Unrest in Ukraine may prompt Brussels to review its policy with regard to the European Union’s eastern neighbors, including Belarus, regardless of opposition from Russia. read more

A photo of 20 well-known Belarusians holding a banner in support of FC BATE Barysau ultras stirred up the Belarusian internet at the end of January. The photo also featured rock star Liavon Volski, writer and journalist Natalka Babina, screenwriter and film director Andrei Kureichyk. read more

It jumps out at you right after you come back from a foreign land: Minsk is not like Vilnius, Warsaw or Prague. Indeed, it is not like anywhere else. read more

The new issue of New Eastern Europe, an English language magazine published in Poland, devoted nine articles to Belarus. read more

On 31 January the director of the National Book Chamber of Belarus claimed that the Belarusian publishers printed eight times more books in Russian than in Belarusian in 2013. This data illustrates well the position that Russian culture occupies in Belarus. read more

Viachaslau Sheleg, a small business owner and opposition activist from Babruysk (Mahiliow region), will pay the money reward (BYR 250,000,000) to anyone is able to help him find the persons who kidnapped and assaulted his daughter last year. read more

Motion picture Abel which is being taken by Nonstop Media film company has already evoked a wide public response. Today a winter shooting stage – re-enacting of 2010 mass protests – has started in Minsk. read more

In early January 2014 the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS) published its December 2013 poll results for various domains of public opinion. read more

On the 6th of January the ice hockey team of the Belarusian president, again won annual Christmas International Tournament of Amateurs for the Prize of the President of Belarus. read more

Earlier this month, the newly appointed Orthodox Metropolitan Pavel arrived in Minsk. The Metropolitan has no Belarusian passport or roots, does not speak Belarusian and visited Belarus only twice in his life before appointment. read more

Alyaksandr Lukashenka on January 27 urged the European Union (EU) to offer Belarus more aid for fighting illegal migration and goods smuggling. The EU may find it expedient to increase cooperation with the Belarusian authorities in the area. read more

Mikhail Zhyznewski, a Belarusian citizen killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Kyiv last week, was laid to rest near his home city of Homyel on Tuesday evening, BelaPAN said. read more