Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Belarusian oppostion in local elections: will it learn from old mistakes?
On 2 October, Belarus' Central Elections Commission (CEC) revealed that local elections will take place in March 2014. in the past, the CEC had a history of scheduling elections earlier than they should be according to the law. read more 
Getting to know Belarus: recreation and tourism
As the World Hockey Championship 2014 approaches, the organising committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus announced that they plan to suspend the perplexing visa regime to facilitate tourist travel. read more 
First-ever Havel prize awarded to jailed Belarusian Byalyatski
Jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Byalyatski has won the first Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize for his "tireless work to uphold the rights of citizens" in the country. read more 
Ales Byalyatski marks 51st birthday in prison today
The vice President of the International Human Right Federation and head of Viasna is marking his birthday in Babruisk prison #2. read more 
“Teddy bear air drop“ plane sold for $ 11 700
The plane was auctioned on September 17 with the initial price of S 1. It's cost grew by nearly 12 thousand times in a week. read more 
Military exercises in Belarus: potential aggression or fighting for Russian funding?
On Friday, a joint Belarusian-Russian military exercise started in Belarus and in the Kaliningrad Province of Russia. read more 
“Teddy Bear“ airplane that taunted Lukashenka goes on eBay
The Swedish PR man behind a daring stunt to embarrass Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka over his miserable rights record is at it again. read more 
Belarus gets insurance for World Cup 2014 boycott
The expenses will be covered by an insurance company if the world ice hockey championship is boycotted or postponed. read more 
Belarusian Svyatlana Markiyanovich escapes from Syrian captivity
She and her Moldavian friend climbed down from the window while the terrorists were asleep. Then a local imam hid them in a mosque. read more 
Mikalai Autukhovich needs urgent surgery
The political prisoner has an acute dental disease. read more 
Getting to know Belarus: impressions of Belarusian education
Universities in the United States often bring to mind school spirit, frat parties and caffeine-fueled late nights studying at the library. I was not expecting the same situation in Belarusian universities, but I did hope for some semblance of a college lifestyle. read more 
Getting to know Belarus: An American’s year in Minsk
A country where parachuting teddy bears and clapping in public are illegal? Where one in eight people is employed by the military or the police? Where nobody speaks English at all? Why would anyone want to go there? These were the questions that friends and family asked when I told them I was going read more |
