Belarus is rewriting history to achieve political goals, and the country’s Polish community is paying the price. World War II is embedded in the mental and emotional landscape of the borderlands, an area loosely stretching along the Poland and...
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The European Union faces a major international crisis after Belarus forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk, allowing the country’s...
Authorities in Belarus look set to use new “anti-Nazi” legislation to intensify their crackdown on independent media and civil society. New and amended laws...
Authorities in Belarus this week intensified their repression of independent media, shutting down the country’s largest news portal, TUT.by. The largest and most...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Protests in Belarus since a rigged presidential election last August have been characterised by their creativity. So much so that as well as inspiring works of art, the...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s unswerving commitment to bringing about democratic change in Belarus, despite being forced into exile and despite the imprisonment of her...
As Belarus celebrates Freedom Day, the country’s opposition is calling for new protests against the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition...
Eastern Europe is home to several authoritarian leaders who run repressive regimes: labeling Alexander Lukashenko as “Europe’s last dictator” is lazy, simplistic, and...
Despite vocal support for the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the international community has so far failed to ensure the re-run of a clearly rigged...
A museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, has launched an exhibition featuring the work of five female Belarusian photojournalists covering the protests against the Belarusian...
The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly was convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. It served only to demonstrate his...
