Washington
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27 July 2009
Looking for ‘happiness on a different part of the planet’

“[N]o one nation can meet the challenges of the 21st century on its own,” acknowledged the president of the United States Barack Obama in his speech to Chinese officials today. Uncharacteristically, his...
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17 July 2009
Freedom House: Belarus is the only "Not Free" Country in Europe
WASHINGTON — Freedom House released its country reports on freedom in the world. Belarus remains the only European country classiffied as “Not Free”.
A few former Soviet Union countries did better — Ukraine and Baltic States are regarded “Free”, while Moldova, Georgia and Kyrgystan are “Partially Free”.
Here is the summary of the...
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11 June 2009
IMF to lend Belarus an additional $1 billion
Apparently, the IMF mission to Belarus was satisfied with the efforts the... -
29 May 2009
The Wall Street Journal: Europe's Last Dictatorship
The Wall Street Journal published an article of Jeffrey Gedmin, president of Radio Free Europe... -
20 May 2009
Iryna Khalip is Honored with Courage in Journalism Award
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19 April 2009
Jonathan Moore's interview to Charter97
The United States chargé d’affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore recently gave an interview to Charter97. Below is the full text of the interview:- Mr. Moore, an alarming tendency has...
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26 March 2009
Eurasia Daily Monitor: Lukashenka Lashes Out at Opposition
WASHINGTON – David Marples in his recent piece in Eurasia Daily Monitor analyzed how Belarusian auhorities view the opposition and concluded thatthe government is unprepared for and unwilling to participate...
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03 March 2009
Навіны Вашынгтонскага гуртка БАЗА / News of the Washington Chapter of BAZA
28 лютага адбыўся чарговы сход гуртка Беларуска-Амэрыканскага Задзіночаньня ў горадзе Вашынгтоне, у якiм узялi ўдзел 12 сяброў.Сход пачаўся са справаздачы былой старшынi...
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24 February 2009
Bielar.us Had Been Blocked... Because of Sanctions Against Belarus
Last Friday Bluehost, our hosting provider, blocked this web site. Bluehost promised to delete our blog within 10 days. The site had been blocked for four days until we completed migration to a new hosting earlier today.
Needless to say, I was very surprised when I learned about the blockade.There was nothing even remotely illegal on Bielar.us. So, initially I...
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18 February 2009
U.S. Will Not Lift Sanctions if Situation in Belarus Doesn’t Change
The United States chargé d’affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore commented on the situation with U.S. sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime.When taking a decision on sanctions against Belneftekhim...
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11 February 2009
The Jamestown Foundation: Will Lukashenka Be Welcomed in Prague?
WASHINGTON – David Marples has written on the most recent developments in EU-Belarus relations in the Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor.Since last October, the European Union,...
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22 January 2009
The Heritage and the WSJ: Belarus economic freedom is the worst in Europe
WASHINGTON — In the annual ranking of economic freedom in the world of the Wall Street Journal and the Washington-based Heritage Foundation Belarus ranked as the worst...

