The independent newspaper Vitebski kurier M was issued a warning

On 15 July the Ministry of Information issued a warning to the editorial office of the independent newspaper Vitebski kurier M. The periodical is accused of violating several articles of the Law "On the Press and Other Media" at the same time. The warning is signed by the first deputy minister of information Lilia Ananich.

The periodical is accused of failing to reregister because of changes made to the title (article 11 of the Law on the Press and the Council of Ministers Regulation No.727 of 30.05.2003). Furthermore, the Ministry of Information noted that the imprint of the newspaper did not mention the complete name of the founder (article 26), that "the subheader data do not include the name of the publisher", and the name of the newspaper editor "is given not above the issue data", reports BAJ.