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16 December 2010
MINSK, 16 December (BelTA) - A total of 7.2% of voters cast their votes on the first two days of early voting in Belarus, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik told BelTA.
So far, 5.9% of voters have cast their ballots in Brest Oblast, 11.4% - in Vitebsk Oblast, 6.1% - in Gomel Oblast, 8.1% - in Grodno Oblast, 6.3% - in Minsk Oblast, 8.2% - in Mogilev Oblast and 5.8% in the city of Minsk. An estimated 9% of voters took part in early voting outside the country....
15 December 2010
MINSK, 15 December (BelTA) – A total of 3.4% of voters cast their votes on the first day of early voting in Belarus on 14 December, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik told belTA.
The lists of citizens eligible to vote number almost 7.044 million people. Nearly 237,000 of them have already taken an opportunity to vote early.
2.6% of voters cast their ballots early in Brest Oblast, 5% - in Vitebsk Oblast, 4.2% - in Gomel Oblast, 3.1% - in Grodno Oblast, 3% - in...
14 December 2010
MINSK, 14 December (BelTA) – All polling stations in Belarus are ready for early voting which starts on 14 December, BelTA learnt from Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik.
Today over 6,000 polling stations in Belarus and outside the country have opened for early voting. Belarusian nationals who are unable to come to the polls on 19 December will have an opportunity to cast their votes in support of one of ten candidates on one of these days from 14 December to 18...
13 December 2010
MINSK, 13 December (BelTA) – Early voting at the presidential election in Belarus will start on 14 December, BelTA learnt from the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Over 6,000 polling stations will be open in Belarus and outside the country. They will stay open from 10h00 to 19h00 with a break from 14h00 to 16h00. Everyone who is unable to come to the polls on 19 December will have an opportunity to cast their votes in support of one of ten candidates on one of these days from 14 December...
10 December 2010
MOSCOW, 10 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed speculations about the alleged deterioration of relations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The Belarusian head of state made this statement following the CSTO summit in Moscow on 10 December, BelTA has learnt.
“There was no quarrel between Medvedev and me”, Alexander Lukashenko said. “When still in Minsk I said that ill-wishers hope in vain. Just as fast our relations went bad, the same way they...
9 December 2010
VITEBSK, 9 December (BelTA) – Belarus and Israel are considering abolishment of visa requirements, BelTA learned from First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Israel to Belarus Gennady Polishchuk. He takes part in the Day of Israel in Vitebsk held by the Embassy of Israel.
“We believe that in the near future this problem will be solved,” Gennady Polishchuk said.
In November 2008 the opportunity for visa-free travel was discussed at the consular negotiations between Belarus and...
8 December 2010
GRODNO, 7 December (BelTA) – The government of Belarus is open for a dialogue with the church, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (the education ministry in Vatican) Zenon Grocholewski told reporters on 7 December, BelTA has learnt.
The cardinal said that during his previous visits to Belarus he discussed the cooperation between the state and church with Belarusian authorities. “We do not see any problems in the relations between the Catholic or Orthodox Church and the...
2 December 2010
ASTANA, 2 December (BelTA) – The OSCE should develop universal standards for assessing elections, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in his speech at the OSCE summit in Astana on 2 December.
“A lot has been said about human rights. If we start talking about it, we should take a serious approach to this issue. The issue of elections has always been in the limelight of the OSCE activity. And often OSCE has turned to be a so-called lever in somebody’s hands in the pre-election...
29 November 2010
MINSK, 29 November (BelTA) – Alexander Lukashenko urged his authorized representatives to avoid excessive campaigning. “I would like point out one feature of our pre-election campaign. We should avoid excesses in our campaigning and in our desire to defend everything we have achieved. If we boast and exaggerate, it will do no good for us. There should be no excesses in anything,” the President said in the meeting with his authorized representatives.
He added that the team of his...
26 November 2010
MINSK, 26 November (BelTA) – Social and economic research centers under the Science and Research Institute of Economy of the Economy Ministry are set up in the Belarusian oblasts and the city of Minsk. The Belarus President signed relevant Decree No 605 on several issues regarding the Science and Research Institute of Economy of the Economy Ministry on 25 November, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.
The decision was taken to enhance the quality of the regional research on...