Archive
27.10.2015
International Journalism Competition Belarus in Focus 2015: Call for Applications
Ukrainian crisis and presidential elections have become important reasons for international media to pay attention to Belarus. Are you interested in Belarus? Have you written articles about this country in 2015?
Mass Media Week in Belarus. Info-posting October 5 – 25, 2015
The presidential elections on October 11 went by with many violations of journalists’ rights, such as denial of information on electoral updates, interference into their work at and near polling stations, bans to take photo and video recording.
23.10.2015
CEC Denied Information to Independent Newspaper
The independent newspaper Nasha Niva remarked that minutes at some polling stations were re-written after finalization of ballots count. The data publicized upon completion of counting of ballots at precinct electoral commissions did not coincide with respective results announced further at territorial electoral commissions.
Blogger Beaten and Fined at a Political Protest Action
Blogger Viktar Nikitsenka was detained, beaten and then fined at a protest action against the Russian military airbase on October 13.
12.10.2015
An Hour after Nobel - Full Text of Sviatlana Alexievich's Press Conference
The first press conference of the Nobel prize winner in literature Sviatlana Alexievich was held in the editorial office of the “Nasha Niva” newspaper. The writer described her first feelings when she learnt that she’d got the prize.
08.10.2015
Congratulations to Sviatlana Alexievich with Nobel Prize in Literature
BAJ congratulates Sviatlana Alexievich with winning the Nobel Prize in Literature which was announced today by the Swedish Academy.
08.10.2015
Baranavichy City Electoral Commission Denied Information to Intex-press
A journalist from non-state newspaper Intex-press wanted to know the number of citizens who had voted in the early vote; however, the chairperson of the Baranavichy city electoral commission Tamara Shukala said that they did not have this information.
07.10.2015
Vitebsk Communal Services Painted Over the Graffiti of Birds
The famous graffiti on the wall of a house in Vitebsk was painted over with three ugly grey squares, a typical sign of work of municipal dwelling services.
07.10.2015
Monitoring: The Coverage of the 2015 Presidential Election in the Belarusian Media (21 September – 4 October, 2015)
Report No. 3 07 October, 2015 Minsk, Belarus