Media News - Monday, November 24, 2008
Belarus lets newspapers return
Two opposition newspapers in Belarus, forced for several years to publish abroad, are to resume printing in the ex-Soviet state, an editor said Friday. The announcement by Iosif Seredich, editor of Narodnaya Volya, follows pledges by the European Union to intensify dialogue with Belarus if it moves to promote democratic values, including press freedom. Also due to resume publication in Belarus is the Belorusskaya Niva newspaper. There was no government comment on the announcement. Government restrictions on the use of state printing plants in 2004 and 2005 forced many opposition papers to print outside Belarus - some over the border in Russia, others in Lithuania. The two papers concerned are now printed in Russia's western town of Smolensk. President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has long been accused of flouting fundamental rights but for the last year has been calling for improved relations with the West since quarrelling with Russia over energy prices. (Moscow Times)
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