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Savchenko: Alexievich is neither Soviet nor Ukrainian, she’s daughter of great Belarusan nation!
Savchenko: Alexievich is neither Soviet nor Ukrainian, she’s daughter of great Belarusan nation!
The Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is kept in a predetention center in Russia, answered the writer and Nobel Prize winner Sviatlana Alexievich.  28.10.2015 | 10:46
Mikhail Pishcheuski maimed after LGBT-party died in hospital
Mikhail Pishcheuski maimed after LGBT-party died in hospital
The activist of LGBT-movement was in hospital from May 2014; after the beating he was diagnosed with skull fracture and cerebral haemorrhage.  28.10.2015 | 10:40
Sviatlana Alexievich to Lukashenka: Criticism of the president is not a criticism of the people
Sviatlana Alexievich to Lukashenka: Criticism of the president is not a criticism of the people
The Nobel laureate in literature commented on the words of Aliaksandr Lukashenka about her “pouring a bucket of mud on my country”.  27.10.2015 | 09:45
Is social economy a phenomenon for Belarus?
Is social economy a phenomenon for Belarus?
The conference “Social economy: how to be successful despite the crisis” launched in Minsk on October 22.  26.10.2015 | 08:24
Viachaslau Babrovich: “Mere sloppiness saves Russia from fascism”
Viachaslau Babrovich: “Mere sloppiness saves Russia from fascism”
Accusing the Ukrainian “fascist junta” the majority of Russians doesn’t notice the growth of fascist moods in their own country, which are becoming more and more obvious.  23.10.2015 | 08:59
Mapping Study “Belarus Civil Society Organisations In Cross-Sectoral Dialogue” is now published
Mapping Study “Belarus Civil Society Organisations In Cross-Sectoral Dialogue” is now published
The aim of the research is to present the current state of interaction between civil society organizations (CSOs) and government agencies with regard to political decision-making in Belarus.  22.10.2015 | 12:01
Ratification of the Convention on Rights of the Disabled will require actions that no one thought of
Ratification of the Convention on Rights of the Disabled will require actions that no one thought of
Actually, it’s not a fact that ratification won’t be delayed for years. Organizations of persons with disabilities are concerned about probable problems with Convention’s integration into our reality.  22.10.2015 | 09:08
Participants of October 10-11 street demonstrations in Minsk are summoned to police
Participants of October 10-11 street demonstrations in Minsk are summoned to police
More people have been formally charged with administrative offenses in connection with their involvement in a post-election protest held on October 11 in central Minsk.  21.10.2015 | 10:39
“PahoniaPobach” solidarity action is organized in social networks
“PahoniaPobach” solidarity action is organized in social networks
“Art Siadziba” non-commercial organization started the action in the Internet.  19.10.2015 | 10:52
Sergey Daciuk: Third sector structures that are funded by business are no longer civil society!
Sergey Daciuk: Third sector structures that are funded by business are no longer civil society!
Which processes indicate civil society? And why is it weird for a thirty-age man to devote himself to self-development, not family?  19.10.2015 | 08:39
“Our writer”: Belarus, Ukraine, Russia react to Sviatlana Alexievich’s Nobel Prize in literature
“Our writer”: Belarus, Ukraine, Russia react to Sviatlana Alexievich’s Nobel Prize in literature
Three countries at once tried to claim her success. Headlines across post-Soviet space called her a “representative of the Russian literature”, a “writer born in Ukraine”, and a “Belarusian writer.”  18.10.2015 | 15:01
Siarhei Drazdouski: Words about preparing Belarus to sign the Convention don’t prove to be true
Siarhei Drazdouski: Words about preparing Belarus to sign the Convention don’t prove to be true
“Socially oriented” Belarus has become the last country of Europe that has joined the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But should we really feel euphoria about it?  16.10.2015 | 12:07
Sviatlana Alexievich: I wanted the award to bring pride to people; we are a small proud country
Sviatlana Alexievich: I wanted the award to bring pride to people; we are a small proud country
The first press conference of the Nobel Prize winner in literature Sviatlana Alexievich was held in the editorial office of “Nasha Niva” newspaper.  15.10.2015 | 10:03
Denis Mironov: After that you will get all Lukashenka’s kids – how many does he have?..
Denis Mironov: After that you will get all Lukashenka’s kids – how many does he have?..
Why Internet-meme and “funny and miserable mustached man” is as legitimate as the “dangerous dictator” Putin? Why do souvenirs from Belarus shock Russians? A look on our country & Ukraine from Moscow.  15.10.2015 | 08:09
Elections-2015: Mere outer progress in election process without any hint of systemic changes
Elections-2015: Mere outer progress in election process without any hint of systemic changes
Next day after the presidential elections in Minsk immediately three reports about the observation over the election campaign and on the voting day were presented.  14.10.2015 | 08:04
First Belarusan organization to enter IFEX
First Belarusan organization to enter IFEX
Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was the first to join a global network of 80 independent non-governmental organisations.  12.10.2015 | 08:51
Sviatlana Alexievich: The Nobel Prize is not only mine; it’s our common humanitarian
Sviatlana Alexievich: The Nobel Prize is not only mine; it’s our common humanitarian
For Belarus, its own Nobel Prize winner is more interesting than the so-called “elections”. “Nasha Niva’s” editorial office wasn’t able to accommodate all who came to Alexievich’s Nobel conference.  12.10.2015 | 08:05
Tahrir, Maidan, Taksim: what is a “domino effect” phenomenon and what should civil society change?
Tahrir, Maidan, Taksim: what is a “domino effect” phenomenon and what should civil society change?
A scientific discussion about the change of paradigm of civil society in its development took place within the frames of the 5th Congress of Belarusan Studies in Kaunas.  09.10.2015 | 09:00
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
She won the prize “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”.  08.10.2015 | 15:00
What is Belarusan civil society ill with due to the crisis of institutional trust?
What is Belarusan civil society ill with due to the crisis of institutional trust?
Does Belarus have an invisible analogue of Right Sector? Why do litigators and secluded xenophobes live among us? Scientists from Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia discuss civil society’s diagnosis.  08.10.2015 | 08:25
The Year of Belarusan thinking in the Flying University
The Year of Belarusan thinking in the Flying University
We publish the speech of Tatsiana Vadalazhskaja, a coordinator of the Flying University, during the first session of the university seminar in the 2015-2016 academic year.  07.10.2015 | 12:50
“Murder Is Not Justice”: Start of the Week against Death Penalty in Belarus
“Murder Is Not Justice”: Start of the Week against Death Penalty in Belarus
The cruelty and inhumanness of this kind of punishment are symbolized by the robe of a death convict, sent to the relatives of the executives instead of their personal belongings.  06.10.2015 | 11:20
Congress of Belarusian Studies announced the winners of an annual award
Congress of Belarusian Studies announced the winners of an annual award
The awarding ceremony of the prominent Belarusan researchers took place on October 3 in the BLC in Kaunas.  05.10.2015 | 08:38
The Congress of Belarusian Studies is taking place in Kaunas
The Congress of Belarusian Studies is taking place in Kaunas
The first part of the day was dedicated to the Belarus-Germany relations and the World War II problems.  04.10.2015 | 09:22
Congress of Belarusian Studies opened in Kaunas
Congress of Belarusian Studies opened in Kaunas
About 450 scientists from 22 countries – US, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Georgia, Ukraine, and Poland are taking part in it in order to discuss the results of their researches over one year.  03.10.2015 | 09:02
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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”

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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.