The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February 06, 2003 www.charter97.org --------------------------------------------------------- UTA ZAPF DIDN'T NOTICE PROGRESS IN BELARUS 16:54 06/02/2003 Head of special group of Parliament Assemble of OSCE for Belarus Uta Zapf stated some remarks about processes in Belarus to administration of Belarusan parliament. As she said, most of all her group is interested by state of independent media, by situation with local elections, and by the state of trade unions. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/zapf --------------------------------------------------------- RUSSIA ENTERS MIGRATORY RESTRICTIONS FOR BELARUS 15:57 06/02/2003 Russian authorities will give migration cards to those who enters to the country on all borders including border with Belarus. It will begin in one week on February, 14. Minister of inner affairs of Russia Boris Gryzlov said about it in Moscow. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/migraz --------------------------------------------------------- BELARUS IS BECOMING COUNTRY OF PENSIONERS 13:53 06/02/2003 In year 2002 gain of number of pensioners in comparison with previous year was 24%. As it was told to BELTA correspondent in Ministry of labor and social defense, this year gain of number of pensioners will be 37% in comparison with 2002. At that very time quantity of those who become able-bodied is reducing. This crisis tendency will continue till 2020. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/pensia --------------------------------------------------------- MOST OF CANDIDATES FROM PARTIES WERE NOT REGISTERED 11:35 06/02/2003 On Wenesday head of Central election commission Lidia Yermoshina published results of registration of candidates to local sovets. On press-conference she informed that 26 thousand candidates. About 800 were not registered. Maximal quantity of denies 46 % was among candidates to Minsk city sovet. As Ermoshina said most of candidates were not registered because of presenting doubtful declarations of income and property. One third of candidates from political parties were not registered. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/thimbles --------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESS OF BELARUSAN INTELLIGENTSIA WAS POSTPONED ON MARCH 16:13 06/02/2003 Administration of Palace of Republic refused to give hall to organizers of Congress of Belarusan intelligentsia that was planned on February, 16. Because of this reason organizers decided to postpone the Congress on March. It has already been proposed 300 delegates on Congress. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/intel --------------------------------------------------------- BELARUSAN PART OF GAS MAIN YAMAL-EUROPE IS READY TO START 13:55 06/02/2003, Neftegaz.ru Special commission of Belarusan enterprise "Beltransgas" signed act of finishing of construction of gas main Yamal Europe on Belarusan territory. As they said in "Beltransgas", length of Belarusan piece of gas main is 575 kilometers. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/gazoprovod --------------------------------------------------------- IN 2002 INFLATION IN BELARUS WAS 34,8% 13:54 06/02/2003, IMA-press During first three weeks of January of 2003 prices in Belarus have risen on 2,6% (4,2% for the same period of the previous year). Till the end of this year government and National bank of Belarus predict increase of prices on 18-24%. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/inf --------------------------------------------------------- PRESIDENT OF IRAN WILL VISIT BELARUS IN SPRING 12:54 06/02/2003, Georgy ASTAS, RR Ambasador of Iran in Belarus Mohammad Hashemy Golpaegany informed that visit of Iranian leader to Minsk is planned on spring. It will be reciprocal visit on Lukashenko's visit to Tegeran in 1997. Ambasador of Iran declared that his country is worried by possibility of using weapon of mass defeat by Iraq. But representative of Iran is also against USA attack on Iraq. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/iran --------------------------------------------------------- OSCE MONITORS WERE NOT INVITED ON LOCAL ELECTIONS 12:12 06/02/2003 OSCE is worried that Belarusan authorities haven't invited international monitors on elections to local sovets yet. Uta Zapf head of OSCE delegation, that is in Minsk now, said that it can cause to violation of democratic principles during elections on March, 2. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/osce --------------------------------------------------------- POLISH CONSIDER BELARUS TO BE THEIR ENEMY 12:10 06/02/2003 Belarus took the third place in list of countries that residents of Poland consider to be their enemies. Half of respondents said that that they consider Russia to be their enemies, 40% -- Germany, 17 % -- Belarus, 7% -- Iraq. 45% said that Poland has no enemies, 27% didn't answer. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/poland --------------------------------------------------------- "BELAGROPROMBANK" DEMANDS 1 MILLION DOLLARS FROM CHIGIR 12:09 06/02/2003 "Belagroprombank" wants to get one million dollars from ex-chief of the bank Mihail Chigir. This sum was transferred to Canada 8 years ago. Radio Racia says that this case is continue of two criminal cases against ex-prime-minister Chigir. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/02/06/chigir --------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February 06, 2003 www.charter97.org -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97 http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com