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![Financial Times: Behemoths in Belarus Belie Stalling Economy](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/belaz-75600-150x150.jpg)
London's Financial Times published another piece on Belarus economy. About a year ago the leading European business newspaper released a special supplement devoted to promotion...
![15 Years and Counting: Inside Lukashenka’s Belarus](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ref-150x150.jpg)
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe invite you to a briefing with top Belarusian pro-democracy leaders 15 Years and Counting: Inside Lukashenka's Belarus November 12,...
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Poland’s foreign minister called upon the US to deploy its troops on the territory of the country to defend it from military aggression.
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Мінску трэба прайсці яшчэ “вельмі доўгі шлях” для паляпшэння двухбаковых адносін са Злучанымі Штатамі Амерыкі, лічыць памочнік дзяржсакратара ЗША па справах Еўропы і Еўразіі Філіп Гордан....
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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...
![Washington Post: Belarusans Basking in — Not Hiding From — the Spotlight’s Glare](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/PH2009091403236-150x130.jpg)
![What Washington and Minsk Have to Talk About](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090814_gordon1_t-1-150x150.jpg)
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Phillip Gordon listened more than he talked. Perhaps because he was not graced with the presence of the chief Belarusian...
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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...
![New York Times: Russia’s Neighbors Resist Wooing and Bullying](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nytlogo153x23.gif)
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Detaining American citizens to hand them over...
![IMF to lend Belarus an additional $1 billion](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/imf-logo.gif)
Apparently, the IMF mission to Belarus was satisfied with the efforts the country is making to tackle its worst economic crises since early 1990-s. The fund agreed...
![The Wall Street Journal: Europe’s Last Dictatorship](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wsj.gif)
![Iryna Khalip is Honored with Courage in Journalism Award](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/iryna_khalip.jpg)
The Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation awarded a 2009 Courage in Journalism Award to Iryna Khalip, a Belarusian journalist who is frequently detained and subjected to all-night...
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Irina Krasovskaya and David Kramer published a piece in Foreign Policy on the European Union’s recent overtures to Belarus.