On the eve of the 5^th meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Belarusan National Platform focused the attention of its colleagues and international community at the most topical issues.

During the first lecture of the Flying University in this season the issue of why thinking about something and thinking something are different things was discussed.

September 30, 2013, on the eve of the 5th meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Chisinau, Belarusan National Platform of EaP CSF issued an open appeal.

We should not expect a considerable breakthrough in relations between Belarus and Europe until the people interested in it will not consolidate their forces.

On September 27^th, 2013 a round table discussion “Belarusan Yearbook 2012: The Big Freeze” will take place duirng the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.

In the context of announcement of the third phase of the EU initiative European Dialogue on Modernization with Belarusan society (EDoM) and meetings with high EU officials taking place these days in Minsk the Coordinating Committee of Belarusan National Platform of the EaP CSF prepared its position (concerns and proposals) regarding the development of this initiative.

It has been quite a long time since Belarus-Sweden diplomatic conflict started, and the reasons of this conflict are now exhausted.

On Friday, September 13, new 2013-2014 curriculum of the Flying University has been presented in Minsk.                                

Third International Congress of Belarusan Studies will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania, on October 11-13, 2013 and is to gather more than 400 scientists, experts, analysts and intellectuals from 25 countries.

Recent idea about 100 dollar tax for going abroad should be discussed seriously; we shouldn’t be ironic about it.