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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9118

27 January 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belarus
New Commission initiative in favour of access to free and independent media - EUR 2 million for consortium including Russian and Belarusian journalists

Brussels, 26/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 26 January, the European Commission announced a new initiative with a view to allowing Belarusian citizens to have access to free and independent information, of which they have been deprived, before the presidential elections of 19 March. After the non-democratic elections in 2004, it had launched, in 2005, initiatives in favour of democracy and human rights in Belarus for a total of EUR 8.7 million, mainly intended for programmes of the German...

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