RFE/RL BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA REPORT
1/3/2012 8:11:31 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
BELARUS
 Belarus Euronews Broadcasts Suspended A Belarusian state television channel has suspended broadcasts of the Euronews channel, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. More  Podcast: The Blender Year-Ender In this year-ender edition of The Blender, we look at three hot spots, Afghanistan, Belarus, and Azerbaijan and talk to our service directors about the major developments of 2011. More  Jailed Belarus Activist Tries Suicide Inmates at the labor camp say the incident took place on December 11, after Mikalay Autukhovich was released from solitary confinement and then told that he would be transferred to another brigade. More  Belarus Activist's Detention Extended The pretrial detention of a political activist in eastern Belarus has been prolonged for another six weeks. More  Jailed Belarus Activist Gets To See Wife The wife of jailed Belarusian presidential candidate Mikola Statkevich has been allowed to visit him in prison for the first time. More  Femen Activists Home After Belarus Ordeal Three Ukrainian activists who staged a topless protest in the Belarusian capital mocking President Alyaksandr Lykashenka have returned to Kyiv after allegedly being abducted, humiliated, and threatened by Belarusian intelligence officers. More  Detained Belarus Activist On Hunger Strike Detained Belarusian activist Syarhey Kavalenka has started a protest hunger strike in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. More  'Kidnapped' Activists In Belarus Police Custody Police have located three female activists from a Ukrainian rights group who were allegedly kidnapped and terrorized by Belarusian security forces after protesting against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. More  Byalyatski Denied Visit To Dying Father A prominent jailed Belarusian rights activist has been barred from visiting his dying father -- a day after he was given permission to do so. More  Moldovan Man Shot Dead At Checkpoint A Moldovan man has died in a hospital in Chisinau after being shot by a Russian soldier from the international peacekeeping force at a checkpoint in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region. More  Moldova Parties Talk Deal On President The leaders of Moldova's main political parties say they are willing to nominate a presidential candidate acceptable to all parties in order to end a crisis that has left the country without a full-time head of state since 2009. More  Moldova Pleased With Transdniester Border Pledge Moldova's acting President Marian Lupu says he is encouraged by pledges from the new leader of the country's breakaway Transdniester region to ease border controls. More  Transdniester Leader Seeks Better Ties A young politician and businessman has won the presidential runoff in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, bringing renewed hope of progress in one of Europe's last "frozen conflicts." More  Ex-Speaker Wins Transdniester Vote A former parliament speaker in the unrecognized breakaway Transdniester region of Moldova, Yevgeny Shevchuk, has defeated a Moscow-backed candidate in a presidential runoff. More  Euro Crisis In Focus As Denmark Takes EU Presidency On January 1, Denmark takes over the rotating EU presidency for a six-month stint likely to focus on the continuing economic crisis in the teetering eurozone. More  Tymoshenko Taken To Jail In Ukraine Ukraine's state penitentiary service says that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been moved from a detention center in Kyiv to the women's prison at Kharkiv. More  Ukraine Opposition Joins Forces Two Ukrainian opposition parties whose leaders are currently in jail say they will form a joint candidate list for the 2012 parliamentary elections.More  Year In Review: Unfortunate Public Missteps In 2011 Everyone makes mistakes, but most of us suffer our embarrassments in private. Not so people in the public eye, whose gaffes and missteps make instant headlines. More  Widow Appeals Kuchma Ruling The wife of murdered Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Gongadze has appealed a court ruling that dropped charges against former President Leonid Kuchma for complicity in the killing. More  Femen Accuses Belarusian KGB Of Abuse A Ukrainian women's activist group has accused Belarusian police of kidnapping and physically abusing them after they held a public protest against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk. More |
