Minsk hopes that Aliaksandr Lukashenka will be invited to an Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Andrei Hiro, the Belarusian ambassador to Germany, said at a conference in Berlin on May 7.
12.05.2013 | 10:57
The BISS-Timeline is a brief monthly review of the major social, economic, political and cultural events in Belarus. It enables readers to learn new trend in the field of interest within a few minutes
11.05.2013 | 10:36
Although the Republic of Belarus is constitutionally designated as a neutral country, it is in fact closely connected with Russia’s own security and defence architecture.
09.05.2013 | 09:10
Centre for European Transformation prepared policy paper providing a rationale for the reorganization of the EU initiative European Dialogue on Modernization.
07.05.2013 | 17:09
Civil society and opposition structures need to be regularly cleaned from “soap bubbles” – organizations that appeared out of nowhere and are more famous outside Belarus than inside the country.
07.05.2013 | 14:11
In April three civil activists received warnings from the prosecutor’s office due to their acting on behalf of a non-registered organization.
07.05.2013 | 13:15
Lithuanian foreign minister Linas Linkevičius met with Members of the EP and European Commissioners on April 24 to discuss the promotion of reforms in the EaP countries and EaP Summit in Vilnius.
07.05.2013 | 08:35
Of 197 countries assessed during 2012, a total of 63 were rated Free, 70 as Partly Free, and 64 as Not Free at all. Less than 14% of the world’s inhabitants lived in countries with a free press.
05.05.2013 | 09:51
Human rights in Belarus remain systemically and systematically restricted, especially in case of freedoms of association, assembly, expression and opinion, guarantees of due process and fair trial.
03.05.2013 | 10:50
The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) has recently prepared a bulletin that deals with Belarusian–Lithuanian political and economic cooperation.
01.05.2013 | 10:30
The economic situation in Belarus in the near future will probably force the regime to sell plenty of its most profitable enterprises to Russia.
30.04.2013 | 09:00
Wider collaboration with Russia in the military sphere brings no good for the independent Belarus; moreover, it might even impede the development of the relationship with the EU in the future.
29.04.2013 | 10:01
Despite its debt crises, the EU remains attractive in the Balkans, with all countries seeking accession. Iceland and Turkey question whether they should enter, while Great Britain considers leaving.
29.04.2013 | 09:50
On April 7 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich signed a decree on pardon of the two ministers from the Julia Timoshenko’s government – Yuri Lutsenko and Georgy Filipchuk. Now it’s Timoshenko’s turn.
26.04.2013 | 11:46
New leader of the Council of Europe Information Office in Belarus tells about future plans and strategy of the Info Office that didn’t practically work since 2010.
26.04.2013 | 09:20
A book featuring the best pictures selected for the 2011 Belarus Press Photo contest was declared "extremist material" by a judge of the Ashmiany District Court on Thursday.
24.04.2013 | 10:05
The wife of political prisoner and ex-presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich says that Belarusians can unite without political leaders.
23.04.2013 | 12:57
The normalization of relations with the EU under Lithuania’s seniority in this structure will much depend on whether the Belarusan side is willing to make certain concessions.
23.04.2013 | 10:02
Belarus hopes for “active normalization” of relations with Europe, Belarusan President said on April 16 while accepting the credentials of Lithuanian Ambassador Evaldas Ignatavicius.
22.04.2013 | 11:57
On April 12, Filip Kaczmarek, the chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Belarus, stated that the EU can make Schengen visas more available for ordinary Belarusans even now.
22.04.2013 | 11:00
If the unity of left-wing political forces will turn to be real, not fictitious, then it could provoke consolidation processes in the whole opposition structure.
22.04.2013 | 10:24
Civil society is being suppressed in Belarus by a repressive government that will not tolerate any form of criticism, Amnesty International said in a report released on April18.
21.04.2013 | 08:54
Why does the discussion of Belarus-Europe and Intrabelarusan dialog permanently provoke sharp conflicts within Belarusan political opposition?
20.04.2013 | 10:51
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
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 impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.