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Women’s movement in Belarus celebrates its 20th anniversary
Women’s movement in Belarus celebrates its 20th anniversary
At the conference “Women’s movement in Belarus: challenges, achievements and perspectives” an appeal to the National Gender Politics Council under the Council of Ministers of Belarus was adopted.  12.12.2012 | 13:21
Valiantsin Stefanovich:Situation with human rights in Belarus is difficult and stable
Valiantsin Stefanovich:Situation with human rights in Belarus is difficult and stable
The authorities put restrictions on the implementation of the basic political and civil rights such as Freedom of Assembly and the right to participate in governing the country.  11.12.2012 | 16:25
Andrei Bastunets: It’s no use waiting Mass Media to play special role in integration
Andrei Bastunets: It’s no use waiting Mass Media to play special role in integration
Integration processes shouldn’t assign some special unusual task on Mass Media.  11.12.2012 | 13:21
Aliaksei Kazliuk: Situation with human rights in Belarus remains unfavorable
Aliaksei Kazliuk: Situation with human rights in Belarus remains unfavorable
Presence of political prisoners is an indicator per se. And the appearance of new names among political prisoners suggests the absence of political will of the government to improve the situation.  11.12.2012 | 08:06
Is informal education affordable in Belarus?
Is informal education affordable in Belarus?
How affordable is informal education in Belarus from the financial point of view? Is it available for all age groups? And what about affordability that depends on the place of residence?  09.12.2012 | 11:53
Aleh Vouchak suggested making Belarus “territory of Eurasian compromise”
Aleh Vouchak suggested making Belarus “territory of Eurasian compromise”
Being a European country, Belarus could turn into an area for communication between Europe, Russia and Asia and to become a territory of Eurasian compromise.  08.12.2012 | 09:25
Ales Pushkin was arrested for displaying a portrait of anti-Soviet resistance fighter
Ales Pushkin was arrested for displaying a portrait of anti-Soviet resistance fighter
Later the court of Leninski District found him guilty of acting in violation of regulations governing “mass events”, imposing a twelve-day jail term on the activist.  07.12.2012 | 17:31
Liavon Volski: Adoption of democracy spares culture from handcuffs
Liavon Volski: Adoption of democracy spares culture from handcuffs
The culture feels more liberal when there is democratic rule in the country, while under the totalitarian rule or dictatorship it is confined within narrower bounds.  07.12.2012 | 08:30
Image of identity: a dragon and a sewing manhole
Image of identity: a dragon and a sewing manhole
Identity as a palimpsest, composed of many cultural layers? Or perhaps it is a tangle where old is left below and something new is written further?  06.12.2012 | 11:54
Pauliuk Bykouski: Reduction in the number of national papers can worsen their quality
Pauliuk Bykouski: Reduction in the number of national papers can worsen their quality
Reduced administration costs on social and political editions can cause journalist staff cut, and that will reduce the diversity of subject areas.  05.12.2012 | 11:04
Belarus has to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Belarus has to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Though Belarus holds lots of events aimed at social support of the disabled, the participation of the disabled themselves is left unseen behind all this work.  03.12.2012 | 11:35
There are three Belarusans in the Steering Committee of the EaP CSF
There are three Belarusans in the Steering Committee of the EaP CSF
Three Belarusans were elected to the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum at the meeting in Stockholm.  03.12.2012 | 08:16
Jaraslau Bekish: We need some positive movement
Jaraslau Bekish: We need some positive movement
The National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum is to build constructive communications in order to get rid of inner contradictions and discords.  02.12.2012 | 14:22
Stefan Eriksson: My heart is always with Belarus
Stefan Eriksson: My heart is always with Belarus
The representatives of the Belarusan civil society should seek unity, mutual understanding and compromise, avoid conflicts and do not take offence at each other.  01.12.2012 | 10:28
Jaraslau Bekish is elected Belarusan National Coordinator in Stockholm
Jaraslau Bekish is elected Belarusan National Coordinator in Stockholm
The representative of the ecological association “Green network” Jaraslau Bekish is elected Belarusan National Coordinator of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum from Belarus.  30.11.2012 | 13:07
In Stockholm Belarusans will see the development of their ideas
In Stockholm Belarusans will see the development of their ideas
Among more than 200 participants and guests of the fourth Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum that has opened on November, 29 in Stockholm there are representatives of 23 Belarusan organizations.  30.11.2012 | 08:37
Civil society in the Eastern Partnership: in search of specifics and the right place
Civil society in the Eastern Partnership: in search of specifics and the right place
Today, on the 29th of November, the fourth Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum opens in Stockholm.  29.11.2012 | 16:50
Deprived of the office, “Viasna” will continue working
Deprived of the office, “Viasna” will continue working
Imprisonment of the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and deprivation of office cannot stop the work of organization.  27.11.2012 | 15:41
Belarusan photo exhibition has opened in Denmark
Belarusan photo exhibition has opened in Denmark
A photo exhibition about the life of modern Belarus has become a culmination of the delegation of the Belarusan journalists’ visit that took place last week in Denmark.  27.11.2012 | 08:41
Tatiana Vadalazhskaya: Belarus lacks understanding of the Soviet heritage we have
Tatiana Vadalazhskaya: Belarus lacks understanding of the Soviet heritage we have
Comprehensive understanding of the process of changing the old Soviet norms into others, European and Belarusan ones, is very important. And it is this comprehensive understanding that Belarus lacks.  26.11.2012 | 14:41
“Sovok” lives and flourishes in Belarus
“Sovok” lives and flourishes in Belarus
No one has even made a dent in the direction of de-sovietization.  26.11.2012 | 09:28
Elena Tonkacheva: Arbitral courts should develop in Belarus
Elena Tonkacheva: Arbitral courts should develop in Belarus
Arbitral courts and mediation is a positive practice that alongside with proper respect to referees and experienced mediators should be developed in Belarus.  24.11.2012 | 08:00
Viktar Marcinovich: The idea of a paid content is an absolute utopia
Viktar Marcinovich: The idea of a paid content is an absolute utopia
Basing on the closure of the “Observer” newspaper and the investors’ search for the sports edition “Pressball” one cannot judge about the dying out of all the published media business in Belarus.  22.11.2012 | 16:41
Aleh Trusau: It is both necessary and feasible to compel officials to know Belarusan
Aleh Trusau: It is both necessary and feasible to compel officials to know Belarusan
A suggestion for the obligatory proficiency in the Belarusan language for public servants is a brick into the revival of Belarus.  21.11.2012 | 10:36
Resolution of the Conference of the National Platform of the EaP CSF (16.11.2012)
Resolution of the Conference of the National Platform of the EaP CSF (16.11.2012)
Based on the results of Conference of the National Platform of the EaP CSF, that took place in Minsk on November 16, the participants have adopted a resolution, which full text is offered at the site.  19.11.2012 | 18:13
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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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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

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