Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini issued a declaration.
10.10.2015 | 10:08
If the authorities refrain from cracking down on mass protests and using state media to slander opposition, it will become a chance for Belarus to improve relations with the West in the long run.
10.10.2015 | 08:47
IISEPS that recorded political sentiments of Belarusians predict that more than the half of voters would come to the polling stations and the majority of those would vote for the incumbent president.
09.10.2015 | 11:22
The EU Court in Luxembourg on October 6 annulled asset freeze measures imposed in 2012 on a Belarusian tycoon, and two of his firms, Triple and Dynamo Minsk.
08.10.2015 | 10:54
On 26–29 September Lukashenka went to New York to attend the world leaders' meetings at the UN. Belarusian state-run media stubbornly called his trip a “working visit to US”, writes Ihar Gubarevich.
06.10.2015 | 09:56
In Belarus, the date of the election has the greatest meaning, both in regards to the campaign process and the final result, writes Anna Maria Dyner.
05.10.2015 | 11:34
If nothing extraordinary happens in Belarus, the EU will get a possibility to build relations with the re-legitimized president by results of the presidential campaign.
30.09.2015 | 08:14
It would be inappropriate to say that relations are mending because they have never been spoiled by and large, writes Lyudmila Alexandrova, TASS reporter.
27.09.2015 | 11:41
In attempt to attract foreign investors, Minsk and Brussels negotiated the release of political prisoners imprisoned after 2010 crackdown. Now Lukashenka’s latest gambit may have played itself out.
26.09.2015 | 10:25
Ex-political prisoner and former presidential candidate gathered about half a thousand people at Svabody Square under the flags of the EU and independent Belarus.
24.09.2015 | 08:09
Vladimir Putin charged the Defense Ministry with holding talks with Belarus about the formation of a Russian airbase at the territory of a neighbor state.
22.09.2015 | 08:56
During the 2008-2010 reengagement between Minsk and Brussels situation looked similar; however, now the West seems to be more cautious, leaving itself leeway in case the elections do not go smoothly.
21.09.2015 | 11:22
On September 11 presidential candidates officially started their campaigns. From the former election campaign slogan “For independent, strong & prosperous Belarus” Lukashenka left only “independent”.
19.09.2015 | 10:59
The poet and the leader of “For Statehood and Independence of Belarus” movement announced that closer to elections a demonstration “For peaceful and neutral Belarus!” will take place.
16.09.2015 | 19:25
The Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum voiced a position on possible resumption of the cooperation between Belarus and the EU.
14.09.2015 | 16:01
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.