If Western politicians intend to defend democratic principles, they should not retract from the policy of isolation of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and invite him to the EU summit in Prague.
EU’s Commissioner: There were lots of things missing on the democratic side in Belarus
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU’s Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, said Belarus couldn’t join the Eastern Partnership without democratic reforms.
Should regime be rescued?
Recently among the people mentioned in the oppositional discourse, the ideas like “we should talk with the regime, help them receive loans form the West” are propagandized more and more insistently, Lyavon Barshcheuski writes at the website of the Belarusian Popular Front party.
Barack Obama inauguration: Two million turn out to greet their new president
The roar of adulation swept across the National Mall and echoed off the granite walls of the Smithsonian museums on each side.
Today is Day of Solidarity in Belarus
Rallies of solidarity will be held in Belarus and all over the world on December 16 with an aim of attracting attention to violation of human rights in Belarus.
Political violence captured on stage
In their own country, members of the Belarus Free Theatre hold performances deep in forests or at private apartments for fear of being arrested. Their uncensored productions, which highlight the realities of living under Europe’s last dictatorship, have landed actors and audience members in jail.
Russian gas transit to Europe through Belarus increased by 26 million cubic meters
Minsk, January 5 (Interfax) – Transit of Russian natural gas to Poland through Belarus has been increased by 26 million cubic meters to 109.5 million cubic meters a day, the Belarusian gas transportation company Beltransgaz told Interfax on Monday.
Belarus on track to receive $2.5bn IMF loan
Belarus, the authoritarian state headed by President Alexander Lukashenko, is set to secure a $2.5bn (£1.7bn, €1.8bn) International Monetary Fund emergency loan to help it weather the global economic crisis.
Paval Kuryanovich under threat of urgent drafting
Paval Kuryanovich, activist of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, is threatened he may be lose his deterrence and drafted into the army.
Activist of “European Belarus” arrested for national flag on New Year’s Eve
Marta Maiseenka, activist of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, was to have trial in the Tsentralny district court of Minsk on December 31.