Minsk’s muddled media clampdown could jeopardize warming of relations with the West.

The relationship between Russia and Belarus has never been an easy one. The two former Soviet republics have spent the last two decades on a roller coaster ride — sometimes allies, sometimes adversaries in heated public rows.

Between November 6 and December 11, 2015, Carnegie Europe continued its Capitals Series. In this second phase, the focus was on the EU’s Eastern neighbors, which the bloc has so often zigzagged over in trying to establish a coherent policy toward them collectively or bilaterally.

The 7th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum was held in Kyiv on 19-21 November attracting around 300 participants, observers and guests who attended more than 20 sessions and a Networking Fair in the framework of the Assembly.

The conference “Social economy: how to be successful despite the crisis” launched in Minsk on October 22.

The Secretary General of ALDA, Antonella Valmorbida, attended the International Congress of Belarusan Studies (Lithuania) invited by the Centre for European Transformation and the International Consortium “EuroBelarus”, from Minsk.

Deputy Head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich has told about his today’s meeting with representatives of the European Union’s European External Action Service, which took place on 24 February at the European Commission’s office in Minsk.

In this episode of Some call it Belarus, we take a look at the impact the current crisis in Ukraine has had on the internal and external politics of Belarus, and have short excursions into the countries’ geopolitics and relations with Russia and Ukraine.

The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum participated in a roundtable discussion organized in partnership with the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) on 2 October in Warsaw.

Statements about Belarusan political prisoners made by Israeli envoy rather show his cynical position than the position of Israel.