BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

October, 2006

31.10.2006 M+W Zander modernizes semiconductor production in Belarus
31.10.2006 Halloween in Belarus - Time to Get Spooked For the World Around?
31.10.2006 Jailed Belarusian Activist Hospitalized
31.10.2006 Mutual experience fosters life-saving link
31.10.2006 Belarus opposition figure said in prison hospital amid hunger strike
31.10.2006 Poland Says Belarus Harassing Opposition Politician
31.10.2006 Cuban Parliament President on Working Visit to Belarus
31.10.2006 Support for Belarussian students
31.10.2006 Belarus Wishes Fidel Prompt Recovery
31.10.2006 Belarus Intends to Establish Co-operation with Azerbaijan in regards to Oil Production and Transit
31.10.2006 Russia-Belarus Union State undergoing complicated period - Lukashenko
31.10.2006 Hunger-striking Belarussian activist said to be in hospital
31.10.2006 Belarus: Lutheran communities, real and imagined
31.10.2006 Government approves communication development programme for 2006-2010
31.10.2006 Belorussian President to visit Vietnam
31.10.2006 Belarus wants Azerbaijani oil
31.10.2006 Deputy PM receives Belorussian FM delegation
30.10.2006 Presidents to view Union State Supreme Council agenda
30.10.2006 Sahkarov Prize Recognizes Plight of Belarusian People
30.10.2006 RFERL News Oct.30
30.10.2006 Vice President: No limits on expansion of ties with Belarus
30.10.2006 Belarus Four-Week Hunger Strike Delivering 'Powerful Message'
30.10.2006 Opposition youth leader goes on trial behind closed doors in Belarus
30.10.2006 Jewish Women's Organization in Rovno
30.10.2006 Cuban Parliament President on Working Visit to Belarus
30.10.2006 Belarussian opposition activist goes on trial
30.10.2006 Alexander Milinkevich - winner of the 2006 Sakharov Prize
30.10.2006 Belarus Opposition Activists Voice Protest Against Minsk's Alliance With Russia
30.10.2006 Railway in Belarus: New DMU from RVR
30.10.2006 Belarus Looks for Alternative to Gazprom
29.10.2006 Belarussian opposition holds remembrance rally in Kuropaty
29.10.2006 Seven opposition activists detained in Belarus' capital Minsk during annual march
29.10.2006 Cuban parliamentary delegation to arrive in Belarus
29.10.2006 No politically-motivated expulsions of students in Belarus - minister
29.10.2006 Media freedom in Belarus, U.S.
28.10.2006 Rostelecom and Beltelecom Construct Fibre-Optic Communications Line
28.10.2006 Addressing AIDS Challenges In Belarus
28.10.2006 Belarus Protest
27.10.2006 Sahkarov Prize Recognizes Plight of Belarusian People
27.10.2006 KGB of Belarus Chairman believes leading oppositionist does not deserve Sakharov Prize
27.10.2006 US praises Belarusian dissident for winning EU award
27.10.2006 Monument installed at communal grave of 84 Jewish chidlren in Belarus
27.10.2006 Belarus' deputy PM sees mobile user base up to 8 mln by 2010
27.10.2006 Belarus KGB slams award of EU human rights prize
27.10.2006 Belarus to put 4 air defense systems on combat duty by December
27.10.2006 Belarus seeking alternative exporters of fuel, other than Russia
27.10.2006 Belarus eyes first nuclear power plant in 2015
26.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader awarded top EU human rights prize
26.10.2006 Belarus, Russia: Minsk Bows to Moscow
26.10.2006 EU awards Sakharov Prize to Belarus leader
26.10.2006 Belarus: 500 human trafficking cases
26.10.2006 IFJ Launches Campaign To End Impunity In Journalist's Murder
26.10.2006 Divizion to enter Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine in 2007
26.10.2006 Belarusian opposition leader wins award
26.10.2006 Belarus committed to accords with Russia on oil customs duties
26.10.2006 Belarusian Opposition Leader Wins EU Human Rights Award
26.10.2006 Belarussian politician wins EU award
26.10.2006 Naftan to Secure Druzhba Deliveries
26.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader wins human rights award
26.10.2006 500 human trafficking crimes exposed in Belarus this year
26.10.2006 Belarusian Opposition Leader Wins Sakharov Prize
26.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader wins EU human rights prize
26.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader wins EP human rights prize
26.10.2006 Belarusian opposition leader wins EU human rights award
26.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader awarded EU Sakharov Prize
26.10.2006 Belarus: Believers pressured to withdraw registration signatures
26.10.2006 Belarus ready to give up control of oil refineries
26.10.2006 Help a child from Belarus have a holiday
26.10.2006 Lithuanian Special Services Embroiled in Scandal
26.10.2006 Putin threatens Belarus over re-exports
25.10.2006 Azerbaijan And Belarus Expand Bilateral Relations
25.10.2006 Belarus Working on $20M SAP Rollout
25.10.2006 Russia may cut oil supplies to Belarus - Putin
25.10.2006 Single currency is key condition for Russia-Belarus union - Putin
25.10.2006 Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Belarus if duties not agreed -President Putin
25.10.2006 Russia may cut oil supplies to ally Belarus - Putin
25.10.2006 Belarus jury to decide for 2007
25.10.2006 President Lukashenko Says Belarus Wants Deeper, Respectful Ties with U.S.
25.10.2006 Evangelical Protestants in Belarus Rally Against Church Closure
25.10.2006 Belarus' Lukashenko Calls for Dialogue With US
24.10.2006 Lukashenko: Belarus ready to develop ties with U.S.
24.10.2006 Belarus transforms selections into Eurofest
24.10.2006 Belarus decides 24th February
24.10.2006 What Will Bring Armenia And Belarus Closer?
24.10.2006 Latvian diplomat cleared
24.10.2006 Lithuania asks EU to review visa policy on Belarus, Kaliningrad
24.10.2006 Tehran, Minsk call for abolition of unipolar world system
24.10.2006 Belarus Wants Better Relations With United States
24.10.2006 Belarus refinery throughput down 19 pct after cut
24.10.2006 Belarus ready for equitable relations with U.S. - Lukashenko
24.10.2006 Belarus' Lukashenko for dialogue with U.S. despite differences
24.10.2006 Gas Pipelines of Ukraine, Belarus Leave Underground
24.10.2006 BeST announces network expansion plan
24.10.2006 Ukraine seeks to sell Turkmen gas to Belarus to cut Russian dominance - report
24.10.2006 Belarus Rights Activist Sentenced for Calling President Demented
24.10.2006 EU Increases Sanctions on Belarus
24.10.2006 EU adds four to Belarusian visa ban list
24.10.2006 Belarus wishes to participate in realization of Millennium Challenges Program in Armenia
23.10.2006 Belarus Christians Fast for Freedom
23.10.2006 Belarusian KGB Plays Down Neo-Nazi Threat to Opposition Party Activist
23.10.2006 Belarusian personal telecom services up 25.4% on year Jan-Sep
23.10.2006 Armenia, Belarus Has Potential To Increase Goods Turnover
23.10.2006 Belarus To Implement Serious Business Projects In Armenia
23.10.2006 Belarus Bank Looks to Save by Switching to SAP Apps
23.10.2006 EU extends Belarus visa ban list
23.10.2006 Court sentences Belarusian activist to 2 years in prison for insulting president
23.10.2006 Belarus PM Thanks Armenia For Support
23.10.2006 Belarus: Iran's Nuclear Program Is Peaceful
23.10.2006 Armenian And Belarus Prime Ministers Hold A Pres Conference On Yerevan
23.10.2006 Iran, Belarus Stress Development of Trade Ties
23.10.2006 SAP in Banking
23.10.2006 Belarusian and Armenian Companies Ordered to Activate Trade
23.10.2006 Best to expand GSM network
23.10.2006 Belarus President Lukashenko to visit Iran soon - minister
23.10.2006 Armenia and Belarus Shouldn't Interfere in Russia-Georgia Affairs
23.10.2006 Kocharian Satisfied with Armenia-Belarus Relations
23.10.2006 Mutual Trust Is Basis Of Any Kind Of Cooperation
23.10.2006 Tehran, Minsk call for abolition of unipolar sys
22.10.2006 President underlines expansion of ties with Belarus
22.10.2006 Tehran, Minsk call for abolition of unipolar world system
22.10.2006 Iran, Belarus call for expansion of mutual ties
22.10.2006 President Stresses Expansion of Cooperation with Belarus
22.10.2006 Iran-Belarus emphasize on developing ties
22.10.2006 Iran, Belarus call for expansion of mutual ties
22.10.2006 Iran has right to peaceful nuclear activities - Belarussian FM
21.10.2006 Thousands of Protestants Rally in Belarus to Protest Church Closure
21.10.2006 Evangelical Protestants in Belarus rally against their church closure
21.10.2006 Persecution Watchdog Calls on Belarus Officials to Stop Threatening Church
21.10.2006 Belarusian FM Dismisses UNSC Sanctions on Iran
21.10.2006 Iran-Belarus foreign ministers assert on nuclear rights
21.10.2006 Belarus foreign minister starts four-day visit to Iran
20.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader begins hunger strike
20.10.2006 KGB of Belarus: radical oppositional candidates are financed by the West
20.10.2006 ICC Calls on Belarus Officials to Stop Threatening Church
20.10.2006 Russia, Belarus: Military Cooperation Plan
20.10.2006 Belarusian cows in search of asylum?
20.10.2006 Accord on Russia-Belarus anti-missile system to be signed in 2006-minister
20.10.2006 Belarusian Bishop Asks Support for Visa Requests
20.10.2006 Russian, Belarussian Defense Ministries approve plan until 2009
20.10.2006 Belarus: Government to make U-turn on charismatic church?
20.10.2006 Belarus FM visits Tehran on Saturday
20.10.2006 Belarus PM, EurAsEC chief to discuss accession of Uzbekistan to organization
20.10.2006 Russian, Belarussian DMs discussing union state's security
20.10.2006 Pabriks meets with Belarus Ambassador
19.10.2006 Belarus KGB accuses former Lithuanian diplomat of involvement in a plot
19.10.2006 IFJ launches international campaign urging authorities to reopen murdered journalist's case
19.10.2006 Belarus sets up Stabilization Fund to deal with energy problems
19.10.2006 Poland returns cows that swam from Belarus
19.10.2006 Belarus: Are Hunger Strikes Losing Their Power To Persuade?
19.10.2006 MTZ Launches Installation of Production Facilities to Assemble ITS Tractors in Azerbaijan
19.10.2006 CIS air defence system holds joint exercise
19.10.2006 Belarus FM visits Tehran on Saturday
19.10.2006 Iranian, Belarusian Parliamentary Delegations Meet
19.10.2006 Belarus announces plans to build nuclear power plant
19.10.2006 Belarus PM to Arrive in Armenia October 22
19.10.2006 Russia, Belarus to sign agreement on joint air defense system
19.10.2006 Combining Azerbaijan's Financial Opportunities and Processing of Belarus is Beneficial for Both Countries - Belarusian Ambassador
19.10.2006 Azeri President Optimistic of Outcome of Visit to Minsk
19.10.2006 Belarusian President Invited to visit Azerbaijan by Azeri President
18.10.2006 Lithuanian public prosecutors arrived to Belarus to examine circumstances of security officer's death
18.10.2006 Russia Limits Belarusian Import
18.10.2006 Bypassing Druzhba
18.10.2006 Belarus opposition leader plans to go on hunger-strike in jail
18.10.2006 CIS Atrophy Process Continues
18.10.2006 President Ilham Aliyev Visits National Library Of Belarus
18.10.2006 President Ilham Aliyev Visits Minsk Tractor Plant
18.10.2006 Budget of Russia-Belarus union to total four bln rbls, 700 mln more
18.10.2006 RF to limit state purchases from Belarus in response to Minsk steps
18.10.2006 Four students from Belarus arrive in Estonia
18.10.2006 Belarus: Foreign religious workers out?
18.10.2006 Church Hunger Strike in Belarus
17.10.2006 Belarus, Azerbaijan have no areas forbidden for cooperation
17.10.2006 Belarusian Christians Continue Hunger Strike for Religious Liberty
17.10.2006 President Ilham Aliyev Visits State Military-Industrial Committee Of Belarus
17.10.2006 President Ilham Aliyev Visits Freedom Monument On Victory Square In Minsk
17.10.2006 Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan Interested in Developing Its Thorough Cooperation with Belarus
17.10.2006 Activation of Dialogues at High Level Will Help Expand Belarusian-Azerbaijani Relations - Belarusian President
17.10.2006 Belarus and Azerbaijan Signed Agreements on a Wide Spectrum of Cooperation
17.10.2006 Lukashenka Proposes to Produce Oil and Gas Jointly with Azerbaijan
17.10.2006 Azerbaijan-Belarus Intergovernmental Documents Signed
17.10.2006 Azerbaijan, Belarus: Presidents Sign Accord
17.10.2006 Tensions Rise between Russia and Belarus
17.10.2006 Some agreements and contracts signed between Azerbaijan and Belarus
17.10.2006 Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan is interested in intensive development of the relations with Belarus
17.10.2006 Belarus could provide oil transit infrastructure for Azerbaijan
17.10.2006 Azerbaijani President Visits Belarus
17.10.2006 Lukashenko proposes shipping Caspian oil to Poland, Baltics via Belarus
17.10.2006 Presidents Of Azerbaijan And Belarus Meet In Private
17.10.2006 President Of Azerbaijan Officially Welcomed By President Of Belarus
17.10.2006 CIS FMs meet in Belarus to prepare for leaders' meeting
17.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarusian Presidents Began Discussions
17.10.2006 Azerbaijani President ratified new composition of Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Azerbaijan-Belarus Economical Corporation
17.10.2006 CIS Foreign Ministers to Meet in Minsk Again
17.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarus enter into a new tourism era
17.10.2006 Azerbaijan President visited Belarus
17.10.2006 Belarus and Azerbaijan Intend to Sign Agricultural Co-operation Agreement
17.10.2006 Presidents of Belarus & Azerbaijan to Meet
17.10.2006 Azeri President Leaves for Belarus
17.10.2006 President Aliyev Confirms New Composition of Azerbaijan-Belarus Commission on Economic Co-Operation
17.10.2006 10 accords to be signed during Azerbaijan leader's visit to Belarus
17.10.2006 Russian-Belarus commission on budget/finance to meet in Kaliningrad
17.10.2006 A Council Without Ministers
17.10.2006 Belarussian president warns against breaking up CIS
16.10.2006 Belarusian leader warns that grouping of ex-Soviet republics could collapse
16.10.2006 Belarus: Minsk Theater Group Appears In New York
16.10.2006 EU launches scholarships for Belarusian students kicked out of their universities
16.10.2006 EU To Grants Scholarships To Expelled Belarusian Students
16.10.2006 Commission launches scholarship programme for Belarusian students
16.10.2006 Ukraine's Foreign Minister has cancelled his visit to Belarus
15.10.2006 Scholarship gives professor new focus
14.10.2006 More Evangelicals Join Protest Against Threatened Church Closure in Belarus
14.10.2006 KGB of Belarus published book on country's secret services thousand-year history
14.10.2006 Belarus authorities found no evidence to open criminal case on Lithuanian diplomat's death
14.10.2006 Belarus: Milinkevich Says Belarusians Must Combat 'Total Fear'
14.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarus to Sign Commercial-Economical Co-operation Agreement
14.10.2006 Belarus: Yuri Azaryonok hopes for a good draw spot; ballet to accompany Andrey
13.10.2006 Belarus Child: Giusto, Law Applied In Two Different Ways
13.10.2006 Known Lithuanian diplomat leave post accused of contacts with Russian interest grouping
13.10.2006 Azerbaijani President to Pay Official Visit to Belarus on October 17-18
13.10.2006 Russian pipeline rupture hitting Belarus: Report
13.10.2006 Belarus Girl. Melchiorre: Suicide Rumours Groundless
13.10.2006 RF to reduce energy export to Ukraine, Belarus, Baltics
13.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarus Signed Program for Tourism Co-operation in 2007-2008
13.10.2006 Belarus sees no reasons to recognize the independence of Transdniester
13.10.2006 Assembly of Belarus Tractors May be Set Up in Azerbaijan
13.10.2006 Lukashenko demands order in the country's tobacco market
12.10.2006 Belarus sanctions farce sheds light on EU machine
12.10.2006 Belarus drops diplomat gay porn charge
12.10.2006 Belarus Denied Friendship of Russia
12.10.2006 Russia reduces crude supply to Belarus, cites leak
12.10.2006 National exhibition of Belarus in Ukraine "Belarus 2006" opens in Kyiv
11.10.2006 Justice Minister Meets With Belarusian Ambassador
11.10.2006 Belarus parliament endorses bill on fighting extremism
11.10.2006 Belarussian net foreign assets up 5% in 9 mths
11.10.2006 Belarus president considers Iran's nuclear program peaceful
11.10.2006 Belarus adopts law against extremism
11.10.2006 Foreign Minister promises further help to Belarussian opposition
10.10.2006 Belarusian Officials Say CIS Summit Postponed
10.10.2006 More Evangelicals Join Protest Against Threatened Church Closure in Belarus
10.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarus to Sign Cultural Co-operation Program for 2007-2008
10.10.2006 Belarusian Sport and Tourism Minister to Arrive in Baku
10.10.2006 Summit of ex-Soviet republics postponed amid Russia-Georgia discord
10.10.2006 130 Belarus Protestants on Hunger Strike Over Prayer House Seisure
10.10.2006 Moscow police detain 3 Belarussian criminals
10.10.2006 Azerbaijan and Belarus Intend to Extend Cultural Co-operation
10.10.2006 International Caravan of Culture receives souvenirs from Belarus
10.10.2006 Belarus artists' gift to Arts Academy of Uzbekistan
10.10.2006 Belarussian opposition leader: Changes in Minsk to come from the streets
09.10.2006 $20M SAP System Remaking Belarus Bank's Operations
09.10.2006 Belarus Suspends Progovernment Trade Unions' Radio Station
09.10.2006 Report: Belarus' Milinkevich says elections can't bring end to his country's authoritarian regime
09.10.2006 Belarus Economy Resisting EU Sanctions
09.10.2006 Culture Minister Meets Belarus Ambassador in Damascus
09.10.2006 Belarussian gold, forex reserves fall 11% in 9 mths
09.10.2006 Choke off Belarus's deadly arms trade
09.10.2006 Recreation trips of children from Belarus to Italy resumed
08.10.2006 Belarussian opposition leader criticises EU's approach
08.10.2006 Belarus Economy Resisting EU Sanctions
07.10.2006 Milinkevich says has best chance to head Belarus opposition
07.10.2006 Belarus warns Lithuania on nuclear storage site near border
07.10.2006 Catholic clergy asked to leave Belarus
07.10.2006 Lukashenko dismisses talk of EU sanctions against Belarus
06.10.2006 Belarus: charismatic church told 'your time has run out'
06.10.2006 Belarus: Nerve Gas Released In School
06.10.2006 Belarus
06.10.2006 Online advertising million-dollar business in Belarus
06.10.2006 Belarus Concludes Border Demarcation With EU
06.10.2006 Next census to be conducted in Belarus in Oct 2009
06.10.2006 Belarus expels 12 Polish priests and nuns
06.10.2006 Belarus: Charismatic church's "time has run out," official claims
06.10.2006 Belarus Denies Entry to Catholic Priests and Nuns From Poland
06.10.2006 Locally-assembled Belorussian trucks to debut
06.10.2006 Belarus Expels Catholic Priests and Nuns
05.10.2006 Belarus police hold activist over blasts-lawyer
05.10.2006 Belarus KGB overlooks local fascists
05.10.2006 FMS seeks to halve migrants' stay on multiple visas - adds
04.10.2006 Belarus demarcated its border with the European Union on Oct. 3
04.10.2006 Russia Urges Belarus to End Visa-Free Travel for Georgians
04.10.2006 Russian gas supplies to Belarus to increase to 22 bln cu m by 2010
04.10.2006 Russia ready to cooperate with Belarus in NPP construction
04.10.2006 Russia Moves To Expand Georgia Travel Embargo To Belarus
04.10.2006 Lithuanian PM opposes economic sanctions against Belarus
04.10.2006 Italian Couple Apologizes to Belarus for Acting Wrongly in Orphan Case
04.10.2006 Belarus Girl. Adoptions Committee: Requests Are Frozen
03.10.2006 Belarus: Need Visa To Visit Georgia?
03.10.2006 Russia asks Belarus to introduce visas for Georgian citizens
03.10.2006 Belarus Girl. Chiara Giusto: I Apologise To Belarus
03.10.2006 Belarus may impose visa regime with Georgia
03.10.2006 Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus must form customs union by March
03.10.2006 Belarus: 12 Catholic priests and nuns face expulsion
03.10.2006 Belarus: Reprieve for Catholic priest who celebrated unauthorised Mass
03.10.2006 Russia in talks with Belarus over visa regime for Georgia
03.10.2006 Belarus close to ending demarcation works on Latvian border
03.10.2006 Belarusian president threatens to break relations with Russia
03.10.2006 Belarus Set to Purchase Lighting Equipment from Novgorod-based Transvit
03.10.2006 Belarus Laws Toughened
03.10.2006 Italians May Be Allowed to Adopt Girl
02.10.2006 Belarus says Italian couple that tried to keep orphan welcome to try to adopt her
02.10.2006 Belarus Girl: Giusto Family Did Not Request Adoption
02.10.2006 Belarus Girl: Italian Red Cross, Want To Meet Maria
02.10.2006 Belarus softens line in child row
02.10.2006 Lukashenka: Why The Union State Does Not Exist
02.10.2006 Sexual Games With Barbie Dolls as Evidence of Abuse
02.10.2006 Pastor Faces Massive Fine for "Illegal Baptisms"
02.10.2006 'Abused' girl sent back to Belarus
02.10.2006 Belarussian Orphan Girl Sent Home After Weeks in Hiding
02.10.2006 Belarus Warns Against Gas Price Hike
01.10.2006 Belarus Criticizes Moscow's Natural Gas Price Hike
01.10.2006 Conference of CIS secret services heads ended in Belarus capital, Belarus to strengthen KGB