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Belarus, Russia to Finalize Deal on Nuclear Power Plant Construction
The Russian Federation’s ambassador to Belarus Alekhandr Surikov told reporters in the Belarusian capital Minsk that a draft Belarusian-Russian interstate agreement on the construction of a new 2,400 megawatt nuclear power plant for Belarus will be...
Medvedev Says Russia Will Join WTO
Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev has said he has no doubt his country will join the World Trade Organization despite delays due to the establishment of a customs union with two other ex-Soviet states. Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus agreed in...
Jailed Belarusian Activist Hospitalized After Lengthy Hunger Strike
RFE/RL’s Belarus Service has reported that one of the leaders of a small-business owners movement in Belarus has been hospitalized after a lengthy hunger strike. Mykalay Autukhovich and two other vendors from the town of Vaukavysk were arrested...
Two Young Belarusian Activists Forced Into Army
Police in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, have taken 2 young opposition activists into custody and transferred them to military recruiting stations, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports.
‘Child of Chornobyl’ Causes International Stir By Refusing To Return To Belarus
After spending the better part of nine summers with her Californian host family, Tanya Kazyra has decided against returning to her native Belarus. The 16-year-old “child of Chornobyl” says she wants to stay permanently with Debra and Manuel...
Bomb Explosion In Belarus Injures Over 20
Officials said a homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, overnight, injuring some20 people. The blast happened after midnight, at a concert to celebrate the country’s Independence Day.
Study Brands Minsk Worst City In Europe
Belarus seems to have a knack for breaking dubious records. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice once famously called Belarus “the last dictatorship in Europe,” an epithet that has stuck to the authoritarian regime of President Alyaksandr...
Belarusian Television Airs Anti-U.S., Anti-Opposition Propaganda Series
The government-controlled Belarusian Television showed a three-part documentary last week titled “Network,” in which it accused U.S. pro-democracy funds of financing the Belarusian opposition and sponsoring a coup d’etat in Belarus.
