Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
No plans to deepen cooperation with EU until end of presidential elections in Belarus
Belarus favours pragmatic cooperation with the EU on economic projects, cross-border cooperation, visa liberalisation and facilitation in obtaining external financing. read more 
Dazhynki festival upsets Belarusian villagers
On 25 February the local government of the Belarusian town of Kruhlaje announced that its residents will have an obligatory unpaid day of work. The authorities still are trying to collect money for the annual Dažynki festival, since the financing from the state budget was cut back in 2014. read more 
Money for Nirvana, or How a yoga businesswoman from Vitebsk turned crisis into growth
Tatiana Storchevaya, an entrepreneur from Vitebsk, has proved that self-improvement is a salable commodity at the Belarusian market. She made a successful business and used the crisis to grow and realize her dream. read more 
Holy see: Belarus is a model for our world
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, second in line in the Vatican hierarchy to Pope Francis, called an internationally ostracised Belarus a "model for our world". read more 
Ahead of presidential elections differences among Belarusian opposition grow
The fact that one of the prominent and popular opposition leaders Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu has announced his divorce from the opposition means that internal differences among the opposition have grown. read more 
Belarus: no appetite for revolution?
The political year for Belarusian opposition will begin with a traditional rally on the so called Freedom Day 25 March. This day, which celebrates proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918, in the past was bringing to the streets of Minsk thousands of people opposing the government read more 
Russia pushes for single Visa space, Belarus resists
Russia is getting serious about the idea of creating a unified visa space with Belarus. read more 
Official Minsk is attempting to “bridge East and West“
Official Minsk is attempting to become "a bridge between East and West" in order to relieve tension in relations between the Kremlin and Western capitals. read more 
Minsk hopes to neutralize pressure from Kremlin by cooperating with EU
The Belarusian authorities have engaged all possible communication channels to normalise relations with Western capitals ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga. read more 
Minsk and Astana unlikely to form single opposition centre to Kremlin
Minsk and Astana are attempting to strengthen coordination to offset Kremlin’s Eurasian integration initiatives. read more 
Bruce Bucknell. Remember Crimea
A year ago, the Kremlin helped stage an illegal and illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea that culminated in Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine, redrawing the map of Europe by force, and deepening the burgeoning crisis in east Ukraine. read more |
