The administrative measures taken by the National Bank of Belarus in the exchange market may leave the economy in a very poor state, economist Syarhey Balykin told.
Minsk office of the leader of the movement “For Freedom” Alyaksandr Milinkevich has been “inventoried” or simply searched today, on the evening of November 18. The politician calls the action a provocation of the authorities’ “power” clan.
A former Klimavichy judge Ihar Tsishkin has asked for political asylum in Poland. He explained it by pressure exercised on him by the Belarusian authorities. He says that he tried to oppose to local corrupt businessmen who were engaged in spirits smuggling to Russia.
Dancers from ten countries will take part in the international festival of modern choreography which will be held in Vitebsk on November 26-30, BelTA learnt in the Vitebsk Centre of Culture.
Valery Savyankou, 51, chairman of the Belarusian Youth Union in Lithuania, has won legal action against that country in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
On November 18, the first $1bn tranche of the Russian stabilisation loan was transferred to the account of the Finance Ministry in the National Bank of Belarus, BelTA learnt in the information department of the National Bank of Belarus.
The Irish minister for foreign affairs has expressed hope that Belarusian children would soon be able to resume travel to his country on health breaks, The Irish Times reported.
