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Film experts: It would be good for the state to continue with the non-interference strategy

The Belarusian independent cinema has made a big step forward in the past two years. But what is next? Does the state have to interfere in the film industry and how many film festivals do we need? 12.12.2016 | 07:47

Andrei Paluda: It seems the state "cleans the territory" before the referendum on the death penalty

Why amid the negotiations with Europe the Belarusian authorities have decided to immediately perform three executions at once. 09.12.2016 | 07:24

Sviatlana Matskevich: Belarus will most likely continue to imitate the Bologna process

It is only a year and a half left till the end of the term for implementing the Roadmap within the framework of the Bologna process in Belarus, but experts observe no significant progress. 07.12.2016 | 09:35

Uladzimir Matskevich: nationalism grows in Europe due to the weakness of the Brussels policy

Europeans has realized the threat posed by the Russian propaganda machine, but Russia freely continues its information war so far. 06.12.2016 | 08:06

Siarhei Drazdouski:There is a need for civil society to consolidate around persons with disabilities

Despite the formal adherence to international standards our country continues to consider the issue of disability from a social rather than a legal point of view. 04.12.2016 | 09:12

Volha Smalianka: Our government often forgets that it was created for the people, not vice versa

What tools does the public have to resist the violence of law enforcement agencies and is it high time we reviewed what defines a political prisoner? 03.12.2016 | 07:51

Cultural heritage as a key to civic participation. CHOICE project in Ukraine

Within the activities of the EU-funded CHOICE, Ihor Savcha, Centre for Cultural Management, visited Albertyna Buchynska and Roman Tarnavsky, Coordinators of the activities in Boryslav (Ukraine). 01.12.2016 | 08:45

Uladzimir Matskevich: there is an urgent need to organize informational resistance against Russia

If information war of the same strength as in Ukraine comes to Belarus, it will crumple and crush the country. 01.12.2016 | 07:45

Uladzimir Matskevich: Moscow is interested and concerned by Belarus as a geostrategic foothold

The problems between Belarus and Russia are not getting solved, and the tension is growing and becoming aggravated. 25.11.2016 | 07:26

Leu Margolin: It is impossible to bring back the 500 dollars salary

The authorities will start pressuring businesses to make them raise salaries. 24.11.2016 | 07:11

Uladzimir Dunaeu: 30 000 Belarusian students are studying abroad, but half of them in Russia

During the Student Week Uladzimir Dunaeu, the member of the public Bologna committee, gave a public lecture and spoke about the long road of Belarus towards the Bologna Process. 21.11.2016 | 07:22

Uladzimir Matskevich: Economic reforms must start with desovietization and decommunisation

If we don’t start implementing the reforms in a calm and conscious way we will have to carry them out through a revolution. 15.11.2016 | 07:12

Valiantsin Stefanovich: Society tends not to trust the judicial system

It seems that the Supreme Court is also concerned with the distrust of the judicial system and is willing to improve the situation. 13.11.2016 | 08:01

Andrei Yahorau: Trump winning the US presidential elections will change nothing for Belarus

Trump may initiate a review of the entire package of sanctions previously imposed by the United States, but there will be no automatic lifting of sanctions against Belarus. 11.11.2016 | 07:32

"The biggest problem is that people are not willing to take the responsibility"

The "Agents of Change" who are behind all the creative activities in our city shared how they manage to do it. 10.11.2016 | 07:13

Uladzimir Matskevich: Active desovietization is more relevant today than ever

The preservation of the Soviet ideology, the lack of a coherent and conscious desovietization turned Belarus into a rearguard state. 08.11.2016 | 07:25

Volha Smalianka: Plan of the Implementation of UN recommendations on human rights needs improvement

The current situation leaves Interagency Plan of Implementation of Recommendations for Belarus from UN mechanisms, "a paper to be shelved, box-ticking". 06.11.2016 | 10:15

Human rights activists: civil society can resist the “Law on parasitism”

Legal inspectors of the Trade Union for workers of the radio and electronics industry, human rights activists and lawyers met to create a strategy against the “Law on parasitism”. 04.11.2016 | 07:12

Human rights activists on the "invisible" Chechen refugees in Brest: the problem may expand

The human rights mission Human Constanta, which studies the life of refugees from the North Caucasus in Brest, presented a report on the situation at the Belarusian-Polish border. 02.11.2016 | 10:10

Piotr Pamiarantsau:"Сonspiracy all around"- the main rhetorical device of Russian propaganda (photo)

British journalist came to Minsk to talk about how states use media for propaganda and to run a workshop on information verification. 01.11.2016 | 07:24

How to revive the Belarusian cinema

The fact that it's possible to make high-quality films in Belarus is proven at many film festivals. But why do they never get to theaters? What are the laws of our cinema and what to do with them. 27.10.2016 | 07:30

Ulad Vialichka: National Platform may become a party of currently bilateral Belarus-EU talks

At any rate, geopolitical and economic factors are pushing the negotiators to expand the communication; there is a certain request for the participation of NGOs as well. 26.10.2016 | 07:20

Leanid Kalitsenia: In my opinion "Souls Dead" sets an example of how a movie should be made

The winners of the VI Belarusian Film Festival Bulbamovie 2016 were announced in Minsk. 24.10.2016 | 07:30

How the post-election period will influence Belarus-European Union Relations

"Belarus in the post-electoral phase: expectations and plans" was the topic of the Belarusian National Platform conference, which took place on Saturday, 22 October. 23.10.2016 | 12:30