Business in Belarus

Entrepreneurs seek a permit to march from the Academy of Sciences to Bangalore Square and hold a protest.

About 400 people gathered in Minsk's Kasrtycznickaja Square to protest aganst president's edict No 222.

Their protests were not organized and were not mass enough, he said.

However, neither decree #222, nor certificates will be abolished.

More and more private entrepreneurs are getting back to work in shopping centres after January break, officials say.

Now SPs are planning a street rally next month.

How often politicians and activists buy things at the market?

The event was attended by 300 - 500 people. Next meeting planned for Monday.

More than a hundred people have gathered in October Square. They are holding posters and banners.