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Journalists from 30 countries to cover presidential election in Belarus
Baku, October 9, AZERTAC
Journalists from 30 countries will cover the president election in Belarus. The election will be covered by a total of 542 journalists from 30 countries and 398 representatives of the Belarusian media. Many journalists have already been working at polling stations since the start of early voting. The information center will open at 10.00 on 11 October with head of the Belarus Central Election Commission Lidia Yermoshina's first press conference. The Palace of the Republic will host press conferences every two hours with live transmissions from oblast election commissions. On the same day journalists will be invited to take part in roundtables featuring well-known sociologists. A press conference on 12 October will provide preliminary results on the presidential election campaign in the country.