US Charge d’Affaires Jonathan Moore said to the Charter’97 press center that there’s no formal decision on shutting the embassy in Minsk.
According to the diplomat, Washington is continuing to consider the situation about the American diplomats in Belarus.
The Associated Press reported 1 May the US Department of State had ordered Belarus to close its embassy […]

Hello world. I apologize for not posting any articles in a while. And so I thought that it would be good to re-start posting with some interesting material on global energy, security and geopolitics that greatly influence many important decisions in our rather turbulent times. Not long ago, on April 15, 2008, the Center for […]

The European Parliament has called upon the authorities of Belarus to start democratic reform in the country. It has been said in a declaration adopted on April 17 summing up the results of the conference in the European parliament in Brussels (Belgium), where the post-Chernobyl situation in Belarus was discussed.
The European Parliament has called upon […]

So far everything goes according to the plan, albeit both sides proceed with caution and leave doors somewhat open for alternative decisions. NATO discussed and denied Georgia and Ukraine as potential members of the alliance at this point of time. However, these countries were promised eventual admission and some even say that we can see […]

Is he loosing it, is he doing it on purpose or is it just a rumor stretched by media? Allegedly, Mr.Putin hinted that Ukraine might stop existing in its current form if NATO admits this country into the Alliance. He also said that Russia might recognize Abkhazia and South Osetiya and thus create a buffer […]

An interesting comments made by Andrei Sannikov,a member of the organising committee of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, appeared on the web(Charter97.org). And I think they are worth of your time as he goes over some important issues facing Belarus and its political direction.
“Alyaksandr Lukashenka is consciously set to break relations with the US, after […]

Charter97.org says that Belarusian Interfax demonstrates unheard-of sense of humour on 1 April. The agency informs, the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bought an elite apartment in the Belarusian capital. A 116-square-meter apartment in the historical center of Minsk was bought by the U.S. Secretary of State on 1 April.
According to realtors, Interfax running, […]

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 […]

There are some interesting things going on in Belarus and frankly, I don’t even know where to start. Perhaps, let’s review diplomatic relationships, if such exists, between Belarus and the United States of America. Some might not be aware, but couple weeks ago Belarus side re-called its Ambassador and suggested that Americans do the same […]

Yesterday, a number of independent media offices all over Belarus were simultaneously raided by KGB cadres. Below is the full article as it appeared on charter97.org. A little bit later, Janka will post his comments and we will take it from there.
Apartment of journalists of foreign media are searched today all over Belarus. Militia ad […]