Belarus / Poland / Russia / Soviet Union / Ukraine / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Judicial Event / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / budget law / electronic media / cited satellite television / local newspapers / state press distribution network / advertising revenues / press distribution network / owned television broadcasters / foreign media / media outlets / media tycoon / media-industry activity / Media workers / printing presses / digital printing machines / media-development countries / law-and-order forces / media businesses / earlier media law / mainstream media / accreditation applications / Internet media / Internet media workers / entertainment Web sites / little media freedom / media products / media law / advertising market / hinder free media development / public-service media / e-paper / broadcast media / telecommunications / online media / Internet regulation / advertising / media experts / Civil advertising / media professionals / State media / Internet usage / media laws / state-controlled media / cable networks / registered media outlet / last Internet / Satellite television channel / electronic newspaper / public media / civil law / media business environment / media advocacy efforts / radio advertising / satellite television / non-state media / charges media / advertising revenue / state-owned media / media operations / Internet fees / media ownership / media materials / printing / even state media / outperformed online news sources / news Web sites / non-partisan public media / Internet filtering / media startups / free media system / subscription networks / gas and oil / /
Organization
national statistical committee / Information Ministry / Belarus Ministry of Information / Minsk court / Registr Information and Legal Agency / Belarus Foreign Ministry / Central Intelligence Agency / Institute for Sociology / Polish Foreign Ministry / European Union / KGB / Lukashenka administration / National Academy of Sciences / Belarusian Association of Journalists / World Bank / Foreign Affairs Ministry / Union of Journalists / /
Person
Andrej Liankevich / Aleksandr Lukashenko / Alyaksandar Lukashenka / Nasha Niva / /
PoliticalEvent
parliamentary election / /
Position
president / media lawyer / author / editor / journalist / photojournalist / GLANCE General / presidential candidate / Alyaksandar Kazulin / /
PublishedMedium
Komsomolskaya Pravda / Free Press / Respublika / /
Panelists indicated that Belarusian independent media would remain hostage to the government’s political games with the West. “Should we fall out with Europe, strangling them [the surviving independent media] is a te