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Uladzimir Matskevich: “I walked in St. Petersburg like Diogenes with a lamp, looking for a teacher”

The Flying University started its sixth season from “The main question: What can we know about the unpredictable, or what we know about the future?” 02.10.2015 | 08:41

How Belarusans consolidated

The presentation of results of “The potential of solidarity of the Belarusian society” took place in Minsk on September 29. 01.10.2015 | 08:48

Belarus to join UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Now the state has officially committed itself to provide full participation in civic, political, economic, social, and cultural life of the society for the disabled. 30.09.2015 | 10:23

First Belarusian university joins Magna Charta Universitatum

International University "Mitso" became the first institution of higher education in Belarus to sign the Magna Charta of the European Universities. 28.09.2015 | 11:02

Aleh Hrableuski: Belarus realizes its unsteady position in the Bologna process

That’s why officials are not indignant over their non-membership in EHEA. is Authorities chose to distort and conceal information; education system is built in into the model of a totalitarian state. 28.09.2015 | 08:21

The report outlining persecution of prominent human rights lawyers in Belarus is now published

Human Rights House Network has highlighted the growing intimidation and persecution of human rights lawyers, and made the case for strengthening the protection they receive. 27.09.2015 | 09:39

Pact releases strategic report on Belarus' civil society

The report is based on analyzing discussions among think tanks, advocacy, civic education, youth, community, culture, environment, capacity building, business associations, and human rights sectors. 26.09.2015 | 12:36

The potential of solidarity of the Belarusian society is vanishing

The Center for European Transformation (CET) and Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) continued studying the potential of solidarity – this time of the Belarusan society in general. 25.09.2015 | 08:36

Culture as a guarantee of state security:“CHOICE-Belarus: Heritage and modernity” presented in Minsk

Belarus is a country of cultural catastrophes. For many years people in power have been inventing a new Belarus each time. What is Belarus in reality and what place our heritage has in modernity? 24.09.2015 | 12:51

Andrei Kureichyk: A new interesting sector will appear in Belarus – illegal movies

Why does the state need to scare off investors? Cinematographers tell about sabotage of separate officials. 23.09.2015 | 14:53

Belarusian Ministry of Culture: Consent to be obtained for showing and shooting movies

The Belarusian Ministry of Culture takes control of the film industry. It will affect journalists as well. 23.09.2015 | 09:28

Ulad Vialichka: Belarusan thinking should become not only elitist, but also a popular phenomenon

Last week an unusual plein-air took place at Vajciushki hamlet. The plein-air aimed at creating new visual images in the year of Belarusan thinking, launched by International Consortium EuroBelarus. 22.09.2015 | 15:42

People collect signatures to fire a policeman, who arrested a blind disabled man in metro

The Internet petition at change.org has already collected more than 7 thousand signatures. 22.09.2015 | 07:48

Academic non-freedoms

In order to join the Bologna process in practice, Belarus needs institutional structural changes. 18.09.2015 | 11:00

Tatsiana Vadalazhskaja: Belarus basically has no cultural policy

The main problem with realization of major principles of UNESCO Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is monopoly on regulating culture that the state has. 17.09.2015 | 08:29

Foreign Ministry:Toughening of EU border control won’t affect Belarusans visiting Schengen countries

The toughening of European border controls will not affect Belarusians that visit the countries of the Schengen zone, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchyk told. 16.09.2015 | 13:23

Polish Foreign Ministry hopes president election in Belarus will close cross-border traffic issue

The head of Polish diplomacy emphasized the importance of introducing local cross-border traffic with Belarus. 16.09.2015 | 13:09

Andrei Kazakevich: The Congress will dedicate much attention to safety issues due to Ukrainian event

On October 2-4 Lithuania hosts an important event for scientists: the V International Congress of Belarusian Studies, which gathers representatives from US, Italy, Germany, Britain, and other states. 15.09.2015 | 08:27

Belarus is now included in the map that records threats to journalists in Europe

“Mapping Media Freedom” launched in 2014 earlier documented media freedom in the EU, the Balkans, and Turkey. However, it was recently recorded and now expands to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. 12.09.2015 | 09:48

Why Belarus needs Bologna process and National University

In May 2015 Belarus became a member of the Bologna process. Reformation of higher education by European standards in accordance with the so-called “roadmap” is ahead. 10.09.2015 | 12:20

Yauhen Shauko: Needs of people with disabilities must be taken into consideration by business

Chairman of the Belarusian National Association of Disabled Persons in Wheelchairs, described the advantages of the CSR strategies in the barrier-free environment. 08.09.2015 | 08:06

“No” to illegal construction: Lawyers call upon citizens to actively fight for their rights

Civic union “Ecodom” is going to protect the right of citizens to favorable environment in court. 07.09.2015 | 09:20

A book about civil society in Belarus published

The publication is a collection of texts devoted to the development of civil society during the last 15 years that in a critical-minded way sum up the efforts of Belarusan non-state organisations. 06.09.2015 | 11:31

FIDH: Political prisoners’ release cannot atone years of arbitrary detention and discrimination

Ahead of the upcoming discussion by EU on whether to renew or lift restrictive measures against Belarus, FIDH urges the EU to address the crucial lack of sustainable reforms in the country. 06.09.2015 | 10:19