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Civil society’s role and place in the system of the EU’s donor assistance for Belarus
Civil society’s role and place in the system of the EU’s donor assistance for Belarus
Centre for European Transformation (CET) prepared a working document analyzing the role and place of the civil society in the international donor assistance for Belarus.  08.08.2013 | 09:59
World Congress of Belarusians discusses challenges to Belarusian identity
World Congress of Belarusians discusses challenges to Belarusian identity
On 23-24 July Belarusian emigrants from 21 countries participated in the two-day Congress of Belarusians of the World in Minsk, informs Paula Borowska.  07.08.2013 | 11:45
The House of Representatives finds public hearings about legislation of NGOs unreasonable
The House of Representatives finds public hearings about legislation of NGOs unreasonable
The law “On public associations”, which was adopted in first reading, wouldn’t be under public hearings.  07.08.2013 | 08:49
Belarusian Jan Guardian wins international contest
Belarusian Jan Guardian wins international contest
The project «Ease of Access» is aimed at the creation of an interactive platform for people with disabilities.  05.08.2013 | 11:51
Elena Tonkacheva: Anti-terrorist Concept  doesn’t have any implementation parameters
Elena Tonkacheva: Anti-terrorist Concept doesn’t have any implementation parameters
Without cooperation with the civil society it will be difficult for the state to implement recently adopted Anti-terrorist Concept.  05.08.2013 | 10:16
International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society is celebrated today in Belarus
International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society is celebrated today in Belarus
The date is timed to the anniversary of Ales Bialiatski’s detention. The world-known human rights defender was arrested on August 4, 2011.  04.08.2013 | 08:41
Opinion: God is dead in Belarus
Opinion: God is dead in Belarus
Celebration of the anniversary of Kievan Rus’ and the Eastern Orthodox Church’s Christianization is a platform for Post-Soviet reintegration into the Eurasian Union in 2015, writes Aleś Banecki.  03.08.2013 | 09:21
Andrei Yahorau: We are trying to show actual situation with international aid to Belarus
Andrei Yahorau: We are trying to show actual situation with international aid to Belarus
Speculations around the issues of providing international donor aid can be stopped only by providing transparency at the highest possible level.  02.08.2013 | 10:09
European Commission adopts new program which popularizes healthy life-style in Belarus
European Commission adopts new program which popularizes healthy life-style in Belarus
The program is also aimed at local and regional development.  01.08.2013 | 13:01
Henadz Buraukin: Something has broken in our society
Henadz Buraukin: Something has broken in our society
Before attending to the problems of morality in other countries, we should first set things going in Belarus.  01.08.2013 | 07:57
Events to mark Christianisation anniversary move from Ukraine to Belarus
Events to mark Christianisation anniversary move from Ukraine to Belarus
All of the bells of Orthodox Christian churches across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus rang for 15 minutes at 12 p.m. local time on July 28 to mark the anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus.  30.07.2013 | 12:32
Mikalai Ulasevich: Reaction of Lithuanian Foreign Ministry to Belarusan NPP is reasonable
Mikalai Ulasevich: Reaction of Lithuanian Foreign Ministry to Belarusan NPP is reasonable
With the conditions suggested by Belarusan side it becomes impossible to organize qualitative public discussion of the nuclear power plant (NPP) in Astravets.  29.07.2013 | 09:26
Niakliaeu won’t have to serve his prison term
Niakliaeu won’t have to serve his prison term
By the decision taken at the Leninski District Court in Minsk former presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliaeu is exempted from serving his sentence of two-year imprisonment.  29.07.2013 | 07:41
Mikhail Pashkevich: Situation with the Chinese industrial park can be repeated anywhere
Mikhail Pashkevich: Situation with the Chinese industrial park can be repeated anywhere
It is not the issue of China-Belarus industrial park that should be put to a referendum, but the guarantees of ownership and ecological rights of citizens in general.  28.07.2013 | 10:18
Minsk welcomes yet another Congress of Belarusans of the World
Minsk welcomes yet another Congress of Belarusans of the World
Delegates to expatriates` congress discussed the state of Belarusan nation under globalization processes and called upon Belarusan authorities to release political prisoners.  26.07.2013 | 11:19
Zhanna Litvina: I believe that OSCE experts have principal stance
Zhanna Litvina: I believe that OSCE experts have principal stance
Being a professional diplomat, Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE media freedom representative tries to do everything possible in order to improve the situation in Belarus.  24.07.2013 | 10:31
Volha Smalianka: Hearings will be useful even if the legislation is not reformed
Volha Smalianka: Hearings will be useful even if the legislation is not reformed
The proposal to have parliamentary hearings about the legislation that regulates the work of the non-governmental organizations is meant to make the state hear such organizations.  22.07.2013 | 09:11
Iryna Khalip is released from completing her sentence
Iryna Khalip is released from completing her sentence
Currently the sentence of the independent journalist and a wife of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was vacated by Minsk court decision after a 2-year respite.  22.07.2013 | 08:27
“Social Advertising Workspace” launched new social project
“Social Advertising Workspace” launched new social project
A pilot project “PR for socially important projects” was launched in the frames of the “Social Advertising Workspace” initiative, under the auspices of the Legal Transformation Centre in Minsk.  20.07.2013 | 08:11
Belarusan Orthodox Church is concordant with the state
Belarusan Orthodox Church is concordant with the state
Top Belarusan politicians and Orthodox hierarchs often emphasize that Eastern Christian rites laid a cornerstone for the Belarusan nationhood, Paula Borowska writes.  19.07.2013 | 12:30
The first EaP Ministerial Conference on Culture took place in Tbilisi
The first EaP Ministerial Conference on Culture took place in Tbilisi
The conference was aimed at reaffirming the role of culture in human and socio-economic development, as well as in political reforms.  19.07.2013 | 09:44
Leanid Kalitsenia: Civic consciousness is about attitude, not form of activity
Leanid Kalitsenia: Civic consciousness is about attitude, not form of activity
Civility is, first of all, revealed in the attitude and feelings of a person towards the world; whereas art is the best means to express feelings.  18.07.2013 | 12:52
Miklos Haraszti is consulting with the representatives of the Belarusan civil society
Miklos Haraszti is consulting with the representatives of the Belarusan civil society
Miklos Haraszti never received the invitation to visit Belarus and is going collect information about the situation with the human rights in Belarus in the neighboring Lithuania.  16.07.2013 | 07:50
People with disabilities in Belarus: struggling with barriers
People with disabilities in Belarus: struggling with barriers
Belarus is the only country in Europe that hasn’t acceded to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and people with disabilities remain marginalised, writes Ryhor Astapenia.  14.07.2013 | 11:43
Environmentalists demand to check the legality of the industrial park project
Environmentalists demand to check the legality of the industrial park project
Environmental groups “Green Network” and “Eco House” have appealed to the Minsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office over a conclusion by government experts.  14.07.2013 | 10:24
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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.

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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.