BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

February, 2006

28.02.2006 Problems persist 20 years after Chernobyl
28.02.2006 The widows of Belarus
28.02.2006 Belarus KGB claims local NGO was getting ready to falsify elections results
28.02.2006 Polina is Eurovision Choice for Belarus
28.02.2006 Samand to replace Ford in Belarus
28.02.2006 U.S. upset with Belarus
28.02.2006 CSTO Secretary General to meet Lukashenko in Belarus
28.02.2006 EU media walk political tightrope in Belarus
28.02.2006 Battle for Belarus
27.02.2006 Belarus: No Surprises On Election Day
27.02.2006 Polina Smolova to represent Belarus!
27.02.2006 White House Criticizes Belarus Regime
27.02.2006 Belarus secret agents tried to stop the car of the Czech embassy in Minsk
27.02.2006 Bush chides Belarus on human rights ahead of vote
27.02.2006 Belarus, Russia: Agreement Signed
27.02.2006 European Newspapers Lampoon Belarus President
27.02.2006 EU broadcasts news into Belarus
27.02.2006 U.S. diplomat warns Belarus not to manipulate election
27.02.2006 EU backing democratic forces in Belarus
25.02.2006 Fur unabhangige Medien
26.02.2006 EU launches broadcasts to Belarus
26.02.2006 EU-funded radio beams into Belarus
26.02.2006 Belarus Poles concert raided by the anti-terrorist unit
24.02.2006 VN-Belarus to enhance ties and legislative co-operation
24.02.2006 Viet Nam, Belarus to expand bilateral ties
26.02.2006 U.S. Warns Belarus Over Vote
25.02.2006 Belarusian newspaper reprints prophet drawings
24.02.2006 Diplomat Says U.S. Is 'Concerned' About Belarus Election
24.02.2006 Belarus KGB slammed down an NGO financed by the US
24.02.2006 Opposition paper may be forced to close
24.02.2006 Viet Nam, Belarus should promote economic cooperation, say top legislators
24.02.2006 Post-Soviet Belarus: A Timeline
24.02.2006 Belarusian journalists fear censorship may be extended to the Internet
24.02.2006 Belarus KGB arrests NGO leaders
24.02.2006 Belarus: EU-Funded Broadcasts To Begin
24.02.2006 Detentions and Harassment
24.02.2006 Prague Accuses Minsk of 'Gross' Diplomatic Violation
24.02.2006 Bringing Down Europe's Last Ex-Soviet Dictator
24.02.2006 PACE Will Open Representative Office in Minsk
24.02.2006 Broadcasts from Poland try to break Belarus news monopoly
24.02.2006 Poles turn on radio to help dissidents
23.02.2006 Cartoon furor becomes press freedom crisis
23.02.2006 Belarus: PACE President Expects Belarus To Join Council Of Europe
23.02.2006 Belarus: Opposition, International Politicians Meet In Prague
23.02.2006 President Luong receives Belorussian President's special envoy
23.02.2006 Belarus: Pressure mounts on two more Minsk Protestant churches
23.02.2006 Svoboda dismisses Belarussian criticism over interference
23.02.2006 Launch of TV and radio programmes for Belarus on 26th February 2006
23.02.2006 Belarus accuses Czech Republic of subverting regime
22.02.2006 Belarus's Milinkevich Prefers Fair Election To Street Revolution
22.02.2006 Newspaper faces hate-crime charges
22.02.2006 Polish Radio Station To Broadcast Into Belarus
22.02.2006 Radio Racja for Belarus is launched
22.02.2006 Belarus Paper Reprints Muhammad Cartoons
22.02.2006 Poland backs Belarus broadcasts
22.02.2006 Belarus Weekly Slammed Over Muhammad Cartoons
22.02.2006 Radio Racja on air
22.02.2006 Belarus: Opposition Targeted As Lukashenka Calls For 'Preemptive' Security Sweep
22.02.2006 How The Belarus Election Will Be Won
22.02.2006 Russia denounces OSCE election-monitoring work in Belarus
22.02.2006 17 CIS observers hail initial stage of election campaign in Belarus
22.02.2006 Belarus' crops suffer severe damage from cold snap
21.02.2006 Belarus: Authorities expel Polish journalist
21.02.2006 Belarus Decries Foreign Meddling
21.02.2006 Lukashenka Tightens Security In Run-up To Elections
21.02.2006 Belarus president tells law enforcers to ensure stability during elections
21.02.2006 Radio Racja to begin airing to Belarus Wednesday
Don't Abandon Belarus, Democratic Reformers Ask
Belarus' exports to Russia down 11.9 pct in 2005
Forbes Magazine: Armenia Most Attractive for Investment in CIS
Polish journalist refused entry into Belarus
Belarusian embassy holds education forum to attract more students from China
Belarus arrests 100 opposition supporters
Protestants oppressed in Belarus
Polish journalist refused entry into Belarus
Polish journalist expelled from Belarus
Lukashenko faces three challengers
More Opposition Supporters Arrested In Minsk
Lukashenko registered as candidate in Belarus presidential vote
Belarus names election hopefuls
Belarus: Presidential Candidates Certified
Four presidential candidates registered in Belarus
Dozens arrested in Belarus protests
Embassy Row
Belarus: Changes will not come easy
Dozens arrested in Belarus demos
Belarus, Ukraine to work on energy
Highest Salary Paid In Estonia in Former Soviet Space
Belarus: Presidential Election Campaign Ready To Start In Earnest
Belarus human rights abuses raise EU alarm
Belarus opposition candidate says election won't be free, appeals to Russia
Belarus: Poland leading non-CIS partner
Belarus Plans to Increase Export to Ukraine Up to Billion Dollars in 2006
Opposition Politicians in Belarus Campaign Online
Ministry announces plans to license Wi-Fi
Russia May Deploy Airbase in Belarus - Air Force Commander
Conference on Belarus looks ahead to election
EU Concerned About Human Rights Abuses In Belarus
Belarus opposition figure jailed
Belarus Court Sentences Leading Opposition Figure To Jail
Latvian Groups to protest oppression in Belarus
State's Burns Meets with Belarus Civil Society Representatives
Capsule Report: Election Undermined By State Abuses Against Media
Belarus Officials Interview Local Parents
Belarus - Lukashenko seeks yet another term
Violence feared as Europe's last dictator clings to power
Belarus KGB intensifies actions against opposition, claims another cash spy scandal
Belarusian domino teeters
Violence feared for Belarus election
Belarus to ban home internet access
Belarusian election undermined by state abuses against media
Belarus to cut off home computer internet access nationwide
OSCE To Send 400 Monitors To Belarus Election
Belarus: detailed report from the Belarusian national selection [in development]
Clamp down on ethnic Poles in Belarus continues
Belarus may increase Ukrainian electric power import
Belarus picks top-three tonight
Poland supports democracy in Belarus
Belarus to put air-defense divisions on combat duty in March
Dismal Conditions In Belarus
Vacation in an outpost of tyranny
Belarus: Country Headed For Another Phony Vote
Senate Speaker on situation in Belarus
Belarus: presenting the fifteen participants for the national selection; three to proceed
Russia to deploy air defense missiles to Belarus
U.S. Backs Democratic Process in Belarus, Not Specific Outcome
Belarus' KGB Says Polish Embassy In Minsk Is Spy Headquarters
KGB of Belarus accuses Polish embassy of espionage
Belarus: Accusations Of Polish Espionage
U.S. to spend millions in Belarus to ensure free, fair voting in next month's elections
Belarus: fear and isolation in Europe
Media in Belarus Expect Rigged Presidential Election
New Artistic Underground in Belarus Is Theater Group
Sudan Belarus to boost bilateral cooperation
Belarus: Opposition Politicians Embrace Internet, Despite Digital Divide
Iran to assemble Samand cars in Belarus: Iran Khodro official
Assembly of the famous Belarus tractors may be organized in Tashkent
Iran to assemble Samand cars in Belarus: Iran Khodro official
CIS group of experts to discuss combating human traffic in Minsk
Energy Dilemma For Belarus
Belarus Blocks Pre-election U.S.-EU Visit
U.S., EU Deplore Belarus Failure To Engage in Election Dialogue
Sukhoi deal
Belarus said to block U.S.-EU visit over elections
Plea to help unseat 'the last dictator in Europe'
EU Officials Assert Importance of Accord with U.S. on Belarus
Belarus bans two top EU, U.S. envoys
Belarus: Underground Troupe Brings Cutting-Edge Theater To Moscow
Belarus to buy 18 Sukhoi jets from India
Belarusian Foreign Minister to visit Sudan
Ukraine and Belarus to work out measures of enhancing mutual trade relations
Police confiscate copies of one opposition newspaper, hassle distributors of another
OSCE Calls For Fair Presidential Poll In Belarus
EU: Steady western support needed to boost democracy in Belarus
Documentary recounts group's trip to Belarus
Putin demands free elections in Belarus
EU will sanction Belarus in case of undemocratic elections