Belarus NewsNews on Belarus continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Belarus seeks return of foster child from U.S.- August 6, 2008 Authorities in ex-Soviet Belarus on Wednesday demanded the return home of a girl who failed to turn up for a flight after spending the summer with a family in the United States, the second such incident in ...http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/belarus-seeks-return-of-foster-child-from-u-s?f... U.S. will judge Belarusian elections by their manner- August 6, 2008 The U.S. embassy will keenly follow the registration of candidates to the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly during the next two weeks, deputy head of the U.S. mission Jonathan Moore ...http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/u-s-will-judge-belarusian-elections-by-their-ma... Russia mulls arms in Belarus to counter U.S. shield- August 6, 2008 MINSK (Reuters) - Russia may consider deploying strategic bombers or station tactical missiles in its close ally Belarus as a counter-measure to a planned U.S. missile shield in Europe, Moscow's envoy to Minsk said on Wednesday.The United States have unnerved Moscow by its plans to install elements of its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, a measure Washington believes is needed to avert possible missile strikes from Iran.Moscow says U.S. plans pose a threat to Russia's...http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/russia-mulls-arms-in-belarus-to-counter-u-s-shi... Belarus passes restrictive media law- August 6, 2008 The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled to learn that President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a restrictive new media law, which, according to CPJ research, will allow authorities to further restrict ...http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/belarus-passes-restrictive-media-law?fromrss=1 Belarus oppn sacks leader ahead of vote- August 5, 2008 MINSK A Belarussian opposition party has sacked its jailed leader, seen in the West as the country's most prominent political prisoner, ahead of parliamentary elections in September.http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/belarus-oppn-sacks-leader-ahead-of-vote?fromrss... Demanding a say- August 4, 2008 Being a young opposition activist in today's Belarus is a dangerous and sometimes lonely job.http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/demanding-a-say?fromrss=1 Belarusian Social Democratic Party elects new chairman- August 4, 2008 Alexander Kozulin, who is current serving time in prison, has been replaced as leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party by Anatoly Levkovich.http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/belarusian-social-democratic-party-elects-new-c... Vandals deface embassy in Belarus- August 4, 2008 Unidentified vandals plastered the walls of the Lithuanian Embassy in Minsk with Bolshevik symbols and threw bottles of paint over the fence at the main building early Friday morning.http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/vandals-deface-embassy-in-belarus?fromrss=1 Belarus: Legal Changes After Minsk Blast- August 3, 2008 LJ user Alcorets posts an amendment to the Belarus law on counteracting terrorism, which has been adopted as a consequence of the July 4 bomb blast in Minsk.http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/belarus-legal-changes-after-minsk-blast?fromrss... LUKoil, Rosneft eyeing stakes in Belarus oil companies- August 2, 2008 RBC, 01.08.2008, Minsk 17:44:12. The Belarus authorities are in talks with LUKoil and Rosneft regarding their participation in the privatization of the Naftan refinery and the Polymir petrochemical producer, ...http://www.topix.net/world/belarus/2008/08/lukoil-rosneft-eyeing-stakes-in-belarus-oil-com... |