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Status Quack

And still I am not impressed. A media war between Russia and Belarus? It was to be expected after years of a “gas for kisses” policy and recent milk, sugar and hydrocarbonate border battles. At least...

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SOS

You could pretty well imagine how it feels today to be a Belarusian. Think of your influential neighbouring country, one that is very close culturally as well as politically. After a government green...

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The Art of Impossible

Everything is possible, the impossible just takes a little longer. As a Belarusian I can say it again: the impossible is possible. The upcoming presidential election in Belarus shows how different...

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Happy? New? Yeah…

There’s nothing else you can talk about in Belarus these days. After the presidential election on 19 December people woke up in a different country. New year 2011 has brought a new reality to Belarus....

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Zealous Belarus

P.P: As the post was published, shocking news came. There was an explosion in the busiest Minsk underground station Oktyabrskaya, in the very centre of the city, near the Presidential Administration....

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Terror and Trust

The act of terrorism in Minsk on 11 April is an attempt to destroy the myth that Belarus is an ‘island of stability and security,’ as the Belarusians describe it. The country has neither religious nor...

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Clap Your Hands, Say Change

Picture this: My granny regrets having voted for Lukashenka in the elections half a year ago. It’s not the end of the world, but looks like the beginning of it. As we say, meaning that a certain fate...

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Decree Me

Belarus used to be one of the most technically advanced republics of the Soviet Union. Today, 21 years after the collapse of the USSR, it’s just one of the most Soviet. Years pass, but certain...

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Rinse and Repeat

It sounds familiar in 2013: Belarus is aiming high. It plans to have 8.5 percent GDP growth and it has unveiled a big-hearted programme on modernisation, social housing, wage growth and debt repayment....

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Beware Twilight Diplomacy

They say that long journeys begin with small steps. Thousands of small business owners recently staged strikes across Belarus against new rules imposed under the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan...

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Hostage of Love

News from Belarus: activist detained, activist arrested, journalist detained… And now for something completely different: head of Russian potash giant Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, arrested in...

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