release political prisoners.


The action "Send freedom to Belarus" ("Wyślij Wolność Białorusi") organized by the Office of MEP Marek Migalski and the Independent Association of Śląskie University Students was organized in Polish Katowice near the rector’s office on February 17.

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Parfiankou sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in colony of strict regime

According to the public prosecutor, Vasil Parfiankou participated in mass disturbances, hit the House of Government 61 times and resisted to the police.

The former member of the presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu's nomination group Vasil Parfiankou has become the first of the 42 suspects in the "December 19 mass disturbances" The trial was declared open, unexpectedly, and the photographers and video-operators were allowed to shoot in the court hall before the trial started.

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Byalyatsk?: Don?t give in to authorities? blackmail!

The General Prosecutor’s Office has warned the chairperson of the human rights centre “Vyasna”. But he is not going to stop his work.

Ales Byalyatski, chairperson of the human rights centre “Vyasna”, was summoned to the Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office on February 16. The human rights defender was warned about the inadmissibility of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization. Mr. Byalyatski guessed the subpoena was connected with it.

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EP delegation cancels visit to Belarus

The European Parliament’s delegation will not visit Belarus due to the impossibility to meet detained opposition members.

The decision has been taken on February 10, said the chairperson of the EU’s delegation for relations with Belarus Jacek Protasiewicz, informs BelaPAN. "There is no sense in meeting only officials and representatives of the government”, - the Polish Publishing Agency quotes Protasiewicz. Furthermore, the MEP noted that Belarus had made it clear that not all the delegation members would be able to get Belarusian visas.

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U.S. President?s Assistant:Sanctions - adequate response to repressions

"The sanctions are American. I would like to clarify it: we did not follow Europeans. They have introduced their sanctions and we have introduced ours”, - stressed Michael McFaul.

The U.S. sanctions imposed on the Belarusian administration were “an adequate response” to the repressions launched after the presidential election in Belarus.
Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the United States National Security Council, claimed it in an interview with the radio station “Voice of America”.

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Strangers chain entrance to Belarusian Embassy to Warsaw (photo)

Belarusians living in Poland have used the joke to express solidarity with political prisoners and to demand to release them.

An unusual action was conducted near the Belarusian Embassy to Warsaw in the afternoon of February 16. Strangers chained the entrance and attached a padlock to it thus paralyzing the work of the Embassy.

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Passengers change into shorts and T-shirts and bikinis in subway on Sunday

A flash-mob action called "Summer attacks" took place in Minsk subway on Sunday. The youth reminded to the city traffic passengers how shorts, T-shirts and bikinis looked like. The participants of the action got together at 6.30 p.m. at the railway station, changed, left their things in the luggage lockers and headed for the subway via the pedestrian underground.

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PACE members demand new election in Belarus

The demand to conduct a new presidential election in Belarus has been included into the agenda of the PACE session. Pieter Omtzigt, a Dutch PACE member of the Christian Democracy, has informed Euroradio about this. The 20 signatures necessary for this have already been collected.

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Street actions forbidden in Egypt, Internet is blocked (photo+video)

About 100 thousand people have come out to the streets in the country. The demonstrations have been dispersed by gas and water cannons.

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Kozulin: EU, Russia may begin consultations on Belarus

The representatives of the Belarusian opposition have met with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal who says that EU foreing ministers will take every effort to give concrete substance to the European Parliament's resolution.

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Enough crude for one week at Belarus refineries -- expert

Russian oil company Transneft is prepared to resume at any moment pumping crude to Belarus, but the deal is yet to be signed.

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Europarliament are wearing our scarfs! :)

You can see things like this not so often. Europarliament accepted gifts: white-red-white scarfs (colors of national flag) as a symbol of Belarusian liberty!

  

Еўрапарламент у бел-чырвона-белых шаліках! :)

Мы сачылі за ходам паседжання, а напрыканцы не змаглі не "сфотаць" для вас тое, што мы бачылі на экране ;)
Інджой!

  

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