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Reflecting on acting with unlimited possibilities: main results and future plans

Realization of personal projects, upsurge of motivation and faith in one’s own powers are the main results of the program “Acting with unlimited possibilities” which has been finished lately. 18.03.2015 | 10:55

Lohvinau is given a deferment of two more months to pay the fine

Minsk Economic Court allowed Ihar Lohvinau to pay the fine two months later then he had to. 18.03.2015 | 09:31

Andrei Sushko: Official legal information becomes increasingly less available for Belarusan citizens

How successful will our country go through the human rights procedure within the frames of the UN? “Lawtrend” experts give their assessments to the official report of the Foreign Ministry. 18.03.2015 | 08:10

Tina Farni: We need to establish cooperation between specialists in post-Soviet countries

According to the head of Russian branch of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, we should do it in order to expand accessibility and benefit from the principles of the Convention of the rights of the disabled. 17.03.2015 | 11:12

The Assembly of NGOs held discussion about values and civil initiatives in Belarusan education

The round table was organized as a follow-up to the round table “Civil education. Values” held earlier in Minsk. 16.03.2015 | 11:40

Ales Bialiatski spoke at the session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Ales Bialiatski managed to tell about the importance of human rights defendants’ work and disclose the problems of their persecution in Belarus. 12.03.2015 | 10:03

Media constructivism and social significance: how do Belarusan media create senses?

Andrei Yahorau, Director the Centre for European Transformation, has prepared a analytical document “Media constructivism and social significance: how do Belarusan media create senses?” 12.03.2015 | 08:05

Unless Belarus improves situation with human rights, its criticism of other states will be ignored

Even though incidents mentioned in the report “Most Resonant Human Rights Violations in Certain Countries” issued by Belarusan Foreign Ministry are true, the report will not have the desired effect. 11.03.2015 | 13:21

Białowieża Forest will become a visa-free area

Foreigners wishing to visit “Białowieża Forest” national park will be able to stay in the national park for three days without a visa. 11.03.2015 | 12:10

Is civil society able to earn money for its activity on its own?

European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) prepared a review of legal regulation of economic activities of civil society organizations in Europe. 09.03.2015 | 10:17

Belarus is determined to join the Bologna Process

Belarusan Education Minister Mihail Zhuraukou believes that Belarus is ready to join the Bologna Process, even though Belarus has its specifics. However, the experts from the Public Bologna Committee 05.03.2015 | 11:57

Vladimir Nikitin: We were holding analytical session on Donbas only four years ago

Maidan witnessed an attempt to get rid of a mediator – the state – between life and man. It was a start of a new world. But Donbas doesn’t accept it and, likewise Russia, wants to get off with it. 04.03.2015 | 08:23

Ahead of president election, Information Ministry sends warnings to regional newspapers

Several independent local paper newspapers received warnings from the Information Ministry for minor insufficiencies; their editors-in-chief are going to appeal to the law. 03.03.2015 | 09:35

Belarus won fight on slavery at home, but it is unable of averting servitude of its citizens abroad

While positive results in anti-trafficking campaign can indeed be observed in Belarus, the government still has a ways to go in developing its strategy of dealing with the problem, Vadzim Smok writes. 02.03.2015 | 11:29

Anarchists block road in Minsk to free prisoner Dziadok

They lit flares and put up banner saying “Free anarchist Mikalai Dziadok”. 02.03.2015 | 10:07

Aliaksei Kazliuk: PACE rapporteur didn’t made use of Lawtrend’s offer

During Andrea Rigoni’s visit to Minsk the idea of uniting his efforts with the UN Special Rapporteur Miklos Haraszti didn’t please PACE’s Special Rapporteur much. Why so? 02.03.2015 | 08:33

Escalation of police-ultras relations happened after public demonstration of fans’ political stance

Belarusan authorities believe the ultra subculture is capable of organising anti-government protests during the president election 2015 and are trying to intimidate youngsters by frequent detentions. 01.03.2015 | 11:46

It is time to move from integrated to inclusive education, Belarusan teacher-therapist says

The main plus of integrated education is the possibility to teach a child in accordance with an individually prepared program taking into account special needs of every child. 01.03.2015 | 10:19

Anonymizers and Tor are still accessible in Belarus

Whereas those websites access to which was restricted by Ministry of Information stopped loading. 28.02.2015 | 11:00

Influenced by Russian propaganda, Belarusans and Russians are finding more and more to share

While school textbooks in Belarus routinely emphasise the country’s location in the heart of Europe, on social media Belarusans themselves seem ambivalent, writes Volha Charnysh. 27.02.2015 | 13:36

Apart from websites, Ministry of Informatization will also block anonymizers and proxies

The Operative Analytical Center under the Belarus President and the Ministry of Informatization elaborated the procedure of restricting access to the information resources in the Internet. 27.02.2015 | 12:41

With the declining state of Belarus’s economy, airline industry’s growth prospects are getting dimme

Even though Belarusian Airlines is making more money and becoming increasingly modern, this growth may be unsustainable in the long run as passenger demand declines due to unfolding economic crisis. 23.02.2015 | 10:03

Aleh Hulak: The authorities don’t start real dialog about human rights with the civil society

Belarusan authorities have a specific understanding of human rights, which doesn’t allow them to start real discussion of problems with the representatives of the civil society. 23.02.2015 | 08:01

Elena Tonkacheva: I will have enough work with Belarus in Vilnius as well

Well, the forced move to Vilnius will somehow complicate the human rights work of the head of the Legal Transformation Center; however, it wouldn’t be complicated to the degree the authorities want it 22.02.2015 | 08:56

Uladzimir Dunaeu: Heads of universities heard President’s message; the Minister was disavowed

Why did universities’ heads started to show off, while Belarus is buried under the “trash” of education, dying from the itch of reforms and spits on subordination? 21.02.2015 | 08:57

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