| 12.01.2010 |
Belarus Will Remain Belorussia for Moscow Journalists and Scholars
Despite Minsk’s official insistence that Belarus is “the uniquely correct form of the name of our state” and the willingness of at least some Moscow officials to agree to that practice, Russian journalists and academics say they will continue to identify their Western neighbor as Belorussia. |
| 12.01.2010 |
Appeasement in our Time: Berlusconi Goes to Belarus
BERLIN — This year has been full of celebrations of the peaceful revolutions of 1989, arguably the most important advance of freedom, democracy, and human rights in history. But this year has also seen rapid European rapprochement with (and some might say appeasement of) one of the world’s worst autocrats: Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus. Europe’s embrace reached a new level Monday when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid an official visit to Minsk, the first by a Western head of government in over a decade. |
| 12.01.2010 |
A delicate Balance Between East and West
Change is a dangerous thing for an autocrat, and Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko is being buffeted by demands for just that as he tries to steer his country through the economic crisis and strained ties with Russia without losing control. |
| 12.10.2009 |
Belarusans Basking in — Not Hiding From The Spotlights Glare
The Belarus Free Theatre has no official audience in Belarus, because officially the Belarus Free Theatre does not exist. Only state-run theaters exist in Belarus, which has been described as Europe's last dictatorship. Only approved plays exist, by approved, non-revolutionary playwrights. There are no revolutionary playwrights in Belarus. Officially. |
| 12.10.2009 |
Belarusian Leader Pardons American Lawyer
MOSCOW -- The Belarusian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, on Tuesday pardoned an American lawyer at the center of a 16-month dispute between Belarus and the United States, in a push to fully restore relations between the two countries.
During a meeting with members of the United States Congress, Mr. Lukashenko agreed to free Emanuel E. Zeltser, who was serving a three-year sentence for industrial espionage and forgery. American diplomats protested Mr. Zeltser’s mysterious arrest and closed trial, and they pressed for his release on humanitarian grounds, saying he had fallen gravely ill in prison. |
| 05.07.2009 |
Europe Betrays Its Mission in Prague
The much-anticipated Prague Summit between the European Union and our eastern partners was a flop. The eastern partnership declaration published last Thursday is not worth the paper it was printed on. |
| 05.07.2009 |
Milk War Strains Russia-Belarus Ties
MOSCOW — Furious over a Russian ban on imported Belarusian milk products, the president of Belarus on Sunday boycotted a planned summit meeåting of post-Soviet states whose centerpiece was the start of a joint military force formed by Russia and four of its closest allies. |
| 05.07.2009 |
An (Un)wanted Guest
The EU’s counterproductive attempt to reach out to Europe’s last dictator.Easing international pressure on Aleksandr Lukashenko could allow him to continue human rights abuses. |
| 25.03.2009 |
Do-It-Yourself Censorship
U.S. firms, spooked by export rules, seem to be practicing a kind of self-censorship oddly similar to what Chinese firms do
NEWSWEEK -- Excerpts from the magazine issue dated Mar 16, 2009 |
| 15.01.2009 |
Window on Eurasia:
Belarusians, Russians Arent Cousins, Let Alone Brothers, New Book Says
Vienna, October 8, 2008 — Even as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka promote alliance between their two governments, a new book argues that "Russians and Belarusians are in no way brothers. Indeed, they are not even cousins" and adds that they have had very different histories and will experience very different fates. |
| 02.05.2008 |
Heart of darkness
A ray of hope from Belarusian exiles
LIKE a stub of candle, even a small bit of history is a comfort when you are in a dark room. Belarus looks pretty gloomy under Alyaksandr Lukashenka. An earthy collective-farm manager, he won the last freely contested election in 1994 against a representative of the old Soviet nomenklatura. |
| 05.04.2007 |
NATO Summit of November 2006
Belarusian Review had its own correspondent at NATO Summit in Riga, Latvia on November 27-29, 2006 - Mr. Raman Kavalchuk.
Since our correspondent's report was received too late to meet the Winter 2006 news deadline, we are publishing excerpts now: |
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