CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
March, 7, 2008
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US IMPOSED NEW SANCTIONS. LUKASHENKA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM US
7.03.2008, 16:36
Belarus has recalled its Ambassador to the US and recommended the US Ambassador to leave Belarus. The statement of the Foreign Ministry informs that the decision to recall Ambassador Mikhail Khvastou for consultations has been taken after additional sanctions against Belneftekhim concern were imposed.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4596/
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WHITE HOUSE DEMAND LUKASHENKA TO RELEASE KAZULIN
7.03.2008, 17:30
White House spokesman for the National Security Council Gordon Johndroe named the action of the Belarusian authorities on recalling ambassador from the US "deeply disappointing."
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4600/
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WHY HAS US IMPOSED NEW SANCTIONS?
7.03.2008, 17:22
The Belarusian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs statement says the US has imposed additional sanctions against the Belneftekhim concern.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4598/
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CAN BELARUS PULL OUT OF OSCE?
7.03.2008, 17:09
Belarus has reacted to new sanctions of the US against Belneftekhim concern by a demand to the U.S. Ambassador Karen Stewart to leave Belarus and by a threat of pulling out of the OSCE in case this organization would not take adequate measures against the US.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4597/
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ENTREPRENEURS LEADER STAYS IN PRISON
7.03.2008, 15:08
The leader of Vitsebsk individual entrepreneurs Syarhei Parsyukevich is to stay in the remand prison in Valadarski Street, Minsk. The decision to uphold the measure of restraint, arrest, has been taken by the prosecutors office of Maskouski district of Minsk.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4593/
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PRESS CONFERENCE UNDER RIOT MILITIA CONTROL
7.03.2008, 14:49
Press conference of opposition activists, suspected and accused on the criminal case on entrepreneurs action 10 January, has been held today in the United Civil Party head-office. Many riot militiamen were watching outside the building where the UCP head-office is situated.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4592/
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WORLD-FAMOUS PERSONALITIES DEMAND KAZULINS RELEASE
7.03.2008, 12:55
A joint action of the initiative Free Belarus (Wolna Bialorus) and Amnesty International has taken place in Poland, France and the Netherlands. Letters with a demand to Alyaksandr Lukashenka to release the political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin have been written. The address was written by world-famous personalities Zbigniew Brzezinski, Adam Michnik, Andre Glucksmann, Sergei Kovaliov, Myroslaw Marynowycz, Marek Edelman, Bogdan Lis, Marius Oprea, Semen Hluzman, Aleksander Smolar and others.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4586/
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BELARUSIAN AUTHORITIES TO CONTROL INTERNET
7.03.2008, 12:10
Question on legislative control internet media in Belarus is being considered at the expert level today.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4584/
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RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTRY: BELARUSIAN ECONOMYS SUBSIDIZING FINISHED
7.03.2008, 12:01
Russia in fact subsidized the economy of Belarus by cheap gas deliveries in recent years, as issues of oil export duties at resale of oil products by Belarus havent been solved, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov stated today in the State Duma.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4583/
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VITSEBSK FOR EUROPEAN BELARUS (PHOTO)
7.03.2008, 10:45
Blue ribbons are a symbol of the European choice of Belarus. Another regional capital has been adorned by them.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4577/
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MINKS WOKE UP UNDER WHITE-RED-WHITE FLAGS (PHOTO)
7.03.2008, 9:31
Today morning passers-by in the centre of the capital saw European and white-red-white flags attached to the posts near Svislach River and in Independence Avenue.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4570/
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BELARUS WONT BE RETURNED EU PREFERENCES
7.03.2008, 9:16
A deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Yeudachenka informed that Belarus would not be able to return to the Generalized System of Preferences of the European Union before 2009.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4568/
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ARTUR FINKEVICH: EUROPEAN ISSUE ACTUAL FOR BELARUS MORE THAN EVER
7.03.2008, 8:43
European issue is topical for Belarus more than ever. Today more then a half of the Belarus population stand for Belarus joining the EU, former political prisoner Artur Finkevich, Young Front activist, said in the interview to Radio Svaboda. Artur was invited to Prague for One World-2008, the 10th international documentary films festival.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/3/7/4565/
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CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
March, 7, 2008
http://charter97.org/en/news/