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Belarusan Yearbook 2012
Belarusan Yearbook 2012
Published the Belarusan Yearbook 2012. This publication is an annual integral analysis of the essential spheres of the state and society.  13.07.2013 | 10:02
Iryna Jaskevich:For now sole entrepreneurs got the guarantees from the officials on parole
Iryna Jaskevich:For now sole entrepreneurs got the guarantees from the officials on parole
The organizer of the first strike against technical regulations for the Customs Union sums up the results of the confrontation between individual entrepreneurs and the officials.  12.07.2013 | 09:46
Belarusan President assured papal legate that he favours Catholics
Belarusan President assured papal legate that he favours Catholics
Aliaksandr Lukashenka met Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and spoke about interconfessional peace that characterizes our country.  09.07.2013 | 11:37
Iryna Zhyhar: State should value people’s initiative
Iryna Zhyhar: State should value people’s initiative
The state should learn to see partner to a dialog in the civil society, while the dialog itself should be a public discussion.  08.07.2013 | 12:05
Belarus Independence Day: reviving the Soviet myths
Belarus Independence Day: reviving the Soviet myths
On July 3 Belarus has celebrated its Independence Day. The day before the Square of the National flag opened next to the new building of Residency of President with great pomp, writes Vadzim Bylina.  08.07.2013 | 07:48
Minsk celebrated Independence Day with a parade of tanks, tractors and athletes
Minsk celebrated Independence Day with a parade of tanks, tractors and athletes
During the parade, Belarusan President spoke about the attempts to destabilize Belarus and further cooperation with China.  07.07.2013 | 11:33
Anatoly Shumchanka: My arrest is the result of my overactivity
Anatoly Shumchanka: My arrest is the result of my overactivity
The leader of “Perspective” was freed after a five-day administrative arrest and together with the other activists of the entrepreneurial movement invited to the session in the Ministry of Trade.  05.07.2013 | 09:09
Sviatlana Alexievich: Belarusan language is rural and literary unripe
Sviatlana Alexievich: Belarusan language is rural and literary unripe
Last week, the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of German Publishers and Booksellers Association have chosen the Belarusan writer Sviatlana Alexievich as the recipient of this year’s Peace Prize.  03.07.2013 | 09:10
Why Belarus retains death penalty
Why Belarus retains death penalty
On June 27 at the session of PACE Belarusan authorities made it clear that Belarus would not abolish death penalty, writes Ryhor Astapenia.  02.07.2013 | 10:37
Tatsiana Vadalazhskaja: The attempt to restrict the work of sociologists won’t work out
Tatsiana Vadalazhskaja: The attempt to restrict the work of sociologists won’t work out
According to the chief analyst of the Center for Social Innovations, punitive measures for unsanctioned public surveys are intended primarily for independent media.  02.07.2013 | 09:01
Iryna Sukhij: Situation with the Forum is very distressing
Iryna Sukhij: Situation with the Forum is very distressing
The organizing committee of the Forum of Environmental Organizations is surprised and disappointed with the refusal of Polatsk local authorities to coordinate the conduct of this event.  01.07.2013 | 08:53
Challenging the Weaknesses of Belarusian Civil Society
Challenging the Weaknesses of Belarusian Civil Society
In the West, thinking about Belarus and its active civil society is still heavily burdened by stereotypes. It resulted from country’s isolation and oppressive political regime, Giacomo Manca writes.  30.06.2013 | 11:04
Forum of Environmental Organizations is put off till October of this year
Forum of Environmental Organizations is put off till October of this year
The organizers of the Forum of Environmental Organizations of Belarus had to carry it over to October because of the problems with harmonization of this event in the local authorities.  29.06.2013 | 08:43
Belarusan ecologists analyze situation before the Forum
Belarusan ecologists analyze situation before the Forum
The overview of positive development tendencies and system errors in the environmental field are presented by Iryna Sukhij, the member of “Eco House” and Marina Dubina, a lawyer of “Green Network”.  28.06.2013 | 10:57
Belarusan Orthodox Church claims to be against death penalty
Belarusan Orthodox Church claims to be against death penalty
Belarusan business-oriented weekly reports that the head of the Belarusan Orthodox Christians Filaret spoke out against the death penalty during a round table that recently took place.  27.06.2013 | 13:01
Can structures of civil society work more effectively?
Can structures of civil society work more effectively?
International seminar “From acting to influencing: enhancing projects of civil society in Belarus” was launched in Vilnius on June 25.  27.06.2013 | 08:46
Belarusan Ministry of Justice denied “Young Democrats” official registration
Belarusan Ministry of Justice denied “Young Democrats” official registration
The Ministry of Justice denied the Youth public association “Young Democrats” official registration for the third time.  26.06.2013 | 12:38
The journal Of Belarusan studies: between Belarus and the West
The journal Of Belarusan studies: between Belarus and the West
On 9 June Belarusan state television reported the launch of the Journal of Belarusan Studies in London, writes Paula Borowska.  25.06.2013 | 12:08
Europe denounces new death sentence in Belarus
Europe denounces new death sentence in Belarus
Marina Schuster, PACE Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andres Herkel, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, condemned newly passed death sentence in the country.  25.06.2013 | 09:16
Belarusan writer wins German literary prize
Belarusan writer wins German literary prize
The Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association has awarded its 2013 peace prize to Belarusian investigative journalist and author Sviatlana Alexievich.  24.06.2013 | 12:48
Andrei Yahorau: Family is a key institution of the civil society
Andrei Yahorau: Family is a key institution of the civil society
What institutions of the civil society Belarus is lacking today and how can we solve this problem?  24.06.2013 | 09:14
A decade without Bykau
A decade without Bykau
On 22 June, ten years have passed since the great Belarusian writer Vasil Bykau passed away, writes Ryhor Astapenia.  23.06.2013 | 11:28
Publication of analytical paper on optimising EHU
Publication of analytical paper on optimising EHU's impact on Belarus
The European Humanities University was forced into exile in 2004, when Belarusian authorities withdrew its licence. This followed EHU’s refusal to change its leadership despite government pressure.  16.06.2013 | 11:08
Jaraslau Bekish: Belarus violates basic principles of international ecological programs
Jaraslau Bekish: Belarus violates basic principles of international ecological programs
Belarusan state asks the UN for help, though doesn’t observe its basic obligations before this organization.  13.06.2013 | 14:44
Ales Kraucevich: Authorities understand the strength of history as an ideological basis
Ales Kraucevich: Authorities understand the strength of history as an ideological basis
Due to the tight control of the authorities History Faculties in the Belarusan universities cannot be considered the centers of free thought.  12.06.2013 | 12:48
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Gintautas Mažeikis: The relation of political field and arena in the framework of information war

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 our big joint work”

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.

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.