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  Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
In English, Belarus and Belarusian are the common terms: they refer to the historical connection with the people known as Rus' that predated Russians, Ukrainians or Belarusians.
At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblasts and one municipality (horad, i.e., "city"); the latter one is the capial of Belarus.
Belarus is an independent country in Eastern Europe.
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 Politics of Belarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political change in Belarus came about only after the August 1991 coup d'état in Moscow and a display of satisfaction by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) at the coup attempt--it never issued a condemnation of the coup plotters.
This general political malaise was then, and continued to be in 1995, reflected in the feeble growth, small size, and low popularity of political parties.
The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB), part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), claimed to rule the Belorussian SSR in the name of the proletariat for the entire duration of the republic's existence.
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 Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Belarus declared independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1990, and became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991.
At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblasts and one municipality (horad, i.e., "city"); the latter one is the capital of Belarus.
Belarus borders Poland and Lithuania on the west, Russia on the east, Ukraine on the south and Latvia on the north.
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 Belarus
Belarus borders Poland on the west, Lithuania on the northwest, Latvia on the north, Russia on the east, and Ukraine on the south.
On December 8, 1991, the leaders of Russia (Boris Yeltsin), Ukraine (Leonid Kravchuk), and Belarus (Stanislav Shushkevich) republics met in Belarus, in Belavezhskaya Pushcha, to issue a declaration that the Soviet Union was dissolved and replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
These historical symbols were adopted as the symbols of the Belarus National Republic and as the official national symbols of the Republic of Belarus from the time it got its independence in July 1991 and until the Referendum of 1995.
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 Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Historically, in English, Belarus was sometimes referred to as "White Russia" (a literal though not entirely correct translation of its name) or "White Ruthenia".
Belarus is a republic governed by a President and a bicameral Parliament (National Assembly or ''Natsyyanal'ny Skhod'').
At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 provinces (''voblasts''), with Minsk city having a special status of the national capital.
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 MSN Encarta - Further Reading - Belarus
Study of a country that is critical to the development of the post-Soviet states and to Europe as a whole.
Examines political, economic, and social life in the new post-Soviet Republic of Belarus.
Detailed research discussing contemporary problems of Belarus, the effect of Soviet rule, and its implications for the aftermath of Chernobyl’.
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 Demokratizatsiya: Religion and politics in neighboring Belarus and Poland: Gender dimensions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Even when it was part of the socialist world, with the political center in Moscow, Poland kept its independence and enjoyed fundamental privileges among socialist countries, such as the prevalence of private property in agriculture and the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church in spiritual life.
Belarus, on the contrary, practically appeared on the map of Europe in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR.
In Belarus, less than 30 percent of men say that religion is important for them, and almost the same number of men say that religion has no importance at all; almost 55 percent of women say that religion is important, compared with 14 percent expressing the opposite opinion.
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 Politics of Belarus
Ukraine's declaration of independence, in particular, led the Belorussian SSR to realize that the Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse.
Political change in Belarus came about only after the August 1991 coup d'état in Moscow and a display of satisfaction by the Central Committee of the CPB at the coup attempt--it never issued a condemnation of the coup plotters.
Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, religions and movement all increased in 2001.
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 WWW.GAY.RU: Gay Community. Politics. Failure of Belarus Gay Pride 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Belarus Gay Pride was opened on Thursday, September 7, at 11 pm in a Minsk club.
Belarus Lambda League swiftly issued a statement signed by Tarletsky accusing Belarussian authorities of imposing a ban on the festivities and alleging that the main reason of the failure was a poor democratic track record of Belarus.
The experience of organized opposition in Belarus suggests that the authorities never comply with overdue requests from non-registered groups, and such a request should have been filed on behalf of a group of individuals.
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 Belarus : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration.
Belarus' economy in 2003 posted 6.1 percent growth and is likely to continue expanding through 2004, albeit at a slower growth rate.
Belarus has seen little structural reform since 1995, when President LUKASHENKO launched the country on the path of "market socialism." In keeping with this policy, LUKASHENKO reimposed administrative controls over prices and currency exchange rates and expanded the state's right to intervene in the management of private enterprises.
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 Belarus Now: Politics. Economics. Finances. WWW.OPEN.BY: , news, contenet
In the development of trade and economic relations with Ukraine, Belarus is ready to go as far as Ukraine does, said the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on February 5 during negotiations with the Ukrainian PM Valery Pustovoytenko who stayed in Minsk on official visit.
President of Belarus A.Lukashenko believes that close co- operation of reseachers of Russia and Belarus is one more way to accelerate integration process for both countries.
During a week, from 9 till 19 February, an IMF mission to Belarus was communicating with the official Minsk trying to convince it in a ghost-like nature of the last year's successes and in illusionary nature of this year's plans.
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 Politics of Belarus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
On December 8, Belarus joined Russia and Ukraine in signing the Minsk Agreement to form the (An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991) Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which formally put an end to the Soviet Union.
The most active and visible of the opposition political groups in Belarus in the first half of the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s was the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), founded in October 1989 with Zyanon Paznyak as chairman.
The Belarusian Christian Democratic Union, founded in June 1991, was a continuation of the Belarusian Christian-Democratic Party, which was disbanded by the Polish authorities in western Belarus in the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s.
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 Elections in Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Belarus (Belarusian: Беларусь / Belarus - Russian: Белору́ссия/ Belorussija) is a country in Eastern Europe.
Belarus has a population of around 10 million on 207,600 km².
Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 6 and on civil rights with a 6, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
www.electionworld.org /belarus.htm   (278 words)

  
 United Civic Party of Belarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Civic Party of Belarus (Belarusian: Аб'ядна́ная грамадзя́нская па́ртыя Белару́сі, Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja Biełarusi) is a liberal party in Belarus.
The party opposes the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, generally participates in the country's elections, but doesn't have a single member in parliament, explaining it with unfairness of election process, a claim international election monitors have lent some credence to.
 This political party- and liberalism-related article is a stub.
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 Belarus Now: Information and Analytical Bulletin; Politics. Economics. Finances. WWW.OPEN.BY; politics Belarus to hold ...
February 16 to 23 Belarus is to hold a national census that is traditionally carried out once a ten year.
It is conducted in line with the UN resolution, urging all member countries within the 1995-2004 period to take census both of population and housing stock.
Above all, the leading observers of Russian TV not once have given the audience understand that Belarus is "a mirror image" of Russia: despite outwardly being very likely, Belarus is exactly copying its neighbour the wrong way round.
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 Law and politics in Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Constitution of the Republic of Belarus a part of the International Constitutional Law at the University of Würzburg.
The Belarus Project supports judges, lawyers, human rights advocates, and journalists in making their case before international and intergovernmental bodies regarding President Lukashenka's wholesale assault on human rights and the rule of law in Belarus.
Political news about Belarus - OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) - the World Center for Analysis of the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
www.belarusguide.com /as/law_pol/law_pol.html   (1048 words)

  
 belarus politics and other belarus related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Politics For a closer look at politics in Belarus refer to Summary of Belarusian politics (1986- 2005) - an overview of political events in Belarus...
Belarus is a republic, governed by a President and a bicameral parliament —the National Assembly —comprising a lower house, the 110 member House of...
POLITICS Belarus Table of Contents Belarus's declaration of independence on August 25, 1991, did not stem from long-held political aspirations but from reactions to domestic and...
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 ISN Security Watch - 'Leaving no stone unturned' in Belarus' polls
The opposition, which was pushed out of "systemic politics" in Belarus by Lukashenka in 1996, seems to have no chance to win even a single seat in the Chamber of Representatives.
RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported many cases of detention by police of opposition candidates and their supporters campaigning in the streets, just with the sole purpose of intimidation.
Under Belarus’ election legislation, all candidates are entitled to air five-minute, free-of-charge campaign programs on state-run television and radio channels.
www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=9937   (1032 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Belarus
The Polish government recalled its ambassador to Belarus and urged the European Union Thursday to impose sanctions on the leadership of the country after members of the riot police with guns and dogs stormed a building used by ethnic Poles near the border with Poland...
Belarus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Polish embassy in Belarus that the chiefs of its embassy and consulates must leave the country before July 21st...
Belarus under Alexander Lukashenko is the last dictatorship in Europe, US President George W Bush said ahead of his arrival in the region for VE Day...
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 Belarus on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Lost civilization: the thorough repression of civil society in Belarus.
Belarus: no desire to become a major player.
The farm village on the border of Belarus and Russia was evacuated and condemed after (NYC28865)
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 EDUCATION PLANET - 41 Web Sites for Belarus
Belarus * - Flag of Belarus is red over green (1:2) with white stripe along the mast (1/9 length).
WashingtonPost.com: International: Belarus * - A woman worker pushes a heavy load of flaxen rolls in an Orsha fabric factory, said to be one of the largest textile works in Europe.
BELARUS - A Country Study * - LOCATED ON THE WESTERN BORDERLANDS of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, the regions that would one day become the republics of Belarus and Moldova had long been part of a buffer zone used to protect Russia from Western influences and military...
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 Law and politics in Belarus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Short comparison of some paragraphs from the Constitution of Republic of Belarus (1994) and the Constitution draft by President of Belarus A.
It should be interesting to study the president's proposal (draft from President of the Republic of Belarus - A. Lukasenka) and compare it with the current Constitution of Republic of Belarus (1994) and the parliamentary reaction -the draft proposed by the Communist and Agrarian party group
Here is a short comparison of some paragraphs from the Constitution of Republic of Belarus (1994) and the Constitution draft by A. Lukasenka.
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 VOA News Report
INTRO: The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, fired his prime minister and two other ministers in his cabinet on Thursday after accusing them of inefficiency, a lack of organization and lying.
During his years in office, he has dissolved an opposition parliament, extended his term in a disputed referendum and won re-election in a vote that was strongly criticized by international watchdogs.
Lukashenko has resisted market reforms in Belarus, which has been seen as a major reason for the country's isolation from the West and for its faltering economic growth.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/07/mil-030710-3de5092e.htm   (287 words)

  
 Charter'97 :: News :: 28/10/2005
By the efforts of Volha Stuzhynskaya, an assistant of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and activists of the Belarusian communities of France and Belgium a picket was held in front of the European Parliament.
The aim of the picket was once again to support European institutions’ aspirations to support political parties and movements of Belarus, which are in opposition to the existing regime, and to express gratitude to the deputies of the European Parliament actively involved in Belarusian problems and supporting democratization of Belarus.
Belarus ranks 107th among 158 nations in corruption perception, according to a report of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI).
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 Belarus Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
This country is relatively new to most of the world, and many people in the West do not quite know what the word "Belarus" means.
Belarus has a population of about 10.3 million and an area of about 200,000 square kilometers.
It is landlocked and has border with the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.
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 Belarus - The Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
In late 1992, Belarus had 586 officially approved periodicals: 140 in Belarusian, 159 in Russian, and 241 in both Belarusian and Russian.
In the early to mid-1990s, Belarus had a high level of censorship in its media.
Works no longer had to be approved before publication, but all nonfiction materials had to be presented to the Inspectorate for the Protection of State Secrets, a small government department subordinate to the Ministry of Information, which once had been a branch of Glavlit, the Soviet censorship body.
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