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Between 4 and 7 June, the World Editor Forum will take place in Moscow, the Russian Federation, organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). More than 1,500 publishers, chief editors, managing directors, and senior newspaper executives from 90 countries are expected at the event which is one of the major meetings of the world press. Andrej Dynko, editor-in-chief of the Belarusian Nasha Niva, will give a lecture on the state of the Belarusian media landscape and the difficulties of independent journalism in the Republic of Belarus. Read his lecture here. (02-JUN-06)
 

The activist of oppositional candidate’s Milinkevich regional headquarters was convicted for 5 months of prison. Sergey Liashkevich’s case is the first court case in Belarus  with the use of so called ’antiterroristic’ amendments, which were moved to Criminal Code  just before elections on the initiative of KGB.(30-MAY-06)

The 21of May is the World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims. It is celebrated on every third Sunday of May. In the Republic of Belarus relatives of these people beware to say about the reason of death of their loved ones.  They are worried about society’s reaction. (23-APR-06)

The 16th day of every month is a Day of Solidarity in the Republic of Belarus. This time it is planned to hold actions near the embassies and missions of the Russian Federation all over the world. The initiators of the protest believe, the Russian Federation can demand Lukashenka stop repressions against political opponents and the civil society. (16-MAY-06)

The world day of freedom of the press is celebrated on the 3rd of May. Independent press is the main part of any democratic state and the institute of authorities’ activity control. The present day, according to «Freedom House» research of the level of freedom of press around the world, Republic of Belarus takes 185th place out of 194 possible. (04-MAY-06)

The 26th of April 2006 is the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plan. 10000 people peaceful protest action of opposition was held in Minsk. Milinkevich and leaders of Belarusian political parties are arrested. (27-APR-06)
 

Right before the Easter “Nasha Niva” got a letter from Minsk city executive committee. It has it: “the allocation of “Nasha Niva” in Minsk is not appropriate”. The motivation is as follows: “… it has been ascertained … that the 22th of March the editor-in-chief of “Nasha Niva” was put under administrative arrest for 10 days”. (18-APR-06)

On the 10th of April the European Union has officially introduced sanctions against the Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka and 30 high-ranking officials. All of them are non grata persons in the EU countries. (11-APR-06)

The Supreme Court refused to consider the complaints of the former candidates to the presidential position of Republic of Belarus Aliaksandr Milinkevich and Aliaksandr Kazulin, in which they asked to bring criminal cases with the aim to find illegitimate the results of the presidential election that was held on 19 March (06-APR-06)