Belarus stands out as a special case in transition blending. On one hand, there are the signs of relative prosperity, the socially oriented policies and the buds of...
Opinion
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Moldova’s recent presidential elections which took place in mid-November, and which resulted in Igor Dodon’s victory, have shown that there is more than just a political...
The global economic environment continues to be challenging. The ‘wounds’ inflicted by the global financial crisis of 2008 have not yet healed completely and world...
“The EU is also fumbling in Belarus. There, the EU’s approach is either to leave the country in a state of political isolation or to engage with it regardless of its...
“Foreign companies do not just run their businesses in Belarus, or in any other country for that matter; they also try to understand how people live in the country, and...
“The very heart of the city is famous for its unique atmosphere that comes from a combination of architecture, colours, flavours and aromas as well as the friendliness...
Belarus and Poland share a long common history, perhaps not as much over the six decades since the Second World War or the Great Patriotic War, but definitely throughout...
Since the end of the 1980s, when the centrally planned Soviet economic system entered the final phase of its agony, at least five rounds of region-wide macroeconomic...
Italy “is the homeland of the soul” — that is what Nikolai Gogol, a well-known Russian writer, said during his journey to Rome. The historical relationships between...
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) expects the Belarus economy to recover, only weakly in 2017-18, by just above 1 per cent, on average, from the protracted recession...
“EU member states should be looking at all these initiatives with a view to how Europe could profit from the developments without giving away its strategic assets...
Political and economic relations between the United States and Belarus are enjoying a resurgence. Ten years ago political relations between our two countries were...
