http://en.redtram.com/ News on "State & Community"  in "Belarus" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:56:42 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 269565 | What a long time we are asking! http://en.redtram.com/go/149262075/top100/ 149262075 A short time ago we could hear from lips of the most political parties' leaders: if the regime won't change the electoral legislation and won't amend the Electoral code, parties won't take part in the elections. They have been denied Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262075/top100/ 269565 | European Commission representative arriving in Minsk http://en.redtram.com/go/149262041/top100/ 149262041 Hugues Mingarelli, Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission, is to arrive in Minsk with a two-day visit on 29 August. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262041/top100/ 269569 | UN Security Council rebuffs Georgian separatists http://en.redtram.com/go/149262043/top100/ 149262043 The U.N. Security Council refused on Thursday to approve a request from representatives of two Georgian breakaway regions, which Russia has recognized as independent states, to address the council. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262043/top100/ 269565 | Young leaders call upon parties to withdraw their candidates from "elections" http://en.redtram.com/go/149262044/top100/ 149262044 Leaders of youth organisations have addressed leaders of oppositional parties with a call not to take part in the electoral farce. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262044/top100/ 269565 | Belarusian Ambassador to Russia blurted out http://en.redtram.com/go/149262040/top100/ 149262040 At request of Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vasil Dauhalyou, RIA Novosti changed a title and a lede of article about Lukashenka's position on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:27 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262040/top100/ 269565 | Syarhei Parsyukevich: "If EU joined the US sanctions, regime of Lukashenka would collapse in half year" http://en.redtram.com/go/149262036/top100/ 149262036 Former political prisoner Syarhei Parsyukevich thinks he and other prisoners had been released due to economic sanctions against the Belarusian regime imposed by the US. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262036/top100/ 269565 | Democratic candidates from Homel region withdraw from "election" http://en.redtram.com/go/149262033/top100/ 149262033 Representatives of the United Civil Party, the Belarusian Popular Front, unregistered Party of Freedom and Progress and the Belarusian Christian Democracy said today in Homel they would boycott the so called parliamentary election holding in Belarus in autumn. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149262033/top100/ 269565 | Lukashenka may recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia 5 September http://en.redtram.com/go/149261991/top100/ 149261991 An issue on recognising South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia will be discussed at the oncoming session of the Collective Security Board of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Moscow on 5 September, Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149261991/top100/ 269565 | More than half of candidates from European List weren't registered http://en.redtram.com/go/149261993/top100/ 149261993 28 opposition activists from the European List run in the "parliamentary election" weren't registered as MP candidates. 51 people from the European List applied for registration. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149261993/top100/ 269565 | Uladzimer Labkovch: "It is not improbable that Belarusian Popular Front party will adopt decision to withdraw its candidates" http://en.redtram.com/go/149261995/top100/ 149261995 At the moment it is known that precinct election commissions have not registered at least 20 candidates from the list of the democratic forces. And these figures are not final. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149261995/top100/ 269565 | Number of contenders: 2.5 persons per for a deputy seat http://en.redtram.com/go/149261943/top100/ 149261943 276 persons have been registered as candidates for deputies of the "house of representatives" of the "national assembly" (out of 365 nominated). There will be 2.5 persons per one deputy seat. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:07:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149261943/top100/ 269565 | Young Front activist persecuted for Boycott graffiti on monument to Lenin http://en.redtram.com/go/149261942/top100/ 149261942 Young Front activist Yauhen Skrabets was detained on 28 August on suspicion of drawing Boycott! Graffiti on a monument to Lenin situated at the same-name square. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:07:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149261942/top100/