{"id":47077,"date":"2023-05-31T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/amendments-on-revocation-of-publishing-licenses-pass-first-reading\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"amendments-on-revocation-of-publishing-licenses-pass-first-reading","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47077\/","title":{"rendered":"Amendments on revocation of publishing licenses pass first reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 31, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Amendments to the law on publishing have passed the first reading in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Belarusian National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p> The amendments are intended to \u201cimprove\u201d the regulation of the publishing business, the lower house\u2019s press office said. If signed into law, they would expand the grounds for reregistering publishers and revoking their licenses.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian book market is already strictly controlled. For example, Andrej Janu\u0161kievi\u010d, whose company published books by George Orwell, Alhierd Bacharevi\u010d and Stephen King in Belarusian, lost its license, was searched and forced to move to Poland. Several other private publishers were also suspended or closed down by the Ministry of Information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 31, BPN. Amendments to the law on publishing have passed the first reading in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Belarusian National Assembly. The amendments are intended to \u201cimprove\u201d the regulation of the publishing business, the lower house\u2019s press office said. 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