OSCE slams Belarus vote: Text
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The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says the weekend elections and referendum in Belarus were seriously flawed.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko says voters have shown overwhelming support for his plan to stay in power but hundreds took to the streets to protest against what they call a rigged referendum.
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Four top Belarus officials have been banned from entering the European Union and the US, in protest at a crackdown on dissidents.
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Police in Minsk broke up a 1,000-strong crowd demonstrating against a referendum that approved allowing Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to stay in power for another term, a Reuters witness said.
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The European Union (EU) says it plans to plunge Belarus further into isolation by banning officials responsible for "fraudulent elections" and violence against opposition supporters from its territory.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is expected to win.
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Belarussians voted Sunday in a referendum on whether to change the country&#39;s constitution and permit President Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term, a vote the opposition said was already tarnished by violations.
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PARIS, October 21 (Itar-Tass) - PACE President Peter Schieder called on all member and observer states of the Council of Europe âto bring democracy to Belarus through selected sanctions against the regime and by stepping up cooperation with civil
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European election observers have denounced last weekend&#39;s national elections in Ukraine as a democratic step backwards, Voice of America reported Tuesday.
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Latvia accuses Belarus of a serious provocation over the treatment of one of its diplomats.
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Belarus' Foreign Ministry said the visa restrictions introduced by the European Union against a number of Belarussian officials continue the policy of pressure.
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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his mandate, promised to serve his people better if they voted "yes" and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry accused the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of political bias ahead of the presidential election in the country.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko  denied on Friday there was religious intolerance in the  ex-Soviet republic, a week after Israel accused him of  anti-Semitism.
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November 28, 2004) Conditions have worsened considerably for the democratic opposition in Belarus, since last month s parliamentary elections when a national presidential referendum was adopted to remove any ...
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Belarus attacks a US decision to impose economic sanctions in response to a controversial referendum.
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MINSK, Belarus - Opposition figures and election observers on Monday said widespread violations riddled a referendum that scrapped presidential term limits, allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to run for another term.