News from Belarus

Mikalai Autukhovich, the arrested entrepreneur from Vaukavysk, has been on hunger strike in the pre-trial detection center of the militia department of the Minsk city executive committee since April 16. It should be reminded that entrepreneur Yury Lyavonau, Mikalai Autukovich, and Uladzimir Asipenka were detained on February 8. Read more »

Valery Levaneuski`s opinion on question about who should represent Belarus at the summit of “East partnership» which will pass in Prague on May, 7th, to correspondent Euramost.org:

-What do you think about the possibility of Belarus inclusion in the program offered by the European Union “East partnership”?

I support the idea that Belarus always would take part and will be presented on any events. Another question – who will present it? If only one person of president I don`t agree with it. I do not take him as the head of the independent state. I maintain the fact that Europe helps us to be designated as the independent state. Read more »

Question: How often can I  pass preventive medical examination in the polyclinic, what enters into this examination and what documentit regulate it?
The answer: Preventive medical examination of citizens of Belarus is regulated by the Decision of Ministry of Health of Belarus №92 from 12.10.2007″About the organisation of supervision of adult population of Belarus » and spent once a year.
Examinations are spent for citizens:
18-29 years: measurement of arterial pressure, height, weight, the general analysis of blood, urine, blood glucose in order to indications, photoroentgenography; Read more »

The explosion happened at the intersection between Masheraw and Victors’ Avenues, the venue of the concert attended by Alyaksandr Lukashenka and a crowd of thousands people, at around 1 a.m.The people hurt in the attack were rushed to hospitals across the city, Tatsyana Mihal of the health ministry told Officials said that there were no fatalities. Read more »

The leaders of 27 member countries on June 19 approved the European Union’s “Eastern Partnership” project aimed at increasing cooperation between the EU and six eastern neighbor countries, including Belarus. Based on the EU’s European Neighborhood Policy, the Eastern Partnership is viewed as a new multilateral forum between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which would forge closer economic and political ties, lead to visa-free travel deals and the establishment of a free trade zone, and prepare the countries for EU membership. Belarus would be involved in the Eastern Partnership “at the expert level” because, unlike the other states, it does not fully participate in the European Neighborhood Policy. Read more »

Victims in car chase incident demand tough punishment for traffic policemen. The occupants of the vehicles damaged in March’s car chase incident said at Thursday’s hearing in a court in Minsk that the two traffic police officers who used the autos to capture a speeding driver “deserve tough punishment.” The incident occurred near Minsk on March 2. The police used four vehicles, with their occupants still inside, to block a road in order to catch a man who was driving over the legal drink-drive limit. Read more »

On February, 16th in Belarus Day of the Belarus solidarity is traditionally celebrated. Throughout several years in our country and abroad there pass actions with an appeal to the authorities to release Prisoners of conscience and to stop reprisals against opposition. Read more »

According to Valery Levaneuski A.Kazulin for a long time could release. But it the power want not to do, probably wait, when Kazulin will beg for pardons and to be humiliated in exchange for punishment softening. Here also hold the innocent person behind a lattice. There are at least 5 lawful ways of clearing of A.Kazulin in the presence of political will. Read more »

«Andrey has called home, a tube took the daughter. He has informed that from the Mozyrsk colony he carries in Kalinkovichi. There he will plant on a train, and in the morning on February, 16th he will be in Minsk. He is more has had time to tell than nothing», – Tatsiana Klimau has informed. Read more »

“Most of entrepreneurs of Hrodna have supported a nation-wide action of protest of market vendors. “Tsentralny” market is almost empty, less than 40% of trade outlets work in “Paudnyovy” market. Nobody sells food at the both markets. However, January is just a beginning of protest rallies of entrepreneurs,” one of the leaders of entrepreneurs’ movement, a former political prisoner Valery Levaneuski told. Read more »