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The Law of the Republic of Belarus “Concerning amnesty in connection with the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” enters into force on the day of its official publicat 29.05.2015 | 10:49

Valery Karbalevich: Lukashenka winkles out the most for retaining Belarus’ sovereignty and his power

Europe cannot compensate for the expenses that Russia is paying for the “friendship” with the official Minsk – 12-15% of Belarus’ GDP. 29.05.2015 | 09:05

Belarusan foreign minister: We want to be friends with everybody

In the interview with the Washington Post Belarusan Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei talked about Europe-Russia dilemma, Ukrainian crisis, recognition of Crimea, and forthcoming elections. 29.05.2015 | 07:38

Point of view: Belarus has little to offer to China in terms of economy

China was reluctant to engage Belarus economically because of the country's Soviet-style management culture and lack of a market economy, writes Vadzim Smok. 26.05.2015 | 11:34

V. Shenderovich: Lukashenka must be grateful to Putin – he is now a little worry of world community

At a meeting in Warsaw, satirist, writer and journalist answered questions about Russia, Krymnashyzm and Belarusian "thaw." 20.05.2015 | 15:10

Point of view: Belarus has an identity crisis

In the end of the Soviet Union, Belarus was the most russified of all its republics with few supporters of national revival among Communist leaders. Still, a small nationalist tendency was present. 18.05.2015 | 10:25

Political tendencies in Belarus: creating movements instead of parties

Opposition leaders increasingly split from their parties and create civic movements, which combine political goals with social and cultural initiatives, writes Volha Charnysh. 14.05.2015 | 11:27

Vadzim Iosub: China’s loans will be directed to support Chinese, not Belarusan economy

The loans offered to Belarus by China don’t dismiss the need of searching money for cancelling Belarusan external debts. 13.05.2015 | 08:31

Does Lukashenka puts a word for Russia or tries to reboot Belarus-Georgia relations?

On 22-24 April Aliaksandr Lukashenka paid his first official visit to Georgia in the history of his reign. 12.05.2015 | 11:12

Belarus’s foreign trade witnesses a substantial recession

Apart from that, the reduced foreign trade volume and revenues in the first quarter of the year were accompanied by a 2% decline in Belarus’s GDP and a 7.3% drop in industrial production. 12.05.2015 | 09:38

Uladzimir Matskevich: The head of the EU Delegation to Belarus abuses her powers

Campaign for recalling the head of the EU Delegation to Belarus Maira Mora gathers momentum. 12.05.2015 | 08:17

Contributions from Russia to the 70th anniversary of the victory in Europe in World War II

The review of the grand research of the World War II that is now published as 12 volumes of books are presented by a researcher Lennart Samuelson. 10.05.2015 | 08:51

Minsk's new approach in the Middle East complements its recent rapprochement with the West

The Belarusan leadership has not changed its ideological preferences; it had none to begin with, writes Siarhei Bohdan. 08.05.2015 | 12:14

David Marples: Lukashenka’s regime is not continually violent; it is selective

In his monthly column about Belarus a Canadian researcher writes about the western approaches to Belarus. 06.05.2015 | 11:47

German official publicly apologized to Belarus for Nazi crimes

It was for the first time that the official apologies to Belarus were voiced by the FRG. 05.05.2015 | 11:23

Uladzimir Matskevich: Holidays is a very efficient way of controlling the masses

Belarusan and Russian authorities learned how to use mobilization of people through celebrations of historic dates given in a corresponding wrapper to their own benefit. 05.05.2015 | 08:06

Belarusan state tries to give new push to Tbilisi-Minsk diplomatic cooperation

It is needed for expansion of "window of opportunity" in its relations with the West, as well as for development of its new capacity of mediator and peacemaker in Ukrainian foreign policy crisis. 04.05.2015 | 11:22

Opposition parties retained their raison d'être, but pro-regime parties are losing their relevance

Belarus has no counterparts to the hegemonic political parties that emerged in other post-Soviet states, Volha Charnysh writes. 04.05.2015 | 09:53

Point of view: The state suffers from the absence of instruments to smooth over recession

The first quarter of 2015 displayed distressing trends in Belarus economy: non-competitive adjustment of the exchange rate and resort to conservative policies for mitigating structural weaknesses. 03.05.2015 | 12:11

Uladzimir Matskevich: There is a delayed-action bomb in Lukashenka’s words

Certain population groups were labelled as potential enemies for redirecting anger of dissatisfied population if situation in Belarus worsens. 02.05.2015 | 13:10

Assembly of NGOs and “Lawtrend” issued a review of freedom of associations for 2014

Assembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs and the Legal Transformation Center “Lawtrend” prepared a review “Freedom of association and the legal status of non-commercial organizations in Belarus” for 2014. 30.04.2015 | 11:03

Opinion: It is a wrong choice to milk the wealthy in Belarus to fill gaps in the budget

The IT sector is at once both very vulnerable and mobile, which means that both investors and programmers can easily pack their bags and move to safer countries if the environment gets any worse. 29.04.2015 | 11:40

Russian “Night Wolves” were prevented from entering EU zone

Polish officials say they did not allow about 10 riders from a Russian nationalist motorcycle group to enter the country. 29.04.2015 | 09:50

Olexander Paliy: Change of Ukrainian Ambassador will affect Belarus-Ukraine relations in no way

Mikhail Ezhel wasn’t recalled earlier because he worked well together with Aliaksandr Lukashenka. 29.04.2015 | 08:31

Point of view: There are few signs that Belarus-Russia military alliance is becoming stronger

It can be seen through such factors as minimization of Belarus’ defence spending and Kremlin’s preference of deploying its own troops over cooperation with Belarusan government. 28.04.2015 | 11:25

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