Captive Nations Week has been conducted every third week in July for the past 48 years. This event has been held annually since 1959. When Congress designated the third week of July as a time to remember once-independent countries which are now under Soviet rule. The Captive Nations Committee and approximately 50 supporters—mostly from […]

Some time ago we wrote about a documentary movie ‘Lessons of Belarusian Language”. Back then it was unavailable to viewers due to various factors. However, thanks to comments from our readers we are happy to say that this movie is available on line! below is a recap of a blog and the movie itself.
Radio Svaboda […]

Looking at the blinking cursor, I can’t collect my thoughts. Strangely, it happens when I just finished reading “Media And The American Mind” written by Daniel J. Czitrom and an array of ideas simply stormed my mind. Starting with Samuel Morse and ending with Marshall McLuhan, a famous media theorist, the book sheds some light […]

Here we go again! After dealing with Da Vinci Code by banning it from local movie theaters, Belarusian authorities found another victim-V for Vendetta. Perhaps, they took comics seriously or maybe it is paranoia responsible for it. In either case, V for Vendetta won’t be shown in Belarus, period. Apparently, an uncompromising vision of the […]

O’k, finally we arrived to the point where Belarusian authorities consider to “take care of internet”. Or shall I say, to regulate it one step at the time?
Charter97 reports:

Law “On Press and Other Mass Media” would not be replaced by some new law, it is supposed that it would be improved article by article, the […]

I won’t be really wrong if I say that it takes a lot to make a history class a truly remembered one. In most cases, it depends on a subject, professor and his teaching style. In my case, I had one very good professor at NYU who taught “Contemporary World” class. The professor never had […]

Lukashenka’s regime might have halted publication of Nasha Niva, (see Nasha Niva post), but it could not stop people from organizing another flash-mob in support of this newspaper. The Radio Liberty reports that about three hundred people, took part in a symbolical march that started on the October square and finished around the Victory Square […]

The ruins decay - the vultures fly away
No longer flocking round the gore.
But painful and unhealing stay
The ever-gnawing wounds of war.
Michaś Vasilok
The cold autumn wind sweeps over the ground driving the withered leaves under the zavalinkas* and sways the wet branches in the small garden. It prances mischievously from round the corners into the […]

New wave of arrests came down on Belarusian opposition in the past few days. And by saying a “wave” I really mean it because literally all opposition leaders found themselves behind the bars under similar circumstances. It seems that Lukashenka’s regime decided not to waste any time and get down to their dirty business of […]

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 […]