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Uladzimir Dunaeu: Even Ministry of Education understands what Europe expects from Belarus

Why did the Belarusan Ministry of Education ignore the Bologna conference in Bucharest? It is as soon as in January that the issue of admission to the European Higher Education Area will be resolved. 17.12.2014 | 09:50

Activist of “Alternative” is detained for a one-man picket

Aliaksei Shubara is arrested for seven days for a picket against Putin’s policy. 16.12.2014 | 11:03

Andrei Yahorau: Donor system is working for system’s stabilization, not for changes in the country

The Center for European Transformation (CET) prepared an analytical document based on the results of the study of system of donor aid in Belarus and the place of civil society in it. 13.12.2014 | 09:24

Ales Bialiatski is awarded with Paweł Włodkowic Prize

Poland’s ombudsman handed the prize to the Belarusan human rights defender and ex-political prisoner for defending truth and universal human values. 12.12.2014 | 10:23

Elena Tonkacheva: I don’t think of human rights advocacy as of work; attitude is essential there

On December 10 the National Prize for human rights advocacy named this year’s laureates. Elena Tonkacheva is the human rights defendant of the year. 12.12.2014 | 09:19

Elena Tonkacheva is a human rights defendant of the year

The organizing Committee of the National Prize for human rights advocacy named this year’s laureates. Elena Tonkacheva is the human rights defendant of the year, lawyer of the year – Ludmila Kazak. 11.12.2014 | 08:03

Point of view: In peacetime extreme fighters present problem both for democracy and authoritarianism

While plenty of young Belarusans are sincere about fighting for Ukrainian independence, the armed struggle will continue to attract extremist characters from Belarus and all over the world. 10.12.2014 | 13:59

Aliaksandr Alesin is released from KGB detention centre

Belarusan journalist is left out from the KGB prison on recognizance. 10.12.2014 | 12:26

Aliaksandr Jarashuk: Reality will get worse than Lukashenka promises

Belarusans will pay high price for the two decades the authorities spent in vain; and the regime will hardly go through the following years smoothly. 08.12.2014 | 09:27

Gender equality in Belarus is limited in its ability to shatter main divisions between men and women

Belarus is slowly opening up to the idea of gender equality. But the conservative meaning attached to the concept is holding it back. 07.12.2014 | 09:39

KGB detained the military analyst Aliaksandr Alesin

According to the unofficial information, he is suspected on espionage. 06.12.2014 | 08:02

Victar Malisheuski: Whining as a trend of Belarusan non-state journalism

The famous blogger assumes that criticism in the “alternative Belarusan society” has long ago developed into whining, while most of the non-state media are trying to prove the axiom. 05.12.2014 | 11:29

Siarhei Drazdouski: Belarus’ accession to the Convention on the rights of the disabled was reverted

Intermediate results of “Sign with your heart” campaign prove that the society is ready to accept the provisions of the Convention. However, the state has been unable to see this readiness since 2008. 04.12.2014 | 08:45

Point of view: The new mayor of Minsk had all the appearances of an effective and liberal manager

If the new mayor of Minsk succeeds in the implementation of his quasi-liberal plans in Minsk, this can push the country in a new direction. 03.12.2014 | 11:00

V.Stefanovich: Law on alternative service doesn’t live up to expectations of human rights community

Deputy chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” finds the law prejudicial to people who refuse to perform military service for reason of conscience, and points at the main problems of the bill. 02.12.2014 | 09:42

Uladzimir Matskevich: Sovietism is in the head of every Belarusan

It is through establishment of sound nationalism that identification of ourselves as an adult nation responsible for our own fate happens. 02.12.2014 | 08:27

Democracy far and close: life after communism

From feudal democracy in Armenia to transformations in Latvia – post-communist metamorphoses of the former Soviet States gathered at the international conference in Minsk. 01.12.2014 | 07:58

Elena Tonkacheva: My deportation is suspended, but the course of appeal procedure is very odd

The human rights fighter also has questions to documentation of suspension of her deportation from the country. 30.11.2014 | 09:52

Belarus scores highest in social capital due to personal ties, not heterogeneous networks

If the analysis of the Legatum Institute ranking is accurate, this variety of social capital might hamper Belarus’s political and socioeconomic development, writes Volha Charnysh. 29.11.2014 | 11:41

Volha Smalianka: I don’t want to think that the official Europe will evade situation with Tonkacheva

The silence of the Belarusan authorities is easily understood; but absence of reaction of the official European structures is surprising. 29.11.2014 | 09:35

A monument to Mikhail Zhyzneuski opens in Kiev

The monument for a Belarusan killed at Maidan was opened in downtown Kiev in Hrushevskoho street. 27.11.2014 | 09:40

Ulad Vialichka: Staying silent about Tonkacheva’s case, the EU holds with the Belarusan authorities

If a situation is uncomfortable for a bureaucrat, the way-out is to ignore it. 27.11.2014 | 08:31

Successful civil practices of 2014 were discussed in Minsk

On 14th November, a round table “Successful Civil Practices of 2014: “Exchange of Experience and Ways of Implementation” took place in Minsk. 25.11.2014 | 10:59

Informal education in Belarus: The Flying University and the European College of Liberal Arts

With limited resources, as compared to state-funded universities, the organizers of informal education in Belarus managed to make attractive education outside the bounds of state-run institutions. 24.11.2014 | 11:00

Uladzimir Dunaeu: On the most critical points we rather observe regress in higher education

Neither situation with freedom, nor with self-government in Belarusan system of education became better, a member of the public Bologna Committee says. 24.11.2014 | 09:45

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