Press denounces Belarus poll
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Newspapers in countries bordering on Belarus respond cynically to President Lukashenko's referendum victory.
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Police in ex-Soviet Belarus dispersed a  protest on Monday by about 2,000 entrepreneurs denouncing  President Alexander Lukashenko's decree that places  restrictions on hiring staff.
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PARLIAMENTARY elections and a referendum authorising Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term in office fell badly short of international standards, Western monitors said yesterday.
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Belarusians voted Sunday in a referendum on whether to change this ex-Soviet republic's constitution and allow authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term.
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The European Commission warned Tuesday that a vote in Belarus paving the way for autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko to retain power will damage the ex-Soviet republic&#39;s relations with the EU.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko said Monday voters had shown overwhelming support  for his plan to stay in power, but hundreds took to the streets  to protest against what they said was a rigged referendum.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's ...
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MINSK - Legislative elections in Belarus held at the same time as a referendum on whether President Alexander Lukashenko should be allowed to seek a third term fell âsignificantly shortâ of democratic standards, foreign observers said here Monday.
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Belarus has avoided a vote on a proposed UN General Assembly resolution alleging serious violations of human rights by the government.
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Israel criticises the president of Belarus after he appears to blame Jews for the poor state of a town.
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The US condemns a decision by Belarus to evict a human rights group from its offices in Minsk
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced a referendum asking voters to remove term limits so he can seek five more years in office, a change that will almost certainly isolate him even more from foreign governments that have condemned his authoritarian rule.
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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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The government of Belarus decided to respond to the Western criticism. When the results of the US presidential election were exposed, the Belarus Foreign Ministry released a statement, in which Bush's win was ...
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MINSK, October 21. (RIA Novosti s Larisa Sayenko) All Russians who come to the Belarussian capital are amazed by the flood of propaganda, which on all the three state-owned TV channels praises the country s ...
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The United States has stated that the parliamentary elections and referendum held in Belarus were not in compliance with international norms.
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Belarus officials say President Alexander Lukashenko handily won the right to seek a third term after a weekend vote questioned by the West and slammed by opponents of the authoritarian leader as a &quot;farce&quot;.