News on the topic: culture
16.02.2015 Viasna activists meet with representatives of Norwegian PEN Center (video)
On 16 February, William Nygaard, President of the Norwegian PEN Center, and writer Erling Kitelsen visited the office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, where they discussed the human rights situation in Belarus with Viasna leaders.
10.02.2015 Publishing house “Lohvinau” not allowed to Minsk book fair
Minsk International Book Fair will be held 11 to 15 February in the pavilion "BelExpo". However, the publishing house which is most spoken about in Belarus today, will not be represented there.
10.02.2015 Supreme Court upholds fine to Lohvinau
February 10, the panel of judges on economic affairs of the Supreme Court reviewed the verdict of the Economic Court of Minsk on the case of the publisher Ihar Lohvinau.
30.01.2015 Supreme Court dismissed Lohvinau’s complaint
The book publisher and book shop owner filed a complaint against the ruling of the Information Ministry for its denial to register him as a distributor of printed goods.
20.01.2015 Lohvinau bookstore seeks registration
The Minsk-based Lohvinau bookstore is seeking registration of the business as a distributor of publications. The Supreme Court has held a preliminary hearing on the case. The trial will continue on January 30, according to the press service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
14.01.2015 "Lohvinau" and Information Ministry to meet at court on January 19
January 19, the preliminary hearing on the case “Lohvinau vs. Ministry of Information” will take place at the Supreme Court.
14.01.2015 Detained participants of punk concert sentenced to fines and arrest terms
January 12, three participants of the December 10 punk concert in “Pirates”, detained during a police raid, were tried by Judge of the Leninski District Court of Minsk A. Kamushkin.
14.01.2015 Alherd Bakharevich: Authorities want to settle “Lohvinau issue” once and for all
A fine to Lohvinau publishing house is equivalent to its destruction. Belarusian writers said it in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
12.01.2015 Raid on a punk concert in Minsk
30 minutes after the beginning of a punk concert in Minsk club "Pirates" the club was stormed by the police and riot police in masks.30 minutes after the beginning of a punk concert in Minsk club "Pirates" the club was stormed by the police and riot police in masks.
10.01.2015 Ihar Lohvinau about the decision of the Economic Court: in fact, it means bankruptcy
January 9, the Economic Court of Minsk issued a verdict on the administrative case against the private publishing Unitary Enterprise "Lohvinau". For selling printed production without permission from the Ministry of Information the enterprise was sentenced a fine of 30 basic units, its income for the last year.
09.01.2015 Seviaryn Kviatkouski: Persecution of Lohvinau resembles Mussolini's Italy
The Belarusian regime wants to control the country's publishing market.
06.01.2015 Art centre TSEKH evicted
BelSwissBank, the owner of the premises rented by TSEKH art centre, says it won't prolong the rental agreement. Art centre founder Yuliya Darashkevich wrote it on Facebook.
05.01.2015 Ihar Lohvinau: “We still remain a country in which book publishers are put into the debt trap”
January 5 at 3 p.m., the trial of the bookstore "Lohvinau" begins at the Economic Court of Minsk.
03.12.2014 “Lohvinau” book-store sealed off due to extra-schedule examination
Minsk book-store “Lohvinau” has been sealed off due to an extra-schedule examination held by the Ministry of Dues and Taxes. As reported to RFE/RL by the book publisher Ihar Lohvinau, the examination is conducted on request of the Ministry of Information.
17.11.2014 The policemen returned to "Dzetsiuki" video materials and props
Directed Anton Tsialezhnikau, shot video clip for the group "Dzetsiuki", said that police officers returned the video materials and some of the props that had previously confiscated.
