Perspective was refused the premises for the next Forum of Entrepreneurs on January 25

The venue rental contract to hold the event at the premises of the Ministry of Economy was paid as early as on January 16.

The Republican Public Association Perspective was refused the premises for the next Forum of Entrepreneurs on January 25, the head of the Perspective Anatoly Shumchanka informed.

According to him, the venue rental contract with the Ministry of Economy was signed on January 16 and paid the same day.

But three days later, the owner of the venue (the Office of the President) called to say rental was cancelled because a VIP event was to take place.

“Naturally, the reason is that they learned why we wanted to rent the venue for," says Perspective leader Anatoly Shumchanka in the interview with Euroradio.  "They feared to give us a venue in government buildings in the center of the city.”

Perspective used to hold their meetings at Hotel Belarus but the venue was not spacy enough to accommodate over 1000 entrepreneurs on January 11. The hotel managers say they are ready to offer a venue on condition that not more than 250 people will participate.

Anatoly Shumchanka does not plan to postpone the next forum of entrepreneurs and continues looking for a venue.