{"id":140651,"date":"2025-05-30T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140651\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"local-newspaper-site-goes-dark","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140651\/","title":{"rendered":"Local newspaper site inaccessible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 30, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Readers in Belarus and abroad cannot access the website of the privately owned newspaper <em>Vecherny Bobruysk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em>, users trying to access the site from within the country see a page saying it is blocked by decision of the Ministry of Information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes days after Belarusian law enforcement officers raided the editorial office of <em>Vecherny Bobruysk<\/em>. According to the pro-government <em>ONT <\/em>channel, the periodical run paid-for articles commissioned by the German embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It showed armed, uniformed men ordering staff to raise their hands. It also presented alleged invoices, correspondence and articles in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">State-run TV shows interrogations of local media editors over contacts with German embassy<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 28, Pozirk. Law enforcement officers raided editorial offices and interrogated several editors of local periodicals in late March over alleged contracts with the German embassy in Belarus to run paid-for positive articles about Germany, the state-run ONT television channel &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/140350\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 30, Pozirk. Readers in Belarus and abroad cannot access the website of the privately owned newspaper Vecherny Bobruysk. According to Na\u0161a Niva, users trying to access the site from within the country see a page saying it is blocked by decision of the Ministry of Information. 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