About 150 people demonstrated in Minsk on the evening of July 21 to protest the city authorities' plan to redesign the old Loshytsa Park.

Participants held a sign that said "I Love Loshytsa Park." The police watched the demonstration that lasted about 45 minutes but did not intervene.

"The protest participants demanded that the authorities publish the park redesign plan in the media and hold a public discussion involving conservation specialists on whether it is possible to redesign and build in the old park. They demanded that the authorities freeze all construction work in the park until the end of the discussion," reports ERB correspondent Mikalay Karnyaichuk.

Nika Sandars, a protestor, said that artists plan to stage a plein-air workshop in the park in two weeks to paint its most beautiful places.