2.09.2008

Total breakdown in government 29

10:45, — Economics

Minister of agriculture and provision Syamyon Shapira said at a sitting of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the agricultural program had been failed.

29.08.2008

Syarhei Parsyukevich: “If EU joined the US sanctions, regime of Lukashenka would collapse in half year”

17:41, — Politics

Former political prisoner Syarhei Parsyukevich thinks he and other prisoners had been released due to economic sanctions against the Belarusian regime imposed by the US.

26.08.2008

Projects on energy efficiency failed: “Neither Chinese nor Iranians came” 10

12:38, — Economics

It was revealed at the session of the government that 7 from 22 big energy projects, scheduled to be put into operation in 2008, are under a threat of failing.

Government waiting for disaster: Gazprom “ate” budget surplus 21

12:26, — Economics

The latest data, published by the Ministry of Finance of Belarus, are represented by Russian “Gazeta”. Surplus of the Belarusian budget amounts to USD 1.3 billion, or 4.2% GDP, over seven months in 2008. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Finance, the surplus will reach 2.5% GDP, or USP 1.4 billion till the end of 2008.

25.08.2008

It’s Time to demonstrate power 33

12:58, Andrei Sannikov, leader of the civil campaign “European Belarus” — Politics

The nature of the “election” and their result is quite clear today. The number of only 0.07% of democrats out of the total number of precinct commissions’ members vividly demonstrate that the regime is not going to lose control over the chief element of the elections: votes’ count. At the same time opposition representatives make about 40% of the total number of candidates to deputies, the leader of the civil campaign “European Belarus” Andrei Sannikov writes.

22.07.2008

Authorities to sell Druzhba pipeline 5

13:11, — Economics

The Belarusian government issued a plan of privatisation of state property for 2008-2010. Among the assets, the state is going to sell the next year, are Gomeltransneft-Druzhba pipeline and Druzhba oil transporting republican unitary enterprise in Navapolatsk.

15.07.2008

Opposition has key to privatisation 18

15:29, Andrei Sannikov, civil campaign “European Belarus” — Politics

After the explosion in Minsk, the regime uses this tragedy for arrests of activists of the democratic movement of Belarus instead of searching for criminals. An unprecedented campaign on pressing the opposition and the civil society is carried out today. Organising pressing by the financial police of the State Control Committee, the authorities try to discredit the leaders of the democratic forces, human rights activists, journalists, regional opposition activists.