Freedom House human rights organisation and Patton Boggs law firm addressed the International Monetary Fund to reject reserve loan to Belarus. They ask not to give loans while American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser remains in KGB jail.

Traditional commemoration of Stalin's victims was held in Kurapaty on the Day of Memory of Victims of Political Repressions in Belarus, marked on October 29.

She said this speaking in the Verkhovna Rada.

In the first place, the parliament will consider in second reading the bill on priority anti-crisis measures, and then amendments to the laws on the court system and judge status.

I am announcing a morning meeting open", he said.

On October 30 1988 thousands of Minsk dwellers headed by the Belarusian People's Front was held in the wooden area Kurapaty.

At the consultations on the issues of foreign and home policy Alyaksandr Lukashenka told what the next session of the Supreme state council of the "union state" which is to take place in November-December this year would look like. To

The Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic named conditions under which the Belarusian authorities could be invited to the EU summit.

Activist of the "Youth of the BPF" Anton Koipish was detained in Vyasnyanka Minsk city district in the evening October 29. He was dropping invitations for an authorised rally on Dzyady day on Sunday November 2 in mail boxes.

A national white-red-white flag above the entrance to the office of the Belarusian Popular Front party was stolen.

A theme of calls "European Belarus" activists to KGB was suddenly developed.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has given a task to the "chamber of representatives" to consider the request of South Ossetian and Abkhazian rulers to recognize the independence of these break-away republics.

He made this call while opening the Verkhovna Rada plenary meeting.

This is stated in a press-release circulated by the president's press-service.

Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chairman of the parliament Arsenii Yatseniuk announced this.

He has announced this in his interview with the Den (Day) newspaper.

I announce closure of the evening plenary session meeting," he said.

Human rights activist Viktar Yarashuk was ordered by militia officers to delete photos of a picket in support of political prisoner Alyaksandr Barazenka, organised in Pinsk yesterday.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka says about broadening a circle of "friends" of Belarus in Latin American states, speaking about good prospects of cooperation with Nicaragua.