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Andrei Kazakevich: The activity of the Parliament depends on the Lukashenko’s will
Andrei Kazakevich: The activity of the Parliament depends on the Lukashenko’s will
Three days before the main ballot day of the current election campaign there was no intrigue on who will get to the Parliament. The list of deputies's been known back at the moment of registration.  24.09.2012 | 16:02
Piotr Kuzniatsou: The interspecific competition within the opposition will continue to take place
Piotr Kuzniatsou: The interspecific competition within the opposition will continue to take place
Political situation in the Gomel region generally follows a nationwide trend, such as indifference to the parliamentary elections, and fragmentation of actions in the opposition structures.  20.09.2012 | 15:30
Zmicier Vajciuszkievicz: 5 years ago there were some hopes for the elections, now they’ve disappeared
Zmicier Vajciuszkievicz: 5 years ago there were some hopes for the elections, now they’ve disappeared
Whether creative people should go into politics or shouldn’t they, it is up for everyone to decide. These thoughts were expressed by a well-known Belarusan musician Zmicier Vajciuszkievicz.  19.09.2012 | 12:54
A week before the election
A week before the election
The election campaign came into the straightaway: already in a week the country will have the next portion of the people's representatives in the seats of the lower house of the Belarusan Parliament.  18.09.2012 | 16:50
Will Belarusan NGOs’ leaders go to the polls?
Will Belarusan NGOs’ leaders go to the polls?
On the eve of the parliamentary elections, many are wondering, whether or not to go to the polls? We decided to address it to the representatives of various Belarusan public organizations.  18.09.2012 | 14:16
New school year began in the Flying University
New school year began in the Flying University
At the presentation of the program of the Flying University for 2012-2013 school year, potential listeners were presented schools, seminars, and other formats of learning.  12.09.2012 | 11:55
Father Alexander Nadson: It is painful for me that the International Congress of Belarusan Studies takes place not in Belarus.
Father Alexander Nadson: It is painful for me that the International Congress of Belarusan Studies takes place not in Belarus.
An unfortunate tendency has emerged in Belarus so that most of the Belarusans know nothing about their country, neither its history nor culture; being interested in borrowed realities, forgetting their own ones  11.09.2012 | 13:25
The disabled need not apply: prejudice and discrimination in Belarus
The disabled need not apply: prejudice and discrimination in Belarus
The excitement surrounding the Paralympics brings home just how far so many countries have come in rethinking attitudes to disability and concentrating on social inclusion. Not, unfortunately, in Belarus.  11.09.2012 | 11:30
Will the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus exacerbate the country’s energy dependence on Russia?
Will the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus exacerbate the country’s energy dependence on Russia?
During Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev’s working visit to Minsk on 18 July, Russia and Belarus signed a general contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus.  10.09.2012 | 17:40
Siarhei Chaly: Backlash of the wage rise will come already next year
Siarhei Chaly: Backlash of the wage rise will come already next year
Consequences of the artificial wage overvaluation before the parliamentary elections will come in 4-7 months.  06.09.2012 | 17:29
Paval Lievinau: The majority of prosecutors of the Vitebsk Region have demonstrated abysmal ignoranc
Paval Lievinau: The majority of prosecutors of the Vitebsk Region have demonstrated abysmal ignoranc
The majority of prosecutors of the Vitebsk Region of Belarus haven’t even heard about the country’s accession to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punis  06.09.2012 | 17:28
Iryna Dubianieckaja: The Congress of Belarusan Studies is a chance to enter the international libera
Iryna Dubianieckaja: The Congress of Belarusan Studies is a chance to enter the international libera
As far as the situation with humanities in Belarus is rather disappointing, such events as the International Congress of Belarusan Studies are very useful, making scientists meet for joint talks and d  04.09.2012 | 17:38
Elena Tonkacheva: Arinich can easily avoid extradition to Belarus
Elena Tonkacheva: Arinich can easily avoid extradition to Belarus
Elena Tonkacheva, the head of the Legal Transformation Centre “Lawtrend” supposes that "Pinskdrev" holding ex-Director General Loran Arinich, recently arrested in Poland, has good chance to avoid extr  04.09.2012 | 17:36
Aleh Hamenka: Every village that wants to attract tourists should regularly hold its small festival
Aleh Hamenka: Every village that wants to attract tourists should regularly hold its small festival
Leader of folk-band Palac Aleh Hamenka described his own theory of the three levels’ organization of ethnic festivals and named the quality required to organize such events in interview to the EuroBelarus Information Service.  31.08.2012 | 13:32
Uladzimir Matskevich: There is a lot of demagoguery and lies in Belarusan politics
Uladzimir Matskevich: There is a lot of demagoguery and lies in Belarusan politics
All the arguments of opposition politicians for taking part in the elections resemble are rather self-justifications and attempts to find some space for themselves in this difficult political situation, believes the head of the Board of the...  30.08.2012 | 14:36
Miachyslau Gryb: I see no crime in German police
Miachyslau Gryb: I see no crime in German police's contacts with Belarus
 «I don’t see any crime in the attempt of Belarusan police to learn something from German police. Everyone - from the highest ranks to the lowest ones - simply has to observe the law». Miachyslau Gryb, former Speaker of the Supreme Council of Belarus,...  30.08.2012 | 09:58
Sergei Alfer: Opposition representatives affiliated in the CEC do not coordinate their activities
Sergei Alfer: Opposition representatives affiliated in the CEC do not coordinate their activities
Plenary powers of the Central Election Committee (CEC) members with deliberative functions are not very large, believes a lawyer, an expert in election law Sergei Alfer.  29.08.2012 | 11:38
Stanislau BahdankieviДЌ:The president has already taught Belarusan women to bear children correctly
Stanislau BahdankieviДЌ:The president has already taught Belarusan women to bear children correctly
Belarus is on the way to reaching a deadlock in all the directions, while the modernization of the country should be started with political reforms. And the first thing to do is to reject the authoritarian system of government in order to make it...  28.08.2012 | 13:57
Andrei Yahorau: The election campaign will be boring
Andrei Yahorau: The election campaign will be boring
The number of registered candidates representing opposition parties is on the average not much higher than that during previous parliamentary elections. Such an opinion was expressed to the Information Service of «EuroBelarus» by political scientist...  27.08.2012 | 14:09
Tatiana Vadalazhskaya: The modern education system should focus on the universe of knowledge
Tatiana Vadalazhskaya: The modern education system should focus on the universe of knowledge
In early September, a presentation of the Flying University program for the new school year will be held. As recently experts have repeatedly talked about the problems of the Belarusian higher education, expanding the Flying University program requires...  23.08.2012 | 11:18
Uladzimir Matskevich: The Pussy Riot sentence demonstrates the absence of secular society in Russia
Uladzimir Matskevich: The Pussy Riot sentence demonstrates the absence of secular society in Russia
The sentence on the Pussy Riot band members demonstrates nonobservance of constitutional norm of secularism of the Russian state, supposes Uladzimir Matskevich, the head of the Board of the International Consortium «EuroBelarus  23.08.2012 | 10:22
A.Yahorau: Due to the tenure of power, too few people can serve as ministers
A.Yahorau: Due to the tenure of power, too few people can serve as ministers
Next serial staff changes have been taking place in higher levels of the Belarusian government: Piotr Prokopovich [former Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus – EuroBelarus] was appointed as assistant to the President, and the...  22.08.2012 | 12:35
U.Vialichka: I don’t think that Mackey’s appointment will fundamentally influence Belarusian policy
U.Vialichka: I don’t think that Mackey’s appointment will fundamentally influence Belarusian policy
The chairman of the International Consortium "EuroBelarus" Ulad Vialichka hopes that a diplomatic conflict with Sweden may calm down in a few months. However, it is very difficult, in his view, to accurately predict the development of bilateral...  21.08.2012 | 11:33
Alexander Klaskousky:The authorities’ decision on people banned from travelling abroad was impulsive
Alexander Klaskousky:The authorities’ decision on people banned from travelling abroad was impulsive
The situation around the Belarusian authorities’ decision on the list of persons banned from travelling abroad looks not quite understood. On the one hand, a number of civil society activists and opposition politicians - Valiantsin Stefanovich, Andrei...  20.08.2012 | 14:58
Irina Sukhiy: Even if the nuclear power station is built it can always be closed down
Irina Sukhiy: Even if the nuclear power station is built it can always be closed down
After Belarusian and Russian governments have signed the contract for construction of the nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Astravets district, and the cornerstone was laid on the site, the mission of anti-nuclear ecologists is not over. In contrast, it...  20.08.2012 | 11:39
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