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Dictatorship: it’s a man’s game
Dictatorship: it’s a man’s game
Lukashenka’s Belarus is a perfect example of the machismo and misogyny at the heart of authoritarian regimes, says Maryna Koktysh.  12.03.2013 | 13:21
Belarusans had to mourn Chavez for three days
Belarusans had to mourn Chavez for three days
Aliaksandr Lukashenka took part in the funeral of Venezuelan former President Hugo Chavez. Lukashenka and Ahmadinejad standing together by the coffin of their friend could not stop the tears.  11.03.2013 | 16:51
Good cop or bad cop? Sanctioning Belarus
Good cop or bad cop? Sanctioning Belarus
Sanctions, or restrictive measures, seem to have become one of the EU’s weapons of choice to effect change beyond its borders.  11.03.2013 | 13:03
Uladzimir Matskevich: We never learn by our own mistakes
Uladzimir Matskevich: We never learn by our own mistakes
Belarusan opposition and civil society lack positive image in the eyes of those who are either dissatisfied with the situation in the country.  11.03.2013 | 12:41
Andrei Fiodarau: Europe won’t tarnish its reputation
Andrei Fiodarau: Europe won’t tarnish its reputation
The EU won’t upgrade its contacts with Belarus until the official Minsk fulfills the earlier announced terms.  08.03.2013 | 10:43
Andrei Yahorau: Belarus won’t lose much from the change of power in Venezuela
Andrei Yahorau: Belarus won’t lose much from the change of power in Venezuela
If it will be opposition who wins the presidential elections in Venezuela, the relations with Belarus could become chillier. However, such change won’t bring serious damage to the Belarusan economy.  07.03.2013 | 16:47
Ulad Vialichka: Cooperation with OSCE depends on political will of Belarusan authorities
Ulad Vialichka: Cooperation with OSCE depends on political will of Belarusan authorities
Political games with electoral legislation will be quite popular in the next few years, as the authorities have to prepare for the new electoral cycle.  07.03.2013 | 08:54
ODINR OSCE delegation is on a visit to Belarus
ODINR OSCE delegation is on a visit to Belarus
The delegation arrived in Minsk on March 5 and scheduled a number of meetings with the representatives of Belarusan authorities, political parties as well as Belarusan journalists.  06.03.2013 | 09:49
Broadening Its IT Horizons: Belarus Goes Baltic?
Broadening Its IT Horizons: Belarus Goes Baltic?
Belarusan authorities officially approved an agreement with Lithuanian government on cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies and in development of information society.  05.03.2013 | 11:38
BISS: EU-Belarus visa relations in 2006-2011
BISS: EU-Belarus visa relations in 2006-2011
BISS presents the research paper dealing with the reasons for refusals of entry to Belarusan nationals at the external EU border in 2006-2011.  05.03.2013 | 07:59
Belarusan Foreign Ministry is enmeshed in contradictions
Belarusan Foreign Ministry is enmeshed in contradictions
Limelighting human rights violations in Western countries, official Minsk automatically neutralizes its own argument about the priority of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.  04.03.2013 | 11:56
An economy with unrealistic indicators: an evaluation of the economic situation in Belarus
An economy with unrealistic indicators: an evaluation of the economic situation in Belarus
The macroeconomic results achieved by Belarus in 2012 laid bare the weakness and the inefficiency of its economy. Belarus’s GDP and positive trade balance were growing in the first half of last year.  04.03.2013 | 08:12
Uladzimir Niakliaeu: I have no friends in the opposition
Uladzimir Niakliaeu: I have no friends in the opposition
Uladzimir Niakliaeu has just been assuring everyone that opposition cannot do without common candidate. It was just two months that ex-presidential candidate announced this question to be unsolvable.  02.03.2013 | 16:37
Chvastou criticised the work of the Human Rights Council
Chvastou criticised the work of the Human Rights Council
According to the representative of Belarusan Foreign Ministry, Minsk is ready to help Human Rights Council by submitting annual reports on cases of human rights violations in certain countries.  01.03.2013 | 15:25
Piotr Kuzniatsou: Belarusan authorities find neo-Nazis ideologically similar to them
Piotr Kuzniatsou: Belarusan authorities find neo-Nazis ideologically similar to them
Russian groups of neo-Nazi character share common ideological platform with the Belarusan authorities and promote the atmosphere of fear in the Belarusan society.  28.02.2013 | 17:10
Belarus and Russia prepare for the West-2013 military drill
Belarus and Russia prepare for the West-2013 military drill
The planned Belarusan-Russian joined military drill “West-2013” stirred up the NATO member countries.  28.02.2013 | 09:01
Andrei Yahorau: The EU has no one to talk to in the dialog on Belarusan modernization
Andrei Yahorau: The EU has no one to talk to in the dialog on Belarusan modernization
What were Belarusan coordinators discussing during the meetings in Brussels and how can the European dialog on modernization develop?  27.02.2013 | 16:46
Belarusan Ministry for Internal Affairs is to be reformed
Belarusan Ministry for Internal Affairs is to be reformed
Aliaksandr Lukashenka has recently signed a decree that provides for the structural change within the Ministry for Internal Affairs.  27.02.2013 | 16:35
Siarhei Balykin: Political party is not merely a bunch of leaders
Siarhei Balykin: Political party is not merely a bunch of leaders
To overcome systemic crisis the United Civil Party (UCP) should activate the initiative from below and bridge the gap between the party ruling top and rank-and-file party members.  26.02.2013 | 16:59
Maryna Adamovich: Statkevich is not fighting with opposition; he inoculates it
Maryna Adamovich: Statkevich is not fighting with opposition; he inoculates it
Ex-presidential candidate Mikola Statkevich who remains in prison in his letters keeps asking questions that haven’t yet been answered.  25.02.2013 | 16:16
Statement by Mr Filip Kaczmarek on the Independent Television Channel Belsat
Statement by Mr Filip Kaczmarek on the Independent Television Channel Belsat
The statement was made in Brussels on February 21, 2013 in the name of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Belarus.  25.02.2013 | 08:36
Belarus media law offers no defence
Belarus media law offers no defence
Belarusan authorities do not keep away from employing violence, repressive legislation and economic discrimination to silence independent journalists.  24.02.2013 | 09:11
Aliaksandr Alesin: Belarusan army has twofold perception of NATO
Aliaksandr Alesin: Belarusan army has twofold perception of NATO
Cooperation between Belarus and NATO is restrained by mutual distrust at the highest political level. However, former hostility against the Western military block also becomes a thing of the past.  23.02.2013 | 16:55
Commissioner Štefan Füle sets out vision for new neighbourhood policy
Commissioner Štefan Füle sets out vision for new neighbourhood policy
2012 has been a challenging year in the EU’s neighbourhood, with democratic transitions proving long and often difficult in the South and uneven in the East.  22.02.2013 | 18:29
Minister of Defence disputes the Constitution?
Minister of Defence disputes the Constitution?
Belarusan Minister of Defence lieutenant general Yury Zhadobin opposes the alternative service in the country. Lawtrend expert considers his words to be contradictory with the Constitution.  22.02.2013 | 14:30
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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

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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.