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17 December 2012
Non-Formal Education, Minsk Brand, Gender Conference - Belarus Civil Society Digest
Festival of non-formal education, National Gender Platform approval, discussion of Minsk brand and human rights defenders of the year were among the most notable civil society events in Belarus last week.
Festival of Non-Formal Education. On 7-9 December, the 4th Festival of...
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21 December 2010
Fiasco for the West: Arrests Follow Beatings in Belarus
Instead of covering up the disgrace of the post-election brutality or at least keeping quiet after the OSCE declared vote count “...
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24 November 2010
Young European Federalists Plan New Action of Solidarity with Belarus
Ahead of the upcoming presidential election in Belarus, the Young European Federalists plan to organize a pan-European solidarity action to demand the Belarusian... -
09 November 2010
Do Belarusians Really Want Changes?
The most recent opinion poll issued by the Independent Institute of Social-Economic and Political Research (NISEPI), conducted on September 2-12... -
23 June 2010
GMF on Lukashenka, EU’s power and Belarusian civil society
It seems that pragmatism and realpolitik are winning at the moment over values-driven approaches in EU policy toward Belarus, while Lukashenka’s power game continues eroding the EU’s self-esteem. He is very well aware of the complicated procedural nature and internal problems of the EU and was not particularly shaken by the post-Lisbon proclamations that the EU would become a...
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21 June 2010
To Engage or Not to Engage: The Policy Dilemma of Dealing with Belarus
How to deal with Belarus, along with the question of whether to engage or seek to isolate the regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka has been a bone of contention... -
07 June 2010
Belarus Stays Outside EU Enlargement Agenda Even in Theory
The European Union has committed to the long-term strategy of integration of the Balkan states of former Yugoslavia and Albania as its members. At the same time Belarus remains untouched by European integration. This means that the EU border remains a border dividing Europe. The rationale behind Western Balkan states' integration into the EU is geographical and geopolitical: the countries...
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01 May 2010
Leaders of Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Their Relationship with the EU
Looking for subtext in yesterday’s meeting between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk is all the more tempting because Lukashenka had urged not to look for one. Among other things, the two leaders discussed steps Belarus has to take to join the Council of Europe and the need for opening European markets. Yanukovich said Ukraine...
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14 April 2010
No Official Mourning In Belarus After Death of Kaczyński So Far
Today Belarus is the only country in the region that has not declared a day of national mourning following the death of the Polish president in a plane crash Apr. 10. Lithuania, Ukraine, Czech... -
19 March 2010
David Miliband on Responsibility to Applaud
The UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband singled out Belarus in his introduction to the Foreign Office's Annual Report on Human Rights 2009. According to Mr Miliband, human rights defenders protest against injustice in Belarus and "we have a responsibility to applaud these efforts, and to support them by challenging the notion that human rights depend on culture and circumstance....
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21 February 2010
Travel Safe, Belarusian Student
Despite having one of the highest student ratios in Europe, a... -
08 October 2009
Belarus May Win from the Change of US Missile Defense Plans
On Sept. 17, to Russia’s satisfaction and to Poland’s chagrin, President Obama announced canceling US plans to build a missile base in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic. The revelation came on the 70th...
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