The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 27, 2003 http://charter97.org/eng/news/ --------------------------------------------------------- UNIFICATION ON STARTED? 16:16 27/02/2004, photo by ByMedia.net A working meeting on coordination of actions of the democratic forces took part in Minsk today. At the meeting the agreement on coordination of actions in struggle with elections falsifications was confirmed. The decision was made to join forces in nomination of opposition representatives to election committees and in establishing independent monitoring. At the next meeting, which is to take place on March 13, human resources of the democratic forces are to be analyzed. A technical group is to be formed to coordinate actions in these areas. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/odin --------------------------------------------------------- BELARUSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CONFISCATE GOODS TO SUM OF MILLION DOLLARS DAILY 12:04 27/02/2004, Radio Svaboda, photo by ByMedia.net "For Lukashenka's government the geographical position of his country is like a daily lottery prize, and for foreigners and carriers of cargo who are to pass through Belarus it is a nightmare. Every year the customs officers are ordered to fine more and confiscate more goods. And every year these orders are executed," Polish magazine Forum states. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/konfiskat --------------------------------------------------------- PYOTAR MARTSAW: INDEPENDENT MEDIA LIVING THE REST OF THEIR DAYS 11:18 27/02/2004 In his interview to Radio Svaboda Pyotar Martsaw, founder and publisher of the "Beorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta", discourses upon the theme why constitutional right of Belarusian citizens for information is violated constantly, and who is accountable for independent press crackdown. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/bdg --------------------------------------------------------- DEAR VISITORS! 16:59 27/02/2004 Yesterday the title of the "US Department of State's Annual Country Report On Human Rights Practices" was mixed up for technical reasons. We apologize for that and remind that the text of the report you can read at the following link: http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/visitors --------------------------------------------------------- BELARUSIAN FM CRITICIZES US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS 16:45 27/02/2004 Belarusian Foreign Ministry estimated critically the US Department of State's annual report on human rights in its part on Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/mid --------------------------------------------------------- DETROIT-BELARUS BREWING SETS UP JV WITH DEDNOVO 16:22 27/02/2004 Dednovo, a Belarusian brewery, and Detroit-Belarus Brewing Company LLC of the United States, have set up a joint company called the Belarusian Brewing Company, the Mogilevoblimuschestvo fund told Interfax. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/beer --------------------------------------------------------- RUSSIA AND BELARUS TO SETTLE DISPUTE AROUND TRANSNEFTEPRODUKT 16:18 27/02/2004 Russia and Belarus will sign a number of documents in the near future aimed at settling a dispute between the countries around Transnefteprodukt, acting Russian Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko told journalists in Almaty, Kazakhstan. According to him, this concerns documents regarding joint property ownership and creating conditions for further cooperation in the sphere of oil product transportation. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/spor --------------------------------------------------------- ANATOL SHUMCHANKA INCRIMINATED UNSANCTIONED MEETING 14:16 27/02/2004 On February 26 Anatol Shumchanka, one of the leaders of the entrepreneurs' movement, chairperson of "Perspektiva" association of small traders, was summoned to the Internal Affairs department of the Pershamajsky District of Minsk for confidential conversation with deputy head of the department, the Narpodnaya Volya informs. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/shum --------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 27, 2003 http://charter97.org/eng/news/ -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97&email= http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com