Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Aleksiyevich: Lukashenka looks less of dictator than Putin
The well-known writer has commented on the annexation for Crimea, situation in Ukraine and its influence on Belarus for Radio Liberty. read more 
Fighting corruption in Belarus: barking up the wrong tree?
20 years ago, Alexander Lukashenka won the presidential elections thanks to the anti-corruption slogans. Today he returns the issue to the public discourse - last month Lukashenka proclaimed that Ukraine had a revolution because of corruption. read more 
Minsk less interested in signing Eurasian Economic Community Agreements
Official Minsk is losing interest in the Eurasian Economic Community project. read more 
Belarusian-Chinese relations: from great promise to failure
In the near future Minsk and Beijing plan to sign the main contract for the China-Belarus Industrial Park. Once a project that used to hold great promise, now appears to be a failure. read more 
Free tours to Ukraine: 'There are no bandits'
A beach season is just round the corner, but Belarusians are deciding against spending their holiday in Ukraine. Travel agencies even offered journalists a tour to Odessa seaside for free so that they could see what is going on in the neighbouring country in their own eyes and describe the events read more 
Ukraine crisis offers Belarus new chance in Eastern Partnership
The current Ukraine crisis is an enormous challenge to Belarus’ foreign policies. But it also offers Minsk an opportunity to improve ties with the European Union (EU) in the run-up to the 2015 presidential election. read more 
Ukraine can help Belarus with exemptions in the Eurasian Economic Union
The presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia plan to sign the founding treaty of the Eurasian Economic Union in May 2014. read more 
Will nuclear weapons return to Belarus?
Last week, the Belarusian economic news portal afn.by published a story with the provocative headline “Lukashenka: The Situation with Crimea Allows Belarus to Get its Nuclear Arms Back.” read more 
Euronest PA can hardly bring Belarus closer to Europe
The EU-Neighborhood East Parliamentary Assembly (Euronest PA) working group on Belarus held a meeting on April 1 to discuss increased ties between Belarus and the EU. The Euronest PA can hardly help unfreeze EU-Belarus ties. read more 
External environment poses new risks for the Belarusian economy
Economic performance during first two months of 2014 has been rather disappointing. First, almost all industries reduced their output which led to a decline in GDP by 1.6% year-on-year in January-February. read more 
What policy can the Belarusian economy sustain?
The official forecasts for socio-economic development in 2014 is as conservative as it has ever been: the projected GDP growth is only 3.3%. International organisations and independent forecasters are even less optimistic. read more 
Local elections in Belarus: a complete farce or more than that?
On 23 March, Belarus held elections for its local councils. read more |
