Topic: society
Successes of Lukanomics: Elderly people fighting to buy milk (Video)
296
16:17, — society
Such scenes have become a usual thing in Belarus.
Mother of death row inmate appeals to Constitutional Court to examine criminal procedure regulations
7
12:41, — society
The mother of Uladzislaw Kavalyow, who together with his friend Dzmitry Kanavalaw was sentenced to death over the April 2011 deadly subway bomb attack, has asked the Constitutional Court to examine whether the country’s criminal procedure regulations comply with the constitution and international standards.
Would-be strikers called on carpet
22
9:49, — society
Sportloto lottery ticket sellers say they were called to talk to their bosses after the announcement of a strike.
Former Nigerian militants to come to Minsk to study
11:38, — society
The government of Nigeria sent 146 former Niger Delta militants for studies to Belarus and South Africa on January 30.
Government recommends educational institutions to raise tuition fees by no more than 29 percent in February
24
9:28, — society
The Belarusian Ministry of Education has recommended educational institutions to raise their tuition fees by no more than 29 percent in February.
Sportloto lottery distributors go on strike
85
15:44, — society
Management of National Sporting Lotteries company refused to pay cold weather payments to lottery ticket sellers in Brest.
Belarusian TV thrown into trash bin (Photo)
19
12:36, — society
Activists of Tell the Truth campaign carried out a street action “Belarusian TV teaches your children to lie! Turn off your TV!”
Best houses for “needy” riot policemen
16:13, — society
Dwellers of Minsk microdistrict of Uruchcha do not want their district to be densified by houses of riot policemen.
Police decides to hush up abduction of FEMEN activists
34
12:15, — society
The Belarusian police have completed an inquiry in the case of an incident with activists of Ukrainian FEMEN group.
New video of Minsk metro blast
61
10:36, — society
The new video does not show the scene of the explosion.
Serf priests
16
10:47, — society
The church authorities demand priests of the Brest eparchy of the Belarusian Orthodox Church to show their passports to see how often they travel abroad.
Bread with nails in Belarus (Photo fact)
100
14:23, — society
Readers of charter97.org found a nail in a loaf of bread bought in Minsk on Christmas Day.
Dance of good in Misnk metro (Video)
62
11:44, — society
A video showing “one-man flash mobs” in Minsk metro appeared on Youtube.
Russian judo sportsmen got poisoned in Belarus
54
10:38, — society
This was the result of their visit to a local cafe.
Terrorist Breivik visited woman in Belarus
31
14:35, — society
The Prosecutor’s Office of Norway wants to interrogate a Belarusian whom Breivik got to know through a dating site.
Belarusian officials to occupy themselves with puzzles and sanitary towels
139
10:30, — society
They all are busy at last.
Disabled woman in Minsk continues her lengthy hunger strike against death sentence on subway bombing suspects
12:20, — society
A disabled woman in Minsk continues her lengthy hunger strike in protest against the death sentence passed on Dzmitry Kanavalaw and Uladzislaw Kavalyow in the subway bombing trial in Minsk on November 30.
World Day Against the Death Penalty: Belarus urged to end executions
42
11:10, — society
Amnesty International activists around the world are coming together on the World Day Against the Death Penalty to demand an end to executions in Belarus, the only country in Europe and the former Soviet Union that still executes.
Charged of blast were beaten in prison?
61
15:28, — society
Lawyers have attracted attention of the court that their clients have bruises and abrasions in the beginning of the preliminary investigation.
Abstainers’s jogging called unauthorized action
34
15:25, — society
Police banned the initiative group “Temperance is easy!” to do weekly jogging in Gorky Park in Minsk on October 2.
Father of subway bombing casualty charged with aggravated hooliganism
10:09, — society
The father of a subway bombing casualty who represented her in the trial of Dzmitry Kanavalaw and Uladzislaw Kavalyow has been formally charged with aggravated hooliganism, according to Alyaksandr Fedartsow, the judge in the trial.
Representative of Minsk terrorist attack victim detained
83
14:19, — society
Alyaksandr Kruty was detained in Minsk in the evening of September 20 for unclear reasons.
Silent protests return
109
11:59, — society
The group “Revolution by social networks” plans to hold silent protests on central squares of Belarusian cities.
Prominent opposition figure Halina Syamdzyanava dies at 64
2
17:21, — society
Halina Syamdzyanava, a prominent opposition figure who was a member of the Belarusian parliament, died from a disease on September 18 at the age of 64.
Sheremet: It was a terrorist case in 1997. It failed.
59
14:02, — society
We have not seen any serious proofs of guilt of these young men charged with a terrorist attack, television journalist Pavel Sheremet thinks.
Plant on strike in Svetlahorsk
11:55, — society
The second shop of Reinforced Concrete Plant-11 (RCP-11) has been on strike during this week.
Accused of blast admitted guilt partially
193
16:39, — society
Dzmitry Kanavalau, the accused in the case of terrorist attack in Minsk metro has admitted guilt partially.
Trial over accused of metro blast started in Minsk
109
12:01, — society
The trial over the persons accused of an improvised explosive device in Minsk metro on April 11 started on Thursday in the Palace of Justice in Minsk.
Senior high school students in Babrujsk forced to join BRYU
109
15:16, — society
The new academic year has scarcely started, and children complain to their parents that they are made join the Belarusian Republican Youth Union.
Student protest action in Minsk “Resist!” (Photo, video)
83
13:31, — society
Students organized a flash mob in Minsk.
