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...
Opinion
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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...
“Political and economic relations between the United States and Belarus are enjoying a resurgence. Ten years ago political relations between our two countries were...
Despite the slowed growth of the world economy, Brexit and the other challenges of the European Union including a migration crisis and the instability of economic...
Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, recently announced that his country is unlikely to give the green light to the EU Association’s agreement with Ukraine, following an...
In autumn 2013, the strong and charismatic Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, announced the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century (in short: One...
When I meet a foreigner for the first time, the moment I start a conversation about Romania, it seems as if we are discussing a topic where each of us has a completely...
When an emerging economy starts a conscious journey towards international financial markets, in order to attract foreign investments, there are several systemic and...
This has been a rough year for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in terms of governance, with neighbours Poland and Ukraine seeing the biggest challenges.
Being eager to know more about Belarus, one might face a situation where certain biased clichés are what is coming first. But it pays to search further so that the real...