It was easy for Lukashenka to introduce authoritarian regime policies when the economy was growing; but the worse state policy gets, the greater the tensions between him and the establishment will be.
09.03.2016 | 10:42
In order to show that at least some success is achieved, the Kremlin may want to absorb Belarus into the Russian Federation, the opposition politician says.
08.03.2016 | 08:28
On March 3 the United Civic Party of Belarus withdrew its application from the Minsk city Executive Committee for holding a Social March for Adequate Life in Minsk on March 14.
05.03.2016 | 09:53
Work will be built on the basis of the Belarus government action program, informed the First Deputy Economy Minister Aliaksandr Zabarouski at the session of the House of Representatives.
04.03.2016 | 09:24
If Russia needs to occupy Belarus, it will only have to give an order to the Belarusan army, not dislocate more troops in the country.
02.03.2016 | 10:36
Belarus had a rough start to 2016 with the global drop in oil prices, causing instability in its currency and posing problems for its budget planning, writes Lizaveta Kasmach.
29.02.2016 | 11:26
What relations with the opposition the authorities want to have? Why has Uladzimir Matskevich agreed to work at ONT? Why he doesn’t become politician himself since he knows and talks so much about it?
25.02.2016 | 08:23
Taking into account the Belarusan mentality the majority of the population will hardly openly oppose the authorities; however, the people in situation of apathy will hardly protect it.
24.02.2016 | 12:12
On 23 February Belarus President Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed decree No. 78 “On measures to improve the effectiveness of the social and economic complex of the Republic of Belarus”.
24.02.2016 | 09:58
Belarus’ future is torn between the potentially positive implications of the lifting of EU sanctions and the current major losses suffered by the national currency due to Russia’s economic crisis.
22.02.2016 | 09:43
Perversely, the economic crisis may incentivize authorities to battle corruption in order to clean up the budget and keep the economy afloat, writes Ryhor Astapenia.
21.02.2016 | 10:36
The Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU), a project forced through by Russia, which links it to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, is currently struggling with serious problems, writes Jan Strzele
17.02.2016 | 09:17
The 3 directions of reforms will be to retreat from subsidized tariffs, to reform the pension system, and to increase unemployment benefits. Naturally, some of these reforms will be highly unpopular.
15.02.2016 | 11:17
President Lukashenka allows both sides to conduct a debate about the costs and benefits of economic changes. After that, he will make up his mind, writes Ryhor Astapenia.
14.02.2016 | 09:43
Yet the president is unlikely to dare to increase the role of nomenclature in the political system through the formation of collective governance institutions.
14.02.2016 | 08:42
Recently Russian media accuse Lukashenka's regime of being tolerant of "Nazis" and '"Russophobes". Some articles go as far as painting a picture of repression against Russian-speakers in Belarus.
12.02.2016 | 09:48
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