Leaders of the Belarusian Popular Front party (BNF) have officially asked Minsk authorities for permission to hold a mass gathering on March 25 to mark the 91st anniversary of the Belarusian People's Republic, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
The trial of a leader of Belarus's unregistered Youth Front movement has been scheduled for March 3, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is in Belarus for a one-day visit.
A Belarusian youth activist who was forced into the army earlier this month has been hospitalized.
Eastern Europe -- a region including the new EU states, the Balkans, and Ukraine -- has seen fast economic growth in the past decade. But much of that growth is due to Western banks having extended a huge amount of credit to regional business and consumers. Now, as Western countries reel from the global economic crisis, they are suddenly realizing their own economies could be in serious trouble as a result.
Facing a crippling economic crisis, Belarus's authoritarian president is looking West for help -- and offering to soften his grip on his country in return. After releasing political prisoners, allowing opposition newspapers to publish, and moving toward liberalizing the economy, how far will the thaw go?
Belarusian Youth Front movement leaders Zmitr Dashkevich and Mikola Demidenka have been tried and fined by a court in Minsk.
In testimony before Congress, Washington's new director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, has said the global economic crisis is now the top U.S. security concern, not terrorism.
Activists from Belarus's Youth Front movement told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that they intend to sue Minsk city authorities for not approving their request to hold a public celebration of Valentine's Day.
Organizers of the Belarus Christian Democratic Party’s founding congress are still looking for a place to hold the gathering after being officially refused the use of several venues.
The three men reportedly admitted killing the man because he had set fire to properties in the village.
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