BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

September, 2007

30.09.2007 Man arrested in Stockholm for Belarus murder
28.09.2007 Belarus opposition leader wants Baltic backing
28.09.2007 Belarus to up export duty on oil, petroleum products on Oct 1
28.09.2007 Synterra, Beltelecom to build trans-border fibre link
28.09.2007 Telekom Austria edges closer to Velcom acquisition
27.09.2007 Belarusian Courts Continue To Jail Opposition Activists
27.09.2007 Print run of opposition newspaper confiscated
27.09.2007 Belarus: Top official says "no change" to harsh Religion Law
27.09.2007 EU External Commissioner urges Belarusian authorities to release those detained on political grounds
27.09.2007 Belarus will ratify Energy Charter Treaty sooner or later - deputy parliamentary speaker
27.09.2007 Synterra and Beltelecom to Build up Transborder Fiber-optical Connection between Russia and Belarus
27.09.2007 LCD TV sets Vityas and Gorizont to be protected from foreigners
27.09.2007 EU urges Belarusian officials to release demo organizers
27.09.2007 Toys for Madeleine go to Belarus
26.09.2007 Belarus eyes cut in gas use
26.09.2007 Imprisoned Belarusian Youth Leader Faces Another Charge
26.09.2007 Belarusian Police Arrest Organizer Of Opposition March
26.09.2007 Telekom Austria in final stages of talks for Belarus's MDC - report
26.09.2007 Belarusian police detain two top planners of EU march in Minsk
26.09.2007 Belarus: police take action against tiny opposition newsletter
25.09.2007 Officers of Belarus KGB to take part in Baikonur-Anti-Terror 2007 exercises
25.09.2007 Belarusian Oppositionist Jailed On Obscenity Charges
25.09.2007 Prosecutor attacks journalist for tarnishing country's international image
25.09.2007 Will Belarus become grain exporter?
25.09.2007 Tehran, Minsk to cooperate for prevention of natural disasters
24.09.2007 Belarus Persecutes Oppositionists
24.09.2007 Naftogaz of Ukraine eager to do business with Beltransgaz, Belorusne
24.09.2007 Belarusian President Wants To Revise Gas Deal With Gazprom And Praises Performance Of Agricultural Sector
24.09.2007 President endorses Tehran-Minsk accord on prevention of natural disasters
24.09.2007 Belshina: Growth Through Investment
24.09.2007 VimpelCom eyes SB Telecom's 49 pct Belarus MDC mobile telco stake - report
24.09.2007 Minsk to link gas price to Russian gas transit to Europe-Lukashenko
22.09.2007 Lukashenko calls for common energy market in CIS
22.09.2007 Belarus-Georgia relations not "friendship against Russia" - Lukashenko
22.09.2007 Record 7,5-mln-t grain harvest gathered in Belarus
22.09.2007 Belarus leader slams Russian gas price hike plan
22.09.2007 Lukashenko accuses Gazprom of overcharging Belarus
22.09.2007 Teen Caught Digging to EU
21.09.2007 Belarus to Deport Foreign Priests
21.09.2007 Belarusian Opposition Leader Blasts Supreme Court For Denying Registration
21.09.2007 VTB's Belarus unit to arrange foreign debt issues
21.09.2007 Ganja Automobile Factory to Open its Service Center in Azerbaijan
21.09.2007 EDB to suggest all CIS countries join bank's founding charter
21.09.2007 Geopolitical Diary: Belarus' Problem with Polish Priests
20.09.2007 Radio Belarus extends broadcast to 16 hours daily
20.09.2007 Belarus eyes Russian gas
20.09.2007 Belarus supports IAEA in nuclear energy programs - official
20.09.2007 EU To Launch Two Projects For Indepandent Media In Belarus
20.09.2007 Belarusian Expert Predicts Financial Crisis
20.09.2007 Lukashenko ready for economic cooperation with Georgia
20.09.2007 Generation IG settled a contract with Belneftekhim
20.09.2007 Belarus' Export-Import Insurance Co rated 'B' - Fitch
19.09.2007 Belarus is Watching
19.09.2007 EU Makes Talks On Energy Security With Belarus Contingent On Human Rights
19.09.2007 Belarus's Foreign-Trade Deficit Soars In 2007
19.09.2007 Telekom Austria remains tight-lipped on possible Belarus mobile purchase
18.09.2007 "Polish spies" in Belarus will be barracked in different colonies after trial
18.09.2007 Belarus is ready to open Georgian Embassy in Minsk
18.09.2007 Belarus: gross grain yield totaled 7.43 mln tonnes
18.09.2007 Russian caught using cup to dig tunnel to EU
18.09.2007 Belarus, Georgia Change Tone in Relationship
17.09.2007 Trial starts in Moscow for suspected Polish secret services agent
17.09.2007 Belarus Is Ready To Deepen Relations With Georgia
17.09.2007 Belarus Ready to Boost Ties with Georgia
17.09.2007 Belarus Convicts 4 in Polish Spy Trial
16.09.2007 Four alleged Polish spies convicted in Belarus
16.09.2007 Symbol of Belarus and TV documentary for Angelica
15.09.2007 First Meeting of Standing Commission on Social Policy Held at Autumn Session of Milli Mejlis
15.09.2007 Iran main supplier of Belarus energy
14.09.2007 Belarus court convicts 4 as Polish spies
14.09.2007 'Polish spies' convicted in Belarus
14.09.2007 Four Belarusians convicted of spying for Poland
14.09.2007 Belarus Officers Convicted of Spying for Poland
14.09.2007 Belarus: Baptist fined for church family holiday
14.09.2007 JESC: Alexei Zhigalkovich for Belarus
14.09.2007 Telekom Austria to bid for Belarusian mobile operator
14.09.2007 Belarusian Opposition Leader Again Tries To Register His Movement
14.09.2007 Belarus sentences four spies to long prison terms
13.09.2007 Byelorussian PM to call on Pavlodar
13.09.2007 Belarusian Opposition Seeks Nonparty Candidates For Parliamentary Polls
13.09.2007 Kazakh, Byelorussian Premiers signed minutes upon the meeting's results
13.09.2007 Belarus introduced seasonal tariff rates for some vegetables
13.09.2007 Freeing Theater in Belarus
13.09.2007 Belarus: Turning The Opposition Into Dissidents
12.09.2007 Belarusian Lower-House Head Resigns
12.09.2007 Kazakhstan may offer Belarus potential spheres for cooperation
12.09.2007 Belarussian plant ups steel output 4.4% in 8 mths
12.09.2007 Kazakh-Byelorussian business forum is on in Astana
12.09.2007 Kazakhstan interested in transiting oil via Belarus - Masimov
12.09.2007 Byelorussian PM called on 1st Kazakh President's museum
12.09.2007 Polish border guards to leave Warsaw Bridge in Brest
12.09.2007 Cement plant construction discussed by Kazakh-Byelorussian premiers
12.09.2007 Kazakhstan, Belarus concluded military and technical contracts
12.09.2007 Kazakh-Byelorussian commodity circulation likely to reach $500 mln 2007: S. Sidorsky
12.09.2007 Kazakhstan, Belarus discussed electricity industry projects
12.09.2007 Cooperation makes us stronger, Belarus Defense Minister
12.09.2007 Telekom Austria seen bidding around 1.2 bln eur for Belarus's MDC - report
12.09.2007 Mutassim returns from Belarus
11.09.2007 US warns Belarus of more sanctions after arrests
11.09.2007 U.S. says Belarus will get improved relations only by subscribing to democratic principles
11.09.2007 Repression in Belarus
11.09.2007 Europe's churches urged to back freedom in Belarus
11.09.2007 Belarusian parliamentary chairman Konoplyov resigns
11.09.2007 Is Nuclear Power A Realistic Option For Belarus?
11.09.2007 Belarusian international reserves hit $3 bln despite gas payout
11.09.2007 Belarusian Small Businessmen Protest Decree On Employment Restriction
11.09.2007 Belarusian Opposition Activist Jailed For 17 Days
11.09.2007 Velcom is Telekom Austria's target, says paper
11.09.2007 Commercial Banks In Belarus Get "Go-Ahead" To Sell Diamonds
11.09.2007 MDC the likely target of Telekom Austria's acquisition plans in Belarus - report
11.09.2007 Talks underway to increase number of Baku-Minsk-Baku flights
11.09.2007 Agreement Signed in Baku of Establishment of Azerbaijani-Belarusian Joint Enterprise on Furniture Marketing
11.09.2007 Kazakh, Russian arms control experts visiting Minsk
11.09.2007 Austrians in Talks to Buy Belarussian Phone Firm
11.09.2007 Lukashenko approves Belarus draft Energy Security Concept
11.09.2007 Activists, Journalists Held in Belarus
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria Set to Challenge Russia's MTS in Belarusian Mobile Market
10.09.2007 Belarusian Police Arrest Opposition Protesters, Journalists
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria ponders Belarusian bid
10.09.2007 Belarusian Police Arrest Opposition Activists Near Site Of Historic Battle
10.09.2007 Belarusian Opposition Activist Jailed For Two Years For Internet Article
10.09.2007 Belarusian President Replaces Soviet-Era "Propiska" With Residence Registration
10.09.2007 Twenty two opposition activists arrested in Belarus
10.09.2007 22 opposition activists arrested during protest outside Belarusian court
10.09.2007 Belarus Police Detain Protesters and Journalists
10.09.2007 Prime Minister of Belarus to call on Kazakhstan
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria eyes Belarus purchase
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria Confirms Talks Over Belarus Purchase
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria eyes Belarus
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria up as market digests potential of Belarus mega-deal
10.09.2007 Charter of Polish Communities Abroad passed
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria says in talks on potential acquisition in Belarus
10.09.2007 Telekom Austria confirms eyeing Belarus purchase
09.09.2007 Belarusian opposition figure sentenced to 2 years in prison, wife told weeks later
09.09.2007 Opposition figure jailed in Belarus for 'insulting president'
07.09.2007 Sultanate, Belarus hold talks
07.09.2007 Belarus eyes Turkmen gas
07.09.2007 Telekom Austria eyes Belarus mobile buy -report
07.09.2007 Iran, Belarus ink buyback oil deal
07.09.2007 Ministry to launch internet access tender for ISPs
07.09.2007 EU zet druk op Belarus
07.09.2007 EU chastises Belarus for youth arrests
06.09.2007 Belarus in talks with Turkmenistan over gas supplies
06.09.2007 The Association of Belarussian Software Development Companies, Infopark Has Became a Partner of the Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum 2007
06.09.2007 Waitress Finds Her Prince
06.09.2007 GVA Lighting LEDs bring Slavic Bazaar to life
06.09.2007 EU Rebukes Belarus Over Opposition Arrests
06.09.2007 Verdict in espionage case could be announced in Belarus in September
06.09.2007 Belarusian nuclear power plant likely to be built in Mogilyov region
06.09.2007 Russia's Oilmen Back to Belarus
06.09.2007 Iran, Belarus to develop Iranian oil field
06.09.2007 Iran inaugurates major med center
06.09.2007 Belarus Seals Agreement to Extract Iranian Oil
05.09.2007 Reports: Belarus signs contract for oil exploration in Iran
05.09.2007 Polish press comment on investigation of alleged spy case in Belarus
05.09.2007 Court in Belarus set to pass verdict on detained opposition activists
05.09.2007 Belarusneft to produce oil at Iranian Jofeir deposit
05.09.2007 Iran, Belarus sign agreement for development of Jofeir oil field
05.09.2007 Belarusian Court Sentences Young Activists
05.09.2007 First Iran-Belarus buyback contract signed
05.09.2007 Iran allows Belarus to tap its oil
05.09.2007 Iran, Belarus Sign Oil Contract
05.09.2007 From Byelorussia With Love
05.09.2007 Arab sheikh leaves Belarus with young Belarusian wife
05.09.2007 Iran, Belarus sign oil agreement
05.09.2007 Iran, Belarus to develop oil field in Iran
05.09.2007 Iran, Belarus to develop oil field in southwestern Iran
05.09.2007 Wimm-Bill-Dann interested in dairy assets in Belarus and Kazakhstan
05.09.2007 President of Belarus thanks HM
04.09.2007 Belarus Police Detain Opposition Activists
04.09.2007 Belarusian police detain 10 opposition activists
04.09.2007 Belarus tries four officers accused of spying for Poland
04.09.2007 Belarus tries 4 former military officers on charges of spying for Poland
04.09.2007 Belarus FM: US not entitled to speak on behalf of others
04.09.2007 FM: NAM should pursue ratification in UN
04.09.2007 IMF Predicts Belarusian Losses Due To Higher Energy Prices
04.09.2007 Russian Foreign Minister Denies Plans To Deploy Nuclear Weapons In Belarus
04.09.2007 Belarusian President Vows To Stop Subsidizing Unproftable Farms
04.09.2007 Belarus Launches Trial against Polish Spies
04.09.2007 Belarus puts 'spy ring' on trial
04.09.2007 Belarus Slams US Allegations about Iran's N. Program
04.09.2007 Belarus to go on with active work in CSTO - Lukashenko
04.09.2007 The prince, the waitress ... and 'a fairy tale come true'
04.09.2007 Belarus Begins Trial Of Four Suspected Spies
04.09.2007 Belarus considers Krinitsa expansion - report
04.09.2007 Dubai prince marries Belarusian waitress
04.09.2007 Belarus Tries Four Accused of Spying for Poland
04.09.2007 Teetotalers' ally to be laid out near a Catholic church in a Byelorussian village
04.09.2007 Closed trial begins in Belarus for suspected Polish spies
04.09.2007 Russia Not to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Belarus
04.09.2007 Ahmadinejad urges NAM enhancement
04.09.2007 Russia denies plans to move nukes
04.09.2007 Lukashenko, Bordyuzha to discuss CSTO meeting preparation
04.09.2007 Belarus Community to Restore Historic Synagogue
03.09.2007 No plans to deploy nukes in Belarus - Russian FM
03.09.2007 How a Minsk waitress landed an Arab prince
03.09.2007 Belarusian Official Challenges EU On Policy
03.09.2007 Russia denies plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus
03.09.2007 Belarus raises VAT on sugar to 24% to restrict Russian imports
03.09.2007 Belarus: Respect for cultural diversity is key to human rights observation
03.09.2007 Arrests after the second act
03.09.2007 Belarus : Authorities refuse to re-register the Human Rights Centre 'Viasna'
03.09.2007 Belarusian TV claims former speaker advocates banned religious sect
01.09.2007 International Gay, Lesbian Youth Group Report on Belarus Visit "Our fears were needless"