Politics - EuroBelarus

Makei met with the representative of US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

The two parties discussed issues on which Belarus and the US have different views. 28.02.2015 | 08:57

Official Minsk plans to increase its defence budget in the context of military optimisation

Amid growing external threats, Belarus will focus on strengthening the army’s potential and reinforcing the loyalty of the military. 26.02.2015 | 11:38

Maira Mora: The EU's relations with Belarus were normalizing, but not improving

According to the Head of the EU Delegation, political prisoners is the main obstacle at the moment. 26.02.2015 | 10:10

Andrei Yahorau: Europeans are probing how the official Minsk understands geopolitical context

Belarus is now going through the pilgrimage of European officials. What are its aims and what these visits can lead to? 26.02.2015 | 08:17

Lukashenka is praising “Eastern Partnership” and counts on “the start of a good dialog” with the EU

At the meeting with Helga Schmid, deputy secretary general of the European External Action Service, Lukashenka stressed the role of Belarus in the general structure of safety at the European continent 25.02.2015 | 11:17

Uladzimir Matskevich: The war in Donbas is a question of life and death for Putin

As long as the Putin’s regime has resources, the threat of the World War III remains. The West should introduce real sanctions, help Ukraine modernize its army, and support it with armory. 24.02.2015 | 08:03

Point of view: Minsk, Old Europe and USA started to look at each other pragmatically

The situation with political prisoners will force EU officials to suppress a lot within us before sitting down at a table with Lukashenka, writes Siarhei Bohdan. 20.02.2015 | 11:20

Lawtrend: Rigoni is obliged to put questions uncomfortable with the official Minsk on the agenda

Right for entry in exchange for silence re issues of human rights and democracy in Belarus is an improper thing to do, emphasizes Elena Tonkacheva, the head of the Legal Transformation Center. 20.02.2015 | 08:42

Providing a place for talks, Belarus is bolstering its global position in ensuring regional security

And moreover, the Belarusan Foreign Ministry is likely to step up its activity in order to lift Western sanctions against the Belarusan leadership completely. 19.02.2015 | 10:35

Andrey Yurov: International civil society is now lagging behind the politicians

Today’s crisis of the international law is largely caused by the weak global civil society, not only by the negligence of security issues on the part of politicians and corresponding structures. 19.02.2015 | 08:34

Uladzimir Matskevich: The defeated party in Minsk negotiations of “Normandy Four” is still Russia

The behavior of the Belarusan leader indirectly witnesses that Putin’s time is coming to an end and Russia is coming off second-best. 17.02.2015 | 08:43

“Normandy Four” meeting in Minsk is Lukashenka’s chance to join top-level global diplomacy

While international community expects positive results of Minsk negotiations, Belarusan public is eager to see whether the President will charm his European guests in the year of president election. 16.02.2015 | 10:27

Trying not to provoke Moscow per se, Minsk feels the need to strengthen its national independence

As Belarusan opposition increasingly embraces Russian-speaking, yet clearly anti-Russian political nationalism, the ruling elites are moving in the opposite direction, writes Siarhei Bohdan. 14.02.2015 | 11:35

Ulad Vialichka: The one who benefited most from the “Normandy four” negotiations was Lukashenka

Ukraine can’t combine hostilities with the active phase of reforms – without diminishing the conflict it looks like a war on two fronts. 14.02.2015 | 09:23

Andrei Yahorau: Russia needs a frozen or even a smouldering conflict at the east of Ukraine

Minsk negotiations can be the first step to peace, after which concrete actions will follow: ceasefire, removal of military propaganda, i.e. successive implementation of agreements. 13.02.2015 | 08:42

Negotiations of the Normandy four in Minsk have lasted for over five hours

For now negotiations of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany are continuing but the number of participants has been reduced. 12.02.2015 | 01:57

Aliaksandr Lukashenka is going to visit Georgia

The visit is scheduled for April; Lukashenka is planning to meet his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili. 11.02.2015 | 11:16

Andrei Yahorau: The EU won’t go back on its demands towards Belarusan authorities

Without the release of political prisoners and shifts in providing freedoms of the election process, there is no reason to expect considerable changes in relations between Minsk and the EU. 11.02.2015 | 08:21

Minsk negotiations ended in agreeing about the ceasefire regime

The negotiations of the trilateral contact group on Ukraine took place in the diplomatic service hall. 11.02.2015 | 07:32

Uladzimir Matskevich:After Minsk negotiations are disrupted the conflict will be resolved coercively

If a child or a criminal denies their clear guilt, they can only be put in their place by means of force. 10.02.2015 | 08:38

Lukashenka seeks to present himself as strong leader and guarantor of political stability in Belarus

Supporting the existing socioeconomic model, pursuing Eurasian integration, normalizing relations with EU, balanced stance on Ukraine, keeping political regime are the key issues Lukashenka stressed. 09.02.2015 | 11:21

End of World War II as a start of new oppression and the Cold War

Huge sacrifices and losses of the Soviet population are invoked by contemporary Russian propaganda to justify political demands and morally blackmail political opponents, writes Kazimierz Wóycicki. 09.02.2015 | 09:58

Piotr Kuzniatsou: Belarus has only one instrument against propaganda – national consciousness

Russian propagandist pressing carries huge long-term threat for the national mental health. But even Belarusans have a chance to retain adequacy. 09.02.2015 | 08:26

Ukrainian factor in Belarus: economic consequences and political rifts

Ukrainian crisis forced Belarusan authorities to promptly advert to national interests and challenge the Kremlin's policies; however, Belarus still remains vulnerable to destabilisation attempts. 08.02.2015 | 11:14

Opinion: Lukashenka appointed his administration head for supporting Belarus’ independence

This appointment happened at the same time as the Kremlin is once more raising the issue of the legitimacy of post-Soviet borders and statehoods, first of all in Ukraine, writes Siarhei Bohdan. 08.02.2015 | 09:14

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