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Polish newspapers for press freedom

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

The biggest Polish newspapers shocked their readership today with their massive support action for the freedom of press in Belarus by blacking out the stories and photos on the front page with a “censor’s” marker.
Here’s the BBC story and the photos:
• BBC: Polish press in Belarus protest

So they really sacrificed the whole front […]

Solidarity-16: second try

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Today was supposed to be a Belarus Solidarity day again. People were encouraged to switch off the lights and lit up a candle on their window pane at 8PM. My mother actually did that, but unfortunately she didn’t see a single candle in any other neighbouring windows. Some friends from Minsk told me they saw […]

Stanislaw Lem’s Science Fiction

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

This week I reread some of Stanislaw Lem’s short stories (Tales of Pirx the Pilot) and novels which I enjoyed a lot when I was a teenager. I first read them 16-18 years ago (when I was 12-14 years old), and now I realized that I forgot most of it, having retained just vague memories […]

European Parliament Vice-president blasts DW over Russian language

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

Bravo, mister Onyszkiewicz!
Kudos to the Vice-president of the European Parliament Janusz Onyszkiewicz who today openly critisized the Russian-language broadcasting plans of “Deutsche Welle” to Belarus. The Vice-president of the European Parliament said, I quote:
“this [the Russian language launch] squares with Minsk’s plans to destroy the Belarusian language, relegate it to a kind of regional […]