A member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, a human rights activist from Maladechna, one of the participants of the monitoring in the elections to the "chamber of representatives" of the "national assembly" of the Republic of Belarus Eduard Balanchuk has
Poland's policy towards Belarus remains unchanged, there will be no talks with Lukashenka and all our initiatives are aimed only at common people," Polish politicians responded in an interview to Polskie Radio to a statement of Andrei Sannikov, one of
Belarusian activists who had been expelled from Belarusian universities on political reasons and who are studying in foreign universities now, are stopped on the border and told that they are prohibited to leave Belarus.
Eauheni Shyhalau, general director of Zhdanovichy shopping center, who has been in custody since April 2008, was changed a level of restriction, Interfax has leant from law-enforcement agencies.
Commenting on detentions of activists, human rights defender Uladzimer Labkovich said the authorities were creating traditional for previous "elections" atmosphere.
Yauhen Afnahel, activist of the "European Belarus" civil campaign, one of the leaders of the Belarusian youth leaders, was sentenced to 10 days of arrest by the court of the Tsentralny district of Minsk on 28 June. Taking into account
Seminar, organised by the Belarusian "parliament" and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is postponed sine die, Vadzim Papou, speaker of the low chamber of the "parliament" said at a press conference on 28 June.
There were jubilant scenes in Madrid as Spaniards thronged the streets to celebrate their football team's victory in Euro 2008. The party lasted all night after a 1-0 win over Germany brought the country its first major title in 44
Kyiv—On 26 June 2008, the clergy of the Kyivan Eparchy met at the assembly hall of the Kyivan Orthodox Theological Academy. The meeting was presided by Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko) of the Kyivan Patriarchate. Participants discussed eparchy life as well as
Moscow-Kyiv— During his address at the Hierarchical Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on 25 June 2008 in Moscow, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) stated that a change in the canonical status of the UOC
Kyiv— On 25 June 2008, the opening ceremony of the 7th International Congress of Ukrainian Studies was held at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv. Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate heartily greeted the participants and
Bilateral political consultations at the level of territorial department directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Netherlands were held in the Hague (Netherlands) on Friday.
Apart from this, V. Yuschenko will take part in a ceremony of opening a monument to Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Baku, and visit an artistic event devoted to days of Ukrainian culture being held in Azerbaijan.
