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Contributions from Russia to the 70th anniversary of the victory in Europe in World War II

The review of the grand research of the World War II that is now published as 12 volumes of books are presented by a researcher Lennart Samuelson. 10.05.2015 | 08:51

Minsk's new approach in the Middle East complements its recent rapprochement with the West

The Belarusan leadership has not changed its ideological preferences; it had none to begin with, writes Siarhei Bohdan. 08.05.2015 | 12:14

Martin Uggla: Maira Mora convinces people that double standards is the real EU politics

It is bad for the EU’s reputation, but is even worse for the situation with human rights in Belarus, notes the head of Östgruppen Martin Uggla. 08.05.2015 | 07:51

Influential Belarusan bureaucracy has little understanding of the EU

Following the policy memo written in collaboration with Andrew Wilson, Yaraslau Kryvoi analyzes what the West should do in relation to Belarus. 07.05.2015 | 11:39

David Marples: Lukashenka’s regime is not continually violent; it is selective

In his monthly column about Belarus a Canadian researcher writes about the western approaches to Belarus. 06.05.2015 | 11:47

Former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich was transferred to a tougher penal colony

The court hearing was only attended by his lawyer and his wife Maryna Adamovich. 06.05.2015 | 09:49

German official publicly apologized to Belarus for Nazi crimes

It was for the first time that the official apologies to Belarus were voiced by the FRG. 05.05.2015 | 11:23

Uladzimir Matskevich: Holidays is a very efficient way of controlling the masses

Belarusan and Russian authorities learned how to use mobilization of people through celebrations of historic dates given in a corresponding wrapper to their own benefit. 05.05.2015 | 08:06

Belarusan state tries to give new push to Tbilisi-Minsk diplomatic cooperation

It is needed for expansion of "window of opportunity" in its relations with the West, as well as for development of its new capacity of mediator and peacemaker in Ukrainian foreign policy crisis. 04.05.2015 | 11:22

Opposition parties retained their raison d'être, but pro-regime parties are losing their relevance

Belarus has no counterparts to the hegemonic political parties that emerged in other post-Soviet states, Volha Charnysh writes. 04.05.2015 | 09:53

Uladzimir Matskevich: There is a delayed-action bomb in Lukashenka’s words

Certain population groups were labelled as potential enemies for redirecting anger of dissatisfied population if situation in Belarus worsens. 02.05.2015 | 13:10

Opinion: It is a wrong choice to milk the wealthy in Belarus to fill gaps in the budget

The IT sector is at once both very vulnerable and mobile, which means that both investors and programmers can easily pack their bags and move to safer countries if the environment gets any worse. 29.04.2015 | 11:40

Olexander Paliy: Change of Ukrainian Ambassador will affect Belarus-Ukraine relations in no way

Mikhail Ezhel wasn’t recalled earlier because he worked well together with Aliaksandr Lukashenka. 29.04.2015 | 08:31

Point of view: There are few signs that Belarus-Russia military alliance is becoming stronger

It can be seen through such factors as minimization of Belarus’ defence spending and Kremlin’s preference of deploying its own troops over cooperation with Belarusan government. 28.04.2015 | 11:25

Uladzimir Matskevich: State ideology doesn’t suggest remembering Chernobyl and its consequences

Paucity of “Chernobyl Way” doesn’t mean that the society forgot about the Chernobyl catastrophe as such. It only shows how society treats opposition. 27.04.2015 | 10:58

Georgia and Belarus sign cooperation agreements

Belarus and Georgia have signed a package of cooperation agreements during the Belarusian president’s current visit to Tbilisi. 26.04.2015 | 08:13

Valery Karbalevich: Belarusan authorities don’t really want to enter PACE

With his latest decisions re political prisoners Lukashenka makes us understand that he isn’t very willing to go to the Eastern Partnership Summit at Riga. 24.04.2015 | 10:47

Valiantsin Stefanovich: Human rights activists, like anyone else, would like to see Belarus in PACE

The pursuit of a full membership in PACE would mean that official Minsk shared the value-based approach to human rights and would indicate the beginning of an actual rapprochement with Europe. 23.04.2015 | 09:21

MP Samoseiko: We are determined to return our special guest status in PACE

But our position and our values are staying put, the official stated. 22.04.2015 | 11:09

Ulad Vialichka: Admitting Euro-perspective of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova is useful for Belarus

The European Union should demonstrate that it wants to see Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova as a part of itself at Riga Summit. 22.04.2015 | 08:37

Point of view: Belarusan opposition transformed into little more than an advocacy group

It is seen in Uladzimir Niakliaeu’s retreat from politics alongside lack of political skills of Tatiana Karatkevich, who might be the main opposition coalition’s candidate in 2015 president election. 21.04.2015 | 12:08

Andrei Yeliseyeu: Ukraine is more beneficial as China’s jumping-off place to EU market than Belarus

Xi Jinping, as it used to be before, comes to Belarus during the presidential elections. However, we shouldn’t count on his serious financial support in this regard. 20.04.2015 | 08:22

EU commissioner Johannes Hahn met with opposition representatives in Minsk

The participants of the meeting agreed not to quote specific statements of one another. 17.04.2015 | 14:33

Uladzimir Niakliaeu: Opposition is afraid to win elections, since no one will know what to do next

In his interview, former presidential candidate tells about Belarus army, secret services inside opposition, strong vs. weak presidents, and his plans for the future. 16.04.2015 | 11:57

Aliaksandr Milinkevich: EHU will no longer serve Belarus

Privatization of a public project took place, EHU is no longer controlled by the Belarusan civil society, the leader of “For Freedom” movement believes. 16.04.2015 | 10:40

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