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Zhanna Litvina: I believe that OSCE experts have principal stance

Being a professional diplomat, Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE media freedom representative tries to do everything possible in order to improve the situation in Belarus. 24.07.2013 | 10:31

Siarhei Balykin: Socio-political potential of Belarusan small enterprises is overrated

Last week the United Civil Party came forth to the leaders of the Belarusan entrepreneurial community with suggestions to organize an area where an organization of small business could be formed. 23.07.2013 | 08:45

Volha Smalianka: Hearings will be useful even if the legislation is not reformed

The proposal to have parliamentary hearings about the legislation that regulates the work of the non-governmental organizations is meant to make the state hear such organizations. 22.07.2013 | 09:11

Andrei Yahorau: Belarus remains a black hole on the map of the EU’s neighbors

Lithuania during its presidency in the EU Council would like to achieve to improve the relationships between Belarus and the EU, but has too limited tools for it. 19.07.2013 | 10:46

Leanid Kalitsenia: Civic consciousness is about attitude, not form of activity

Civility is, first of all, revealed in the attitude and feelings of a person towards the world; whereas art is the best means to express feelings. 18.07.2013 | 12:52

Viachaslau Pazniak: There is upper limit in Belarus-China relations

With difficulties in economic and monetary spheres, Belarusan authorities China is viewed as a potential source of support. However, it is hard to count on immediate results when dealing with Beijing. 17.07.2013 | 09:53

Uladzimir Matskevich: Anybody could be in the same situation political prisoners are now

What can the political prisoners in Belarus expect in the near future? What problems does the Belarusan government resolve with their help? And what could bring forward their release? 16.07.2013 | 15:38

Siarhei Balykin: Chinese-Belarusan Industrial Park project is doomed to failure on default

“No local project of such kind turned to be successful in Belarus yet. You can’t build happy market economy in such a controlled country”. 15.07.2013 | 09:47

Iryna Jaskevich:For now sole entrepreneurs got the guarantees from the officials on parole

The organizer of the first strike against technical regulations for the Customs Union sums up the results of the confrontation between individual entrepreneurs and the officials. 12.07.2013 | 09:46

Andrei Yahorau: We still have time to influence the report on Belarus

On July 9, 2013 the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee approved a report on the situation in Belarus. What has changed and what is to become with 292 amendments to the document? 11.07.2013 | 10:00

Orysia Lutsevich: Approaches used in sport are likewise important in the EaP processes

“The team of six countries-members of the EaP should develop individual strengths of each player”, - assumes Orysia Lutsevich, analyst from Chatham House. 10.07.2013 | 09:47

Iryna Zhyhar: State should value people’s initiative

The state should learn to see partner to a dialog in the civil society, while the dialog itself should be a public discussion. 08.07.2013 | 12:05

Maira Mora: Belarus has already become a part of my life

The head of the European Union’s Delegation to Belarus tells about the conditions for reestablishing full-fledged political dialog with Belarus. 04.07.2013 | 09:45

Tatsiana Vadalazhskaja: The attempt to restrict the work of sociologists won’t work out

According to the chief analyst of the Center for Social Innovations, punitive measures for unsanctioned public surveys are intended primarily for independent media. 02.07.2013 | 09:01

Iryna Sukhij: Situation with the Forum is very distressing

The organizing committee of the Forum of Environmental Organizations is surprised and disappointed with the refusal of Polatsk local authorities to coordinate the conduct of this event. 01.07.2013 | 08:53

Can structures of civil society work more effectively?

International seminar “From acting to influencing: enhancing projects of civil society in Belarus” was launched in Vilnius on June 25. 27.06.2013 | 08:46

Uladzimir Matskevich: Makei is lacking initiative and will only carry out orders

The fact that the ban on Uladzimir Makei to entry the EU is removed can hardly influence the dynamics of Belarus-Europe relations. 26.06.2013 | 11:56

Andrei Yahorau: Family is a key institution of the civil society

What institutions of the civil society Belarus is lacking today and how can we solve this problem? 24.06.2013 | 09:14

Participation of Belarusan NGOs in EU programs should be extended, Elena Tonkacheva says

Within the scope of “The European Dialog on Modernization” mechanisms of collective decision-making should be developed. 20.06.2013 | 08:38

How will the EU-Belarus puzzle be solved?

What is planned to discuss during the roundtable on rethinking European politics towards Belarus that is to be held on June 19 in Brussels? 19.06.2013 | 08:29

Andrei Kazakevich: Belarus should find a balance between EU and Russia

Russia has nothing against improvement of relations between Belarus and the EU, but it can’t accept destruction of its integration projects and decrease of its military capability. 17.06.2013 | 09:20

Barys Zhaliba: All the talks about European market is nothing but propaganda

The economist doesn’t see any “factors that will lead to the sudden breakthrough into the EU market”. 14.06.2013 | 11:08

Jaraslau Bekish: Belarus violates basic principles of international ecological programs

Belarusan state asks the UN for help, though doesn’t observe its basic obligations before this organization. 13.06.2013 | 14:44

Ales Kraucevich: Authorities understand the strength of history as an ideological basis

Due to the tight control of the authorities History Faculties in the Belarusan universities cannot be considered the centers of free thought. 12.06.2013 | 12:48