News on 22.01.2011

22.01.2011

Mikalai Khalezin: “Wave against repressions to surge up” 110

23:31, — Politics

The directorship of the Belarus Free Theatre Natalya Kalyada and Mikalai Khalezin have visited the capital of the US, where they held additional consultations in the US Department of State, the Congress, the UN bodies and with a number of ambassadors of the European Union countries accredited in the US.

Russia, Belarus reach tentative agreement on building nuclear power plant in Ostrovets – will it hold? 36

21:11, Maria Kaminskaya, Bellona.ru — Nuclear power plant in Belarus

Russia and Belarus have negotiated to sign in the first quarter of 2011 a “framework agreement” that is expected to lay a first brick of the highly unpopular construction project of a nuclear power plant in Belarus’s Ostrovets.

Walesa says Internet will let Belarus follow Tunisia 52

19:04, — Politics

Belarussians will use new technologies to follow the Tunisian example and oust Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, anti-communist veteran Lech Walesa said Friday.

OSW: Cooperation on energy between Minsk and Kyiv is element of broader strategy 8

16:15, — Economics

Belarus has signed agreement with Ukrainian authorities on oil deliveries via Odessa – Brody pipeline in order to get better conditions for Russian oil.

Latvia simplifies visa regime for Belarus citizens 22

15:19, — Politics

The Latvian Foreign Ministry has decided to introduce a simplified visa regime for citizens of Belarus, irrespective of possible EU sanctions against the leadership of this country.