Turkmenistan / Bulgaria / Tajikistan / Macedonia / Montenegro / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Moldova / Lithuania / Belarus / Romania / Croatia / Kyrgyzstan / Albania / Serbia / Armenia / Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan / Russia / Azerbaijan / Georgia / Ukraine / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
Internet service providers / extra services / foreign media / copyright law / media outlets / media-industry activity / Printing presses / Basic equipment / media businesses / media inquiry / metal object / mainstream media / media proprietors / larger media organizations / media outlet / trained media projects / media law / advertising market / hinder free media development / online media / advertising / fitness law enforcement / media professionals / local blogger key national media / state media / law enforcement / pirated software / web hosts / government-owned media / telecommunications infrastructure / public media / media business environment / advertising managers / social networking sites / Print media / advertising revenue / Online forums / state-owned media / Internet news portals / radio networks / press services / media ownership / printing / media profession / law requiring registration / free media system / media / /
Movie
The Criminal Code / /
Organization
BelTA / Medusa / Belarusian Union of Journalists / Registr Information and Legal Agency / Republican Commission / civil society / Central Intelligence Agency / Direct government / KGB / Ministry of Information / Ministry of Agriculture / Sometimes government / Ministry of Communications and Information / Belarusian Association of Journalists / Minsk City administration / World Bank / national government / Belarusian government / /
Person
Alexander Lukashenka / Aleksandr Lukashenka / Aleh Hruzdilovich / /
Position
mayor / prosecutor / President / hardline President / official / foreign correspondent / representative / time and resources public prosecutor / official information remains / editor / minister of information / editor-in-chief / correspondent / journalist / deputy information minister / judge / public prosecutor / /
ProvinceOrState
Kosovo / /
PublishedMedium
the Ministry / Komsomolskaya Pravda / Atlas / FREE PRESS / Respublika / /
Just as in other sectors, the government of hardline President Aleksandr Lukashenka has adopted a Soviet-style vision of journalism, where media should support the leadership rather than operate as a watchdog. BELARUS