Russia can’t leave Belarus without support unless it wants to completely lose it, even if only in the status of a symbolic ally.
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Statement by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on the lifting of EU sanctions on Belarus
The EaP CSF Steering Committee calls on the Belarusan authorities to initiate talks with the Belarusan National Platform of the EaP CSF on the establishment of a Belarusan Council of National Dialogue.
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A usual circle. No sanctions, no changes
After the abolition of the sanctions, the EU and Minsk will further expect from each other for the steps that no one is going to take. The situation in the country will not change; only the third force can affect it. If the Belarusan civil society doesn’t become this third force, then Russia will become it.
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Uladzimir Matskevich: Dzmitryeu and Karatkevich behave “properly” — they entered the authorities’ game
What relations with the opposition the authorities want to have? Why has Uladzimir Matskevich agreed to work at ONT? Why he doesn’t become politician himself since he knows and talks so much about it?
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Applications now open for the 8th EaP CSF Annual Assembly
The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) invites all interested parties to submit expressions of interest to participate in the 8th Annual Assembly of the Forum that will take place on 28-30 November 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Uladzimir Matskevich: Abolition of sanctions opens way to closer EU-Belarus cooperation
Neither Minsk nor Brussels nor Warsaw has clear understanding of how to build the bilateral relations in future.
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Elena Tonkacheva: The actions of the official Minsk give no grounds for fulfilling EU’s expectations
Fulfillment of the majority of EU wishes depends on technical decisions; however, there’s no political will for that in Belarus, the head of Legal Transformation Center (Lawtrend) assumes.
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Does Belarus have problems with the freedom of religion?
It appears that it does, which is primarily connected with the deficient legislation.
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The statement of the Belarusan National Platform on the abolition of EU sanctions against Belarus
The Belarusan National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum issued a statement in connection with the cancellation of the Council of the EU most of the sanctions against the Belarusan authorities.
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Elena Tonkacheva’s request to shorten entry ban into Belarus is rejected
The head of the Legal Transformation Center (Lawtrend) received a response from the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Belarus.
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Andrei Yahorau — Al Jazeera: “Lukashenko is irresponsible”
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.