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Belarus: RSF calls for release of blogger held for past six months
29 July 2016, 17:57 | English / Foreign media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for more transparency in the judicial proceedings against detained Belarusian blogger Eduard Palchys and for a revision of Belarus’ legislation on media offences. read more

Belarus: changing old ideas and mixing with the new in Belarus’ export market
29 July 2016, 17:54 | English / Foreign media

When talk turns to Belarusian exports, a popular picture emerges for most foreigners, of Belarusian vehicles — well-known timber and mighty mining trucks, time-proven tractors and chipping machines and many more. Production of the huge, state-owned manufacturers was a successful export product for read more

Belarus from behind bars
28 July 2016, 19:54 | English / Foreign media

What is it like to be thrown into a Belarusian jail? Political prisoners tell their stories in a reportage by the Ekaterina Loushnikova, a radio and print journalist based in Kyiv. read more

Health Ministry Bans Medical Education in Belarus
27 July 2016, 23:20 | English / Foreign media

The Health Ministry has prohibited Iranian students from higher education in medicine and dentistry in Belarus from August 1. read more

'The world can be better': a tribute to journalist Pavel Sheremet
22 July 2016, 17:55 | English / Foreign media

A former colleague remembers the irrepressible reporter, who was killed on Wednesday morning by a car bomb in Kiev read more

Why is Belarus tech booming?
14 July 2016, 16:35 | English / Foreign media

At the beginning of July, the Russian media reported on the success of two Belarusian programmers. Gennady Korotkevich and Adam Bardashevich, both students at the St Petersburg ITMO University, teamed up to win $16,000 in the finals of the VK Cup 2016. This event is widely regarded as the biggest read more

Belarus: on the way to a market economy?
12 July 2016, 19:42 | English / Foreign media

The most important thing, for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is a clear vision of the country’s future. “We should specify the tasks required to ensure our strategic development. This is why we need an extremely sincere, honest and high-toned conversation,” Alexander Lukashenko said read more

Belarusian president accidentally ​sparks international striptease
08 July 2016, 15:39 | English / Foreign media

Naked office selfies go viral after Alexander Lukashenko urges citizens to ‘get undressed and work till you sweat’ read more

The Guardian: Svetlana Alexievich on Orlando: 'There is not really a place you can run to'
07 July 2016, 13:33 | English / Foreign media

In New York, the Nobel prize-winning Belarusian writer also spoke about chronicling politics and suffering – and why she’s turning her attention to love read more

The Weekly Standart: Under Russia's shadow
06 July 2016, 13:29 | English / Foreign media

The Baltic republics prepare for the worst read more


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