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Andrei Aliaksandrau: Every Internet user can fund journalism

State media in Belarus are funded from the state budget, while independent media are supported from abroad. It appears that Belarusan society basically doesn’t pay for the domestic journalism. 29.12.2014 | 08:29

Siarhei Balykin: Someone will go bankrupt, and someone will work on gray market and get sanctions

A 30% levy on purchasing currency made Belarusan businessmen freeze in anticipation. The only business that functions today is retailing, as it sells goods that were already imported to the country. 28.12.2014 | 09:26

Andrei Kazakevich: Lukashenka will change vector of development if Russia is completely crashed

Lukashenka continues maneuvering between the West and Russia. However, it rather guarantees his own survival than the country’s successful future. 27.12.2014 | 09:05

Andrei Bastunets:Hybrid Ukraine-Belarus TV-channel may open; but what network will it broadcast for?

Is Ukrainian TV to broadcast in Belarus? Why alternative to Russian propaganda was suddenly allowed, while independent media are to suffer from repressions due to amendments in the law on mass media? 26.12.2014 | 09:05

Andrei Yahorau: National Platform has six months to get out of the current half dead condition

We shouldn’t hope for the managerial bodies to change the situation; without the efforts of all organizations-participants no change will happen, stresses the head of the Belarusan National Platform. 24.12.2014 | 08:59

Uladzimir Matskevich:Actions of Belarusan authorities is fight exploring,not reaction to devaluation

When the top-ranking official summons the editors of the major independent media and demands to abstain from spreading panic, the question is who is really spreading panic? 23.12.2014 | 10:40

Andrei Yahorau: Civil society needs a strategy to enter the EU-Belarus discussion

It would be foolish to insist on including the representatives of the civil society to the dialog, emphasizes the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Belarusan National Platform. 20.12.2014 | 09:09

Pauliuk Bykouski: New amendments to the law on mass media might hide numerous pitfalls

While the officials feel the need to control Belarus’ information area at any price, journalists have lots of questions regarding the methods of such control. 19.12.2014 | 09:12

Uladzimir Matskevich: The most painless variant to end the war for Russia is to remove Putin

If Russia doesn’t end the war, the world community will have to stop it, which will lead to the break-up of Russia into several parts and its complete demilitarization. 18.12.2014 | 09:01

Uladzimir Dunaeu: Even Ministry of Education understands what Europe expects from Belarus

Why did the Belarusan Ministry of Education ignore the Bologna conference in Bucharest? It is as soon as in January that the issue of admission to the European Higher Education Area will be resolved. 17.12.2014 | 09:50

Andrei Yahorau: Belarus-EU cooperation has improved, while European perspectives are put off

This paradox is the result of the thaw that is appearing in Belarus-EU relations, which, however, can end with the repeat of the situation of 2010 election. 16.12.2014 | 08:22

Sergei Datsyuk: Now the annexation of Belarus is taking place

It is a waste to dispose numerous troops at the border with Ukraine; and presence of vast number of Russian army in Belarus disrupts our relations with Ukraine. 15.12.2014 | 09:06

Andrei Yahorau: Donor system is working for system’s stabilization, not for changes in the country

The Center for European Transformation (CET) prepared an analytical document based on the results of the study of system of donor aid in Belarus and the place of civil society in it. 13.12.2014 | 09:24

Elena Tonkacheva: I don’t think of human rights advocacy as of work; attitude is essential there

On December 10 the National Prize for human rights advocacy named this year’s laureates. Elena Tonkacheva is the human rights defendant of the year. 12.12.2014 | 09:19

Stanislau Bahdankevich: Belarus’ draft budget for 2015 is not a development budget

The state budget for 2015 is a special one: this is the period of president elections. However, this time external economic conditions don’t allow the authorities to openly buy votes. 11.12.2014 | 09:27

Uladzimir Matskevich: Active enemies of Belarusan regime are in bigger danger than they used to be

The EU cannot but note the violations of human rights; however, it won’t make it a subject matter and aggravate its relations with the Belarusan regime in the current geopolitical situation. 09.12.2014 | 09:11

Aliaksandr Jarashuk: Reality will get worse than Lukashenka promises

Belarusans will pay high price for the two decades the authorities spent in vain; and the regime will hardly go through the following years smoothly. 08.12.2014 | 09:27

Victar Malisheuski: Whining as a trend of Belarusan non-state journalism

The famous blogger assumes that criticism in the “alternative Belarusan society” has long ago developed into whining, while most of the non-state media are trying to prove the axiom. 05.12.2014 | 11:29

Siarhei Drazdouski: Belarus’ accession to the Convention on the rights of the disabled was reverted

Intermediate results of “Sign with your heart” campaign prove that the society is ready to accept the provisions of the Convention. However, the state has been unable to see this readiness since 2008. 04.12.2014 | 08:45

Andrei Yahorau: Kremlin won’t accept pro-European choice of “Eastern Partnership” countries

It is too early to say that elections in Moldova ended in convincing victory of the European forces: kickback can happen at any moment. 03.12.2014 | 08:34

Uladzimir Matskevich: Sovietism is in the head of every Belarusan

It is through establishment of sound nationalism that identification of ourselves as an adult nation responsible for our own fate happens. 02.12.2014 | 08:27

Elena Tonkacheva: My deportation is suspended, but the course of appeal procedure is very odd

The human rights fighter also has questions to documentation of suspension of her deportation from the country. 30.11.2014 | 09:52

Volha Smalianka: I don’t want to think that the official Europe will evade situation with Tonkacheva

The silence of the Belarusan authorities is easily understood; but absence of reaction of the official European structures is surprising. 29.11.2014 | 09:35

Valery Karbalevich: The EU has no clear strategy in relation to Belarus

The principal difference of the current Minsk-Brussels dialog from the one at the times of 2008-2010 thaw is that now Belarusan authorities don’t even pretend to carry out internal liberalization. 28.11.2014 | 08:29