Anatol Lyabedzka Is Re-Elected Head of United Civil Party 04/21/2008 - 15:07 / Radio for European Belarus Anatol Lyabedzka has been re-elected head of the United Civil Party. The decision was taken according to the results of the secret vote during the 9th meeting of the party that is taking place in Minsk today, on April 20. comments: 0
PACE Discusses Russian Elections, Justice in Belarus 04/21/2008 - 15:06 / New Europe Among the fierce debates about the state of democracy in Russia, Moscow has repeatedly referred to the Council of Europe (CoE) as the only respectable authority to judge about democracy. One can explain it by the fact that the Russian experts have always had an opportunity to participate in the CoE works and had a voice in each move of the originations and its bodies. However, the divergence of opinions of the Russian deputies and European became obvious to many observers last week during the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), where the assembly discussed the report of the monitoring of the Russian presidential elections and the abuse of the criminal justice in Belarus. comments: 0