Politics - EuroBelarus

No guarantee of rights for workers in Belarus, latest ITUC Global Rights Index informs

The ITUC Global Rights Index rates countries from one to five, placing Belarus together with Bangladesh and Qatar. 22.05.2014 | 11:15

Belarus is to sign the EEU treaty on May 29, First Deputy Prime Minister says

It was announced during the Belarusian Industrial Forum in Minsk on May 21. 22.05.2014 | 09:39

Uladzimir Matskevich: So far, Russia has no substitute for Lukashenka in Belarus

Pro-Russian lobby is neither influential nor decisive in Belarus, but in case of emergency, Moscow will be supported in Minsk. 20.05.2014 | 08:13

George Friedman: When a pro-western government emerges in Ukraine Lukashenka won’t last long

Chairman of Stratfor, a company that is a leader in the field of global intelligence and geopolitical forecasting, predicts Russia's collapse, adding that Belarus will become arena of cold war. 19.05.2014 | 11:05

EU called upon Belarus to immediately stop arrests and release public activists

The European Union is concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of dozens of representatives of civil society on the threshold of the World Ice Hockey Championship. 18.05.2014 | 08:44

The EEU: The Economically Egocentric Union?

The regional integration, having obtained a new packaging in the shape of the Eurasian Economic Union, could not only be a one-man show, but also an empty intention, writes Michał Romanowski. 13.05.2014 | 11:48

Marek Migalski was denied entry to Belarus

A member of the European Parliament was taken off a Warsaw train in Brest. 13.05.2014 | 09:28

Valery Karbalevich: Ukrainian referendums only made the situation even more complicated

The goals of Moscow remain to be the same, but it wants to reach them through different methods: to put Ukraine under close political and economic surveillance. 13.05.2014 | 08:01

Lukashenka is leading Belarus directly in the Eurasian Economic Union

The Belarusan leader gave up his plan to block the signing of the EEU Agreement, voiced on May 3. 12.05.2014 | 09:35

Uladzimir Matskevich: Only national patriotic power can withstand Russian expansion

We shouldn’t underestimate the risk of Russian expansion to Belarus, especially when Belarusan patriots are losing in the information warfare. 10.05.2014 | 08:29

Valiantsin Akudovich: Ignore and get rid of Colorado beetles

Until Russia remains to be imperial, it will continually pose threat to Belarus and the surrounding world. 09.05.2014 | 08:58

9 political prisoners in Belarus are in critical situation, freedom for 32 activists is restricted

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” issued a report on the condition of political prisoners and limitation of freedom for civil activists in Belarus. 08.05.2014 | 08:43

Elena Tonkacheva: Russia should seriously consider which place it will take in Hague probe

What will be the consequences of Russia’s motion to the Hague probe against Ukrainian authorities for “decoupling civil war and genocide in the east”? And what CIS deputies mean by “quasi-court”? 08.05.2014 | 07:49

Point of view: The Ukrainian crisis should serve as a wake-up call for everyone in Belarus

The conflict in Eastern Ukraine has brought some benefits to the Belarusan authorities, writes Ryhor Astapenia. 07.05.2014 | 10:49

Before the world hockey championship preventive detentions are unfolding in Minsk

Recently a lot of social and political activists were arrested and detained in Minsk. 07.05.2014 | 10:17

Anna Shelest: Ukraine needs observer missions for testimonies in the international court

Why doesn’t Ukraine invite UN peacekeepers for resolving its inner problems and what help is it expecting from the international community? 07.05.2014 | 08:17

Belarus calls upon all political forces of Ukraine to immediately stop the bloodshed

“Belarus is deeply concerned and worried about the recent developments in Ukraine”, claims the Belarusan foreign-policy office. 06.05.2014 | 09:15

Vladimir Kuprij: Third sector has become the centre of the anti-separatist protests in Ukraine

What is happening with Ukraine’s civil society? Are there any strong organizations, which support separatists? Can NGO influence the situation in the south-eastern regions of Ukraine? 06.05.2014 | 08:35

Lukashenka: Small Belarus choked great Russia

Belarusan leader is complaining that neither nor Kazakhstan want equality in future union’s road haulage market 03.05.2014 | 07:57

Point of view: If Putin chooses to annex Belarus, there likely wouldn’t be much of an outcry

While the world is focused on Ukraine and government-Russian separatists’ standoff, it is neighboring Belarus that could be next on Putin’s agenda, write Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift. 02.05.2014 | 10:45

There won’t be Russian march on Victory Day in Minsk, president of the Russia Unites Fan Club says

According to Eduard Latypov, Russian fan club Russia Unites does not plan to stage a march in Minsk on May 9 when the World Ice Hockey Championship starts on May 9. 02.05.2014 | 09:31

Stanislau Bahdankevich: There is a little bit of Putin in almost every Russian

The only way to avert Russian aggression is to introduce the peacekeepers at the Ukrainian territory. However, US and EU are incapable of that. 01.05.2014 | 08:57

Lukashenka: We should renew talks on the Eurasian Economic Union in about ten years

Belarusan leader insists on the abolishment of restrictions in commodity movement now. 30.04.2014 | 12:28

On the threshold of the IIHC in Minsk human rights fighters call for “fair play”

The statement named “Belarus Must Play Fair, in Sports and Beyond” calls on Belarus’ leaders and citizens to take decisive steps towards making Belarus an open and democratic country. 29.04.2014 | 14:03