EVENTS Launch of the Belarusian Interactive Parliament | December 3rd 2013 On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 the Belarusian Interactive Sejm ‘InterPolit – Rebirth’ will be launched in Warsaw.... | 02.12.13 Press Club Belarus: Award-winning Belarusian lessons On October 24th, at 5 pm, Press Club Belarus’ next meeting will be with Katsiarina Kibalchich, Belarusian Dream film director and ... | 22.10.13 East Book.eu Journalist guide Korniag Theatre’s Spectacle No 7 to open Eye On Culture Festival in Warsaw On October 17 Korniag Theatre will be performing ‘Spectacle No 7’ at Teatr Polski and at night an after party will be held at... | 16.10.13 International relations Events in Ukraine boost calls for an electoral revolution in Belarus | 10.12.13 Events in Ukraine have served to boost calls within Belarus’ opposition for a ‘revolutionary’ scenario. While president... Minsk loses its position vis-à-vis Moscow Belarus reacts positively to potential Ukraine Association Treaty with EU Belarusian government shifts responsibility for economic failures to Customs Union Economy Belarus’ 2014 budget: full of aspirations | 17.12.13 Budget revenues in 2014 were projected based on the actual revenues in 2013. The government counts on additional revenues from the population and... National Bank triggers deposit outflow from banks Banks earn less for macroeconomic stability Affordable corporate loans may put pressure on financial market Твиты пользователя @solidarityBY Partners

Feature of the week Lukashenko appears to broaden nomenclature’s powers With reduced public administration efficiency and fewer available resources to support... Social and political issues Spending on social benefits is cut, but law enforcement budget increases | 17.12.13 The government has continued to cut social benefit in an effort to preserve the existing socio-economic model, albeit somewhat curtailed.... Viktor Lukashenko’s informal leadership in Security Council strengthens Government wants to keep control over housing industry without stretching budget Lukashenko delays government’s resignation due to staff scarcity Regions A tax on unemployed would bump official unemployment rate up to 20% | 17.12.13 The government plans to tax the unemployed, but has yet to develop the mechanism. About 150,000 people in each of Belarus’ six regions might... How to reduce costs of local elections? Dairy farms’ failure to reconstruct bitterly criticized by Lukashenko Top 5 taxpayers by region Press Club BISS Будзьма International Press on Belarus EU Presidency: Ukrainian Government Has ‘Lost Credibility’Can You Dig It, EU? Visa Suspension for UkraineOf mice and cheese – Explaining Ukraine’s stalematePromises, Promises: Moscow’s Record Of Broken Aid PledgesEuromaidan: What We Will RememberWell, There Goes the Neighbourhood: Do Experts Predict End for EaP?The Eastern Partnership: Life Begins after VilniusMoldova: Bullied by Russia, but ResoluteEvents in Ukraine Will Determine the Fate of Whole Eastern EuropeStuck in the Middle With Ukraine: V4 on Energy and Protests

About usSBIO analysesSubscribe Guide for Journalists Journalism Competition BY in the spotlight InterPolit Belarusian Dream (film) We recommend Foreign ministries of Belarus, Switzerland hold consultations in Bern naviny.by 20.12.13 Third anniversary of December 19, 2010 events marked today euroradio.fm 19.12.13 Agreement has been reached for sale of stake in Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant to “Russian investor,” says First Deputy Prime Minister Syamashka naviny.by 19.12.13 Lukashenka Struggles To Prevent Civil Servants From Leaving Their Jobs belarusdigest.com 19.12.13 Another death sentence handed down in Belarus naviny.by 18.12.13 Belarusian opposition politicians meet with head of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus naviny.by 18.12.13 Activists Say Belarus Hiding Information On Death Penalties rferl.org 18.12.13