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The country that we can lose. How people live near the Astravets NPP (photos)
The country that we can lose. How people live near the Astravets NPP (photos)
Everything seems to be going on as usual. However, reactors and lifting cranes at the new nuclear power plant, which can be seen from a few dozens kilometers, make the familiar landscape disturbing.  06.07.2016 | 09:08
Uladzimir Matskevich: The EU is satisfied with Belarus as a buffer state between West and East
Uladzimir Matskevich: The EU is satisfied with Belarus as a buffer state between West and East
Belarus in a preserved status can be endured for quite a long time and sometimes even be given money so that it is quiet, without revolutions and chaos.  05.07.2016 | 12:43
Even though alternative civilian service is introduced, the state has no intention to make it work
Even though alternative civilian service is introduced, the state has no intention to make it work
On July 1, 2016 a new law on alternative civilian service comes into effect in Belarus. This fall 10,000 young Belarusian conscripts start their compulsory military service, Galina Dzesiatava writes.  05.07.2016 | 10:35
Effects of trade wars on Belarus
Effects of trade wars on Belarus
The trade wars following the 2014 events in Ukraine affected not only the directly involved participants, but also countries like Belarus that were affected through international trade linkages.  04.07.2016 | 10:31
aDNaK!: Map of Belarus
aDNaK!: Map of Belarus' formation and fairy tales illustrations inspired Belarusian creativity
The Seventh Festival of Belarusian advertising and communications aDNaK! wa  04.07.2016 | 10:08
U.S. State Department recommends Belarus to abolish all forms of forced labor
U.S. State Department recommends Belarus to abolish all forms of forced labor
Belarus is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor.  04.07.2016 | 08:50
Lukashenka: negotiations with us the West is still using the old methods
Lukashenka: negotiations with us the West is still using the old methods
Sanctions, political pressure, interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state are of no good for problem-solving.  03.07.2016 | 10:28
UN Human Rights Council continued the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus
UN Human Rights Council continued the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus
UN HRC renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus for one year. The corresponding decision was made on July 1, 2016 at the UN HRC Session in Geneva.  03.07.2016 | 08:16
IMF recommends Belarus to speed up reforms
IMF recommends Belarus to speed up reforms
IMF experts forecast the recession of the Belarusan economy in 2016 and 2017.  02.07.2016 | 10:35
Iryna Sukhij: Ecologic awareness of Belarusans is changing, but not as quickly as we’ve expected
Iryna Sukhij: Ecologic awareness of Belarusans is changing, but not as quickly as we’ve expected
Ecohome turned 20! Officially it’s “an ecological civic union, but at the same time "home, an education center, a permaculture design school, a series of actions, recruiting and educating people."  02.07.2016 | 09:52
Kremlin to avoid full-scale oil and gas war with Minsk
Kremlin to avoid full-scale oil and gas war with Minsk
Kremlin’s lever of pressure on Minsk to enforce the realization of the gas payment agreements has significantly narrowed.  01.07.2016 | 11:16
Andrei Yahorau: The referendum in the UK left European elite with no illusions
Andrei Yahorau: The referendum in the UK left European elite with no illusions
Eurosceptics will have enough energy to initiate referendums on leaving the European Union; but they won’t win them.  01.07.2016 | 09:27
Lukashenka promised to preserve the first workplace assignment for youth
Lukashenka promised to preserve the first workplace assignment for youth
Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated that Belarus would keep the standard of providing youth with the first workplace assignment.  30.06.2016 | 09:34
Vilnius is hosting the Global Belarusians Meeting
Vilnius is hosting the Global Belarusians Meeting
From 29 June to 1 July 2016 Vilnius is hosting the Global Belarusians Meeting.  30.06.2016 | 07:50
Opinion: In the long term green energy could contribute to the energy independence of Belarus
Opinion: In the long term green energy could contribute to the energy independence of Belarus
A large solar power plant will open this summer in Brahin District, changing the landscape of the Chernobyl-contaminated lands: 85,000 solar panels will occupy an area the size of ≈80 football fields.  29.06.2016 | 11:10
Stanislau Bahdankevich: Strengthening of the Belarusian ruble has come to an end
Stanislau Bahdankevich: Strengthening of the Belarusian ruble has come to an end
National currency has been strengthening at the expense of spending people’s foreign currency savings, not at the expense of economic recovery.  29.06.2016 | 08:51
Belarus’ National Statistical Committee: Over 500 thousand Belarusians are living below poverty line
Belarus’ National Statistical Committee: Over 500 thousand Belarusians are living below poverty line
According to the experts, Belarusians are becoming increasingly poor.  29.06.2016 | 07:53
Opinion: Minsk anticipates offsetting CEI advantages against EAP disadvantages
Opinion: Minsk anticipates offsetting CEI advantages against EAP disadvantages
Minsk regards its participation in the Central European Initiative, a European initiative with similar priorities to the Eastern Partnership, as unlikely to make the Kremlin nervous.  28.06.2016 | 10:55
Uladzimir Matskevich: Britain
Uladzimir Matskevich: Britain's voice may be even stronger in result of its exit from the EU
The public opinion in the UK could swing the other way, when the real benefits and losses from the Brexit will be counted.  28.06.2016 | 08:55
Who are they - the new dissidents?
Who are they - the new dissidents?
Today's dissidents are not only attending demonstrations, but also work for the establishment of the civil society.  27.06.2016 | 12:48
EHU Fights Allegations Of Financial Misconduct, Needs New Leadership
EHU Fights Allegations Of Financial Misconduct, Needs New Leadership
On May 20, Acting Chair of the European Humanities University (EHU) Anne Lonsdale announced that the current EHU rector Prof. Garry Pollick will soon be concluding his term.  26.06.2016 | 10:17
Lukashenka: Belarus is ready to become ‘a western gate
Lukashenka: Belarus is ready to become ‘a western gate' for China and SCO
Both China and the SCO can rely on Belarus' support in any issues.  26.06.2016 | 08:15
Point of view: first Belarusian children’s hospice is rather tolerated than welcomed
Point of view: first Belarusian children’s hospice is rather tolerated than welcomed
“While $4 million may seem as a lot, we only need 400,000 caring Belarusian people who would each give us 10$ for a brick”, says the fundraising campaign of the hospice.  24.06.2016 | 11:26
Vadzim Iosub: None of the indicators of the current five-year plan has been fulfilled yet
Vadzim Iosub: None of the indicators of the current five-year plan has been fulfilled yet
Belarusan authorities are building plans for the forthcoming five years on the basis of the desirable prices on oil.  24.06.2016 | 08:43
Lukashenka: The Belarusian People
Lukashenka: The Belarusian People's Congress is one of the most important forms of direct democracy
It is a real mechanism of grass-roots democracy, the president said in his opening address at the 5th Belarusian People's Congress held at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk.  23.06.2016 | 13:40
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In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.

“It is our big joint work”

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Shhh! Belarus Wants You to Think It’s Turning Over a New Leaf

Minsk’s muddled media clampdown could jeopardize warming of relations with the West.

Mikhail Matskevich: How to create a local agenda and make it a problem solving tool

To achieve changes, you need to be interested in them and stop pinning all hopes on the state.