LUKASHENKO ANNOUNCES MORE POPULIST MEASURES.

Belarusianpresident Aleksandr Lukashenko has called for government staffsto be cut by 30 percent this year and to end the current systemof transfer payments, according to Segodnya on June 28and Moscow’s Echo radio on June 29. The president will use thefunds saved to provide aid to the poorest groups in the population,his press office said.

European Union Sets Conditions for Ukrainian Membership.