by Islander on April 2, 2008
Not long ago we wrote about a documentary movie ‘Lessons of Belarusian Language”. Back then, it was unavailable to viewers; however, thanks to comments from our readers we are happy to write that this movie is available on line! below is a recap of a blog and the movie itself. Radio Svaboda reports that First [...]
by Islander on April 26, 2006
Belarus has marked the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe. 10,000 thousands of Belarusians took to the streets of Minsk for a traditional Charnobylski Shlyakh (The Path of Chernobyl). This year the rally was held under the motto “Freedom. Truth. Justice”. The Belarusians protested not only against the official policy of hushing up the aftermaths of [...]
by Islander on April 26, 2006
by Islander on April 6, 2006
In the end of the WWI, patriotically inspired Belarusian parties convened the All-Belarusian Congress in Meinsk. There were 1, 915 delegates from local governments, social, political and military organizations. According to some historians, there were almost all possible fractions and parties of that time: Mensheviks, Bolsheviks, and Social-Christians and so on and forth. An atmosphere [...]
by Islander on April 5, 2006
It always fascinated me to browse through archives of all kinds. First of all, there is a feeling that you hold a piece of history in your hands. Second of all, there is a chance to stumble upon something interesting and forgotten by public. Exactly same thing happened to me when I was searching “Foreign [...]
by Islander on March 28, 2006
Another blow was delivered to Lukashenka from Canada. This country stopped significant portion of its diplomatic relationships with Belarus. This move is explained as a protest against actions taken by Belarusian authorities during the presidential elections that took place last week. Earlier, Canada condemned brutal suppression of peaceful demonstrations by Belarusian authorities. For some reason, [...]
by xela on March 23, 2006
Kiev, Ukraine. Yesterday, group of supporters of Belarussian movement for freedom, gathered near Belarussian Embassy in Kiev. Within the bounds of meeting, ‘elections of president Lukashenko’ took place. Everybody were able to vote for Lukashenko by putting into ballot-box as many voting-papers as he or she wanted. Voting-papers were created by the best-of-the-best from Belarussian [...]
by Islander on March 20, 2006
…and it is not over yet! Belarusians are taking their protest against Lukashenka’s regime on the streets of Minsk. It is a sign that a word Freedom lives and breathes there! Even though, Lukashenka got 90% percent or so, those are not real numbers. These numbers were generated by his regime but these numbers could [...]
by Islander on March 19, 2006
Hey, hello everybody and sorry for not posting for such a long time… Will do better next week but for now, let me tell about recent events in Belarus. As you might now, Belarus is going through some hard times and tries to get rid of Luka. I am sorry, president Lukashenka. And we should [...]
by Islander on March 13, 2006
16:30, 11/03/2006 Today in Belarus opponents of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime abduct people. Unknown representatives of law-enforcing agencies in mufti seize people in the streets, without producing any documents, and take them to police departments, and then in courts, where obedient judges pass sentences on wrongful charges. For instance, yesterday in Minsk Zubr activists Alyaksei Lyaukovich, [...]