Business people are looking attentively (December 30, 1998) The delegation of Italian business people under the leadership of Dino Bottin, president of VENETOIMPRESA Industry and Commerce Consortium, has visited Belarus capital city.
Boris Zalessky.

The Run of Peace. (December 29, 1998)
The Run of Peace, the longest international relay race, will start January 1st in Lisbon. Its route will be about 20 thousands kilometres in length and will cross all European countries. There will be the run on the streets of Minsk City also.
Victor Fedorovich.

What do school children know about human rights? (December 25, 1998)
There was the Competition among the schools of whole republic on the knowledge of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Two most competent boys have won the tours to Geneva. They will meet Mary Robinson who is the Chief Commissar of the UN Organization's Permanent Commission on Human Rights there.
Valery Gritsuk.

The feast will be with us. (December 24, 1998)The Concert of Chamber Music has completed the traditional festival under the "French - Belarusian Music Meetings" title.
Alla Kazakova.

The Holy Fire of Poetry. (December 23, 1998) Pushkin has written the verse "He Was Living Among Us" in 1834 year and devoted it to Adam Mickiewicz. Pushkin has
mentioned in his memoirs about his meetings with this great man who has been saying often about "the times in future when the nations will forget their disputes and will unite in one great society". This may be the cause that all the world knows Mickiewicz who was born 200 years ago.
Dmitry Moroz.

A STRIKE ON THE MARKET (December 23, 1998)Yesterday and the day after yesterday was a day of strike for businessmen selling goods on the Dynamo stadium.
Konstantin Stoliarchuk

One cannot kill hens laying eggs (December 23, 1998)The former prime-minister of Belarus Mikhail Chigir has declared his intention to take part in president elections. The correspondent of "Vecherniy Minsk" has interviewed the potential candidate.
Tatjana Schedrionok

The School Girl's Work's Presentation. (December 22, 1998)
The First Musical Works Collection by young composer Dinara Mazitova in the Minsk City's Friendship House.
Photo by Nikolaj Petrov.
BelTA.

Supreme court will examine the bill of indictment. (December 21, 1998)The preliminary investigation on the assassination of Evgeniy Mikolutskiy is finished.

A NEW ORGANIZATION ON BYELORUSSIAN POLITICAL STAGE (December 21, 1998)The first congress of a youth organization called the Civil forum has taken place recently.. Despite of its young age, it’s already well-known on the byelorussian and international political stage. The forum has a rather wide network of regional branches. Its members frequently remind to the society of its problems organizing actions of protest and pickets. The political skill of members of the Forum is being improved by educational seminars..
Tatjana Schedrionok

The Joint Bank will boost the business. (December 18, 1998)
A decision to create the Joint Bank was made in order to achieve considerable growth of goods' trade between Belarus and Egypt.
Georgy Lukavets.

The things that Polish Institute cares about. (December 18, 1998)
The Christmas Carol Concert will be the next event performed by the Polish Institute in Minsk this year.
Alla Kazakova.

ONE MORE BLOW ON OPPOSITION (December 18, 1998)
The House of Representatives of the National Assembly passed a law on the elections of local councils deputies.
Victor Aleshkevitch.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE FOR A DIALOGUE? (December 18, 1998)
Many parties and social movements of Belarus are planning the Congress of democratic forces on January, 1999. The main aim of the Congress must be working out a common strategy for politics of different views.
Tatjana Schedrenok.

BRIEFLY CHANGES ON THE CURRENCY MARKET (December 18, 1998)
The Interbank currency stock-exchange decided to renew an additional session on commerce on the 16th of December.
Tatjana Schedrenok.

A GUN IN AN INHERITANCE (December 18, 1998)
A sub-machine-gun made in 1943 and 43 bullets to it were found in the flat of a 25-year-old man.
Igor Snegur

"STRIKE" OF ELECTRICIANS (December 18, 1998)
December the 1st is known as a day of struggle against AIDS.
Yuriy Sviatokum