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Presidents team grows younger

On June 10th, President Lukashenko appointed Kirill Rudy his Assistant for economic issues. So-called ‘Eurasian’ group forms in the...

Nomenclature is not giving up on changing the electoral system

On June 11th, Central Election Commission Chairwoman Lidia Yermoshina, in an interview with Euroradio, stated that Belarus had been studying the...

Belarusian authorities get a summer break

On June 7th, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov held a press conference in Minsk. Ambassador Surikov’s statement will be used as...

States social responsibility shrinks

On June 5th, former presidential candidate and a political emigrant Andrei Sannikov was interviewed by Deutsche Welle. In Belarus, the state’s...

Lukashenko gives a chance to his eldest son

On May 27th, President Lukashenko appointed KGB Chairman Valery Vakulchik and his Assistant for National Security Viktor Lukashenko to supervise the...

Russia, not Belarus, is interested in uncertainty in bilateral relations

On May 29th, President Lukashenko participated in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in Astana, and on May 31st he met with Russia’s...

“Doctors’ case” will complicate Belarusian experts’ participation in international exchange programs

The Belarus’ General Prosecutor’s Office carries out large-scale inspection of leading medical care staff on corruption suspicions,...

Opposition coalitions form according to core-periphery model

On May 20th, in Minsk, the opposition coalition, so-called “Trio” - the BPF, “For Freedom” Movement and “Tell the...

Changes in the housing ownership rules: political opportunities for opposition and President

On May 17th, Housing Minister Andrei Shorets reported to MPs about a new decree on housing ownership reform to be signed in the near future. The...

Why Vladimir Makey cancelled his New York visit

On May 13th -14th, Belarus’ Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Rybakov took part in a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly....

Civil society in Belarus is increasing its influence

On May 7th, Minsk City Executive Committee refused to enter into a contract for the construction of a recreational centre in the centre of...

Minsk deliberately strains relations with the Kremlin

On May 6th Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev visited Minsk and met with President Lukashenko and discussed the security and...

On May Day social activity was acceptable for the authorities

On May 1st, the International Labour Day, rallies and demonstrations were held in several Belarusian cities. Traditional May Day demonstrations...

The regime stakes on populations and power elites support

On May 3rd, President Lukashenko ordered to arrest a number of employees of a private clinic Ecomedservice who were responsible for the death of a...

Summer season will calm down Belarusian protest movements

On April 26th, the authorities allowed the Chernobyl Path, the annual demonstration, to be held in Minsk. The small number of the demonstration...

Oppositions reaction to the news about possible deployment of Russian air base in Belarus

On April 23rd, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in Minsk that by 2015 Russian airbase will be deployed to Belarus. Nationalists,...

A new development stage in the left forces’ coalition

On April 17th in Minsk, “Green” Party, “Fair World” Belarusian Left Party and the organizing committee of the Belarusian...

High-profile resignations aimed at improving Lukashenko’s popularity and at greater control over foreign investment

On April 18th, President Lukashenko dismissed Energy Minister Alexander Ozerets “for the failures in management”. Earlier his Deputy...

Administrative reform will increase official’s dependence

On April 12th, the President signed a decree No 168 „Measures to optimize government system and other public organizations, as well as...

Opposition is split over „European issue”

Last week, opposition and civil society representatives had hot debates about the Belarusian-European relations’ principles and about the role...

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Press Club Belarus accepted into International Association of Press Clubs Press Club Belarus was given the role of observer during the General Assembly of the International Association of Press Clubs (IACP) that... 07.06.13

Conference "Belarusian Civil Society in 2013" will take place in Warsaw on 14-15 June Invitation to the conference "Civil Society of Belarus in 2013" | June 14, 2013 The Council of Europe and the Kasimierz Pulaski Founaton... 06.06.13

To become a flexible and responsive tool to promote democracy This is the basic idea behind the European Empowerment for Democracy, officially launched in Brussels on May 27th, 2013. The European... 28.05.13

Negotiations on Belarus accession to WTO in Brussels on 17 June
belta.by 14.06.13

Obama Extends Belarus Sanctions, National Emergency
rferl.org 14.06.13

Belarus economic model is increasingly untenable, IMF experts say
naviny.by 14.06.13

Belarus must free political prisoners now: UN rights council
expatica.com 14.06.13

Belarus intends to more actively develop relations with EU, but not to detriment of Russia
naviny.by 14.06.13

Belarus sees no prospects for cooperation with UN Human Rights Council rapporteur, envoy says
naviny.by 14.06.13

Belarus : refusal to cooperate triggers renewal of the mandate by the UN Human rights Council
fidh.org 14.06.13