Several independent local paper newspapers received warnings from the Information Ministry for minor insufficiencies; their editors-in-chief are going to appeal to the law.
Hazeta Slonimskaya received the warning for missing figures of circulation in the publication data of two February issues. Meantime, as seen from the PDF, the circulation number was presented on the first page of the newspaper, even though it was really missing from the publication data usually situated at the bottom of the last page, press service of BAJ informs.
The newspaper from Baranavichy Intex-press was warned for cutting the name the Republic of Belarus to abbreviation RB in the publication data:
“A phone call from the Ministry would be enough for us to correct the mistake, if it really breaches the law. But, the Information Ministry decided to make an official warning. It is obviously a demonstration of power,” commented the editorial office of Intex-press.
An analogical warning was issued to Hantsavitski Chas:
“First, no law says that it is forbidden to use abbreviations. So, we will surely appeal against the warning. Second, an absolute majority of state regional papers also uses abbreviations or do not mention the Republic of Belarus in their publication data,” said Piotr Huzaeuski, chief editor of the newspaper.
Let us recall that the two warnings give grounds for the Information Ministry to initiate court proceedings to close down a mass medium.
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It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.