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US President Bush Receives Belarusian Opposition Leaders US President George W. Bush received a delegation of Belarusian opposition politicians in Washington on December 6, the White House’s press office reported. The delegation, which arrived in the USA on December 2 and left on December 8, included... Болей »

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Siarhei Kavalenka during his trial in Vitsebsk. On 24 February, Kavalenka was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for alleged parole violations. He had been originally sentenced in January 2010 to three years of "limited freedom" for "illegally displaying the banned Belarusian national flag"... Болей »

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On 7 October 2008, “Visual code of the time: post-Soviet poster art in Belarus” opened in Warsaw’s Zoya gallery. The Polish capital is the first European city that hosts the travelling exhibition, organised by the Office for a Democratic Belarus with the help of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the German... Болей »

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Belarus Says Last “Good-Bye” to Iryna Kazulina In September 2007, Iryna Kazulina was one of the organizers of an international conference on breast cancer. She wrote a book about her struggle with the disease but did not manage to complete it. “The fact of illness is not a reason for selfisolation, to... Болей »

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The Council of the European Union decided to prolong the existing restrictive measures on Belarus until 31 October 2013 due to the fact that not all political prisoners have been released and the lack of improvement with regards to the respect for human rights, the rule of law and democratic principles.... Болей »

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Belarus Before and After Chernobyl Explosion. Radioecological, Demographic and Medical Aspects Excerpts from article by Prof. Yury Bandazheusky Radio-Ecological Situation in Belarus before the Chernobyl Explosion Today, after more than 20 years after explosion at the Chernobyl power plant, people continue... Болей »

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Schengen Zone Expansion: Consequences for Belarus By Dzyanis Melyantsou for the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies Europe's Schengen arrangement, which allows people to cross borders without having their passports checked, expanded on December 21, 2007 to nine new members of the European Union... Болей »

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PACE: Pourgourides Line vs. Rigoni Line towards Belarus Active discussions on Belarus at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) stopped in 2004, following release of the well-known Pourgourides Report and, consequently, adoption of the Resolution on Disappeared Persons, as well as... Болей »

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Austrian bank will invest 1.3 billion dollars Austrian's Raiffeisen Bank will invest the equivalent of 1.3 billion dollars in Belarusian business during 2007, a senior government official said on Monday. The one billion Euro sum will go into Belarusian banking, manufacturing, fund investment, and export... Болей »

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Belarusian Poster Art Travelling Exhibition in Berlin & Dresden Brussels is Next Stop. From October 24 to November 3, 2008, an exhibition of Belarusian posters, entitled “Visual Code of the Time: Post-Soviet Art in Belarus”, was on display in Berlin’s Für Fortgeschrittene gallery. Berlin is the second... Болей »

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Conference on the Role of Civil Society Groups and Local Authorities in Promotion of More Equitable, Open and Democratic Society in Belarus. On May 25-27, 2009 the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA), Lev Sapieha Foundation (Belarus), and the Municipality of Monfalcone (Italy) organized... Болей »

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Round Table Discussion “European Union Energy Policy: Sharing Knowledge” Takes Place in Minsk. On 8-9 June 2009, the Office for a Democratic Belarus (Brussels), the Foundation for Legal Technologies Development (Ukraine) together with the Delegation of the European Commission in Belarus, the Swedish... Болей »

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Conference: “Regional Cooperation in the Field of Energy Security: Challenges and Perspectives for Belarus" to Be Held in Minsk. On 29 October 2009, the Energy Club is going to hold its first session on Energy Security in Crown Plaza, Minsk. This event is part of a larger programme of the Club: meetings... Болей »

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EU and Belarus Share Knowledge in Brussels and in Minsk. On February 1-5, 2010, on the invitation of the Office for Democratic Belarus, a group of Belarusian experts on energy visited Brussels. The delegation, which included representatives from the State Belarusian Technical University, the Belarusian... Болей »

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“Energy Club”: Prospective Strategies for Development Alternative Energy Sources. The discussions of the second meeting of the "Energy Club", which took place in Minsk in March 2010, centred around strategies for the use of alternative energy in Europe and Belarus. The meeting was organized by the Office... Болей »

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EU Transport Policy: Sharing Knowledge with Belarus. On the invitation of the Office for a Democratic Belarus, a group of Belarusian experts on transport visited Brussels on May 17-21, 2010. The delegation that consisted of two former Ministers of Transport of the Republic of Belarus, Assistant Professor... Болей »

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Seminar “Interaction between the Labour Market and Education in Belarus” Takes Place in Minsk. On 24 June 2010, the European Training Foundation, in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus and the Office for Democratic Belarus (Brussels, Belgium), organised a joint seminar entitled... Болей »

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A round table "Belarus after the election: Revo-lution, Stagnation or Reform" was held in Brus-sels on 24 November 2010. The event was organized by the Office for a Democratic Belarus, in collaboration with the Centre for European Policy Studies and the European office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung... Болей »

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On Sunday, February 4, riot police detained about 30 members of the youth organization Young Front. It happened when a session of the central committee of the organization was taking place in a private apartment on Tsnyanskaya Street in Minsk. On the same day, search operations were conducted in apartments... Болей »

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Lukashenko Reiterates Desire to Improve Relations with EU President Alexander Lukashenko said he counts on France's assistance in helping intensify the dialogue between Belarus and the European Union. "Belarus is interested in intensifying cooperation with the French Republic, primarily because o f France's... Болей »