The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE January, 05, 2003 www.charter97.org --------------------------------------------------------- Translation and interpreting services - http://charter97.org/index.phtml?sid=4&did=Translate&eid=service&lang=3 --------------------------------------------------------- ANOTHER MISFORTUNE OF "NARODNAYA VOLYA" 16:33 05/01/2004 The famous manufacturer of lady's underwear Syarhei Atroschanka (a company "Serge") does not give up his dream of becoming a media magnate, the Belarusian Business Newspaper informs. While the newspapers are publishing as hot news or as a joke the information that Atroschanka wants to buy shares of the English newspaper "Daily Telegraph", Atroschanka has registered under his name the trade name more famous in Belarus, The "Narodnaya Volya". And consequently demanded the editor-in-chief of the "Narodnaya Volya", Iosif Syaredzich, to stop issuing the well-known independent newspaper. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/05/nv --------------------------------------------------------- FOREIGNERS' ENTRY SIMPLIFIED SINCE JANUARY 17:12 05/01/2004 Since January 1, 2004 the rules of entry for citizens of the European Union to the territory of Belarus have been simplified. According to the decision of the government of the country, in a one-sided order Belarus repeals the norm demanding the dwellers of the Western Europe to have a special invitation a personal or business one. Minsk reckons that Europe would answer with the same initiative. At present to leave the country citizens of Belarus need a special permissive record in a passport, which costs lots of money, as well as an obligatory invitation from the receiving country, the Soyuz-Info' reports. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/05/inostranez --------------------------------------------------------- VALERY SHCHUKIN CELEBRATES NEW YEAR IN POLATSK RAILWAY STATION 17:01 05/01/2004 The New Year-2004 the deputy of the 13th Supreme Soviet Valery Shchukin celebrated in the Railway station in Polatsk. It was his 111th night in the railway station after he was left without registration and thrown out from Polatsk hostel. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/05/shukin --------------------------------------------------------- REPORT IN CHAMBER ALREADY 16:42 05/01/2004 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially submitted a report of the deputy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council Christos Pourgourides to the chamber of representatives "On the missing persons in Belarus", the newspaper "Belarusskiy Rynok" (The Belarusian Market) informs. The official Minsk abstains from comments. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/05/doklad --------------------------------------------------------- ONE MORE PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE CAN APPEAR IN BELARUS 16:29 05/01/2004 As the human rights center "Viasna" has find out, on January 17, 2004 in the court of the Frunze district of Minsk, the session of the court on the case of execution suspension of Aksana Novikava is to take place. Aksana Novikava was sentenced for abuse of the president of Belarus to two years with suspension of execution for two years. If the court would reverse a sentence of Aksana Novikava, she could be imprisoned for two years. The reason for directing the case to the court was numerous facts when Novikava had been taken to court for active social and political dealings. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/05/novikava --------------------------------------------------------- (!) Ads on the site: adv@charter97.org --------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE December, 05, 2003 www.charter97.org -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97&email= http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com