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Belarusians are badly taught to think
Belarusians are badly taught to think
While Belarusian government feel self-satisfied, people realize that the processes implemented in higher education do not improve its quality. The prove to this can be different informal structures which do not complete Belarusian higher education...  11.08.2012 | 18:32
Andrey Ozharovsky: In Belarus there is the absurd like in Kafka
Andrey Ozharovsky: In Belarus there is the absurd like in Kafka's novels
If Belarus and Russia are really in the union, then deportation of citizens of one country to another one is illegal, Russian physicist Andrey Ozharovsky, expelled from Minsk, said in his interview to the EuroBelarus Information Service.  11.08.2012 | 18:16
Results of summer school for Flying University (Photo and video)
Results of summer school for Flying University (Photo and video)
Summer school held on 19-22 July, has become one of the most outstanding events in the history of Flying University (FU). The participants shared their impressions and wishes for the future evens with the Information service of EuroBelarus.  11.08.2012 | 18:04
Father Karol Tomecki: Knights’ Festival in Mstsislaw has received secular and commercial character
Father Karol Tomecki: Knights’ Festival in Mstsislaw has received secular and commercial character
The Mstsislaw authorities have used in terms of money the idea of the Knights’ Festival, having turned the holiday into a profit source. Father Karol TomeckС–, the ideologic inspirer and actual initiator of the first Mstsislaw Festival in 2007, said...  10.08.2012 | 16:05
Prosecutor general refuses to meet with rights defenders to discuss "preventive arrests"
Prosecutor general refuses to meet with rights defenders to discuss "preventive arrests"
Prosecutor General Alyaksandr Kanyuk has refused to meet with human rights defenders to discuss the authorities' practice of arresting opposition activists ahead of street demonstrations and other major political events.  08.08.2012 | 15:32
Petition demanding release Ales Bialiatski delivered to Belarusian embassy in Lithuania
Petition demanding release Ales Bialiatski delivered to Belarusian embassy in Lithuania
A petition demanding the release of imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners was delivered to the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius on August 6.  07.08.2012 | 13:32
Civil Society Forum calls for immediate release of Ales Bialiatski
Civil Society Forum calls for immediate release of Ales Bialiatski
The 4th of August marks the first anniversary of the imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski, the leader of Belarusian human rights organization "Viasna" and vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights. This date will be marked by...  02.08.2012 | 16:20
T.Novikova:The environmentalists were detained;it implies serious violations in the NPP construction
T.Novikova:The environmentalists were detained;it implies serious violations in the NPP construction
On July 23 at 11.30 an activist of the Belarusian anti-nuclear campaign Tatiana Novikova was released. She has spent 3 days in the Center of isolation of offenders (CIO) at Okrestina street. In this first interview after the release Tatiana told the...  26.07.2012 | 12:37
"We stand in solidarity with environmentalists”
"We stand in solidarity with environmentalists”
How did the Belarusian civil society representatives perceive the information about the detention of their colleagues? How can such a tough reaction against environmentalists be explained? Do public organizations’ representatives feel secured against...  26.07.2012 | 11:13
Belarusian ecologists and human rights activists are subjected to pressure anew
Belarusian ecologists and human rights activists are subjected to pressure anew
On July 18 Belarusian anti-nuclear activists Tatiana Novikova and Andrey Ozharovsky were detained in Minsk while trying to transfer an open appeal to the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Later that day were detained ecologist Irina Sukhiy and Michail...  25.07.2012 | 12:06
Disabled persons have been allowed to cross the border out of order
Disabled persons have been allowed to cross the border out of order
Disabled persons have been included into the list of persons who may cross the border out of order.  24.07.2012 | 18:43
The National Platform of the EaP CSF defined its positions
The National Platform of the EaP CSF defined its positions
The Conference of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum took place in Minsk on June 29-30. Belarusian CSOs assigned their leaders, discussed the strategy of its development and adopted a series of final...  02.07.2012 | 16:14
Belarusian civil society assigned its leaders
Belarusian civil society assigned its leaders
The Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum elected the Steering Committee composition and its leader on June 30. The Committee was headed by Uladzimir Matskevich, head of the Board of the International Consortium...  01.07.2012 | 11:52
Answers of Belarus’ civil society to the challenges of time
Answers of Belarus’ civil society to the challenges of time
"Either we remain there where we were forced to be, or we will become what we want to be in democratic Belarus". It has been declared during the Conference of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum by the chairperson of...  30.06.2012 | 11:34
Uladzimir Matskevich: Nothing will relieve us of our responsibility for inactivity
Uladzimir Matskevich: Nothing will relieve us of our responsibility for inactivity
On June, 29th, in Minsk, the conference of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum - "The National Platform: 2012 - new reality in the old conditions" has begun.  29.06.2012 | 21:30
Five questions about public lectures under the "Urbi et Orbi" series
Five questions about public lectures under the "Urbi et Orbi" series
The first season of public lectures under the "Urbi et Orbi" series has been completed, and the last lecture will be held on June 22. It's now the right time to summarize the lectures’ results and to think about the place of the "Urbi et Orbi"...  19.06.2012 | 16:01
Is there any future for the idea of "local democracy"?
Is there any future for the idea of "local democracy"?
Democratic development is most often associated with political and electoral processes at national level. At the same time, the success of European democracy is largely based on the democratic relations’ development at the local level in local...  11.06.2012 | 14:27
Republic of Belarus is interested in development of legislation on charity
Republic of Belarus is interested in development of legislation on charity
On 4 May 2012 the National programme for international technical cooperation in 2012-2016 was approved by the Council of Ministers decreeв„– 411. In the Republic, this program constitutes the basic document on providing the donor community with the...  28.05.2012 | 15:44
Virtual activity of Belarusians: Myths and realities
Virtual activity of Belarusians: Myths and realities
In spite of the internetization of the whole country in recent years and promotion of social networking, Belarusians continue to be very passive in the practical application of communications’ sites and still have rather vague expressions of their...  07.05.2012 | 20:29
Employment of people with disabilities: the keyword is interest
Employment of people with disabilities: the keyword is interest
The lack of a real system of economic incentives, numerous stereotypes, state monopolization of social responsibility in the Belarusian society, plus the lack of barrier-free environment - such a set of factors is able to stop any arbitrarily-educated,...  03.05.2012 | 14:53
"Mad Tea Party" raises questions that will arise tomorrow (video and pictures)
"Mad Tea Party" raises questions that will arise tomorrow (video and pictures)
The intellectual talk show "Mad Tea Party" touches upon secondary topics; understanding of these forms attitude to hot issues. So says one of the founders of the project, the head of the Board of the International consortium "EuroBelarus", philosopher...  21.04.2012 | 04:05
Belarusian National Platform of the EaP CSF has adopted a statement condemning the executions
Belarusian National Platform of the EaP CSF has adopted a statement condemning the executions
Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has issued a statement condemning the death penalty in Belarus on the anniversary of the explosion in Minsk subway.  11.04.2012 | 16:03
Belarussian defenders informed the UN about the arbitrariness of the police
Belarussian defenders informed the UN about the arbitrariness of the police
On March 29, at the initiative of the Legal Transformation Center, Belarusian human rights defenders addressed the Petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.  30.03.2012 | 10:02
VISA-FREE Coalition Asks LT Foreign Minister to Make Further Steps to promote Easer Travelling
VISA-FREE Coalition Asks LT Foreign Minister to Make Further Steps to promote Easer Travelling
To the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Audroniui AЕѕubaliuis. APPEAL of non-governmental organizations, initiatives and campaigns from Lithuania, Belarus and other countries on behalf of the VISA-FREE travel coalition "Go...  07.03.2012 | 20:49
Statement of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Statement of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
STATEMENT OF THE BELARUSIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM March 2, 2012 Minsk, Belarus We, the members of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, express our deep concern at the...  04.03.2012 | 21:45
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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

Minsk’s muddled media clampdown could jeopardize warming of relations with the West.

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.