Belarus

Interview with Yuri Shevtsov about Reforms in Belarus

Interview with famous political scientist, director of Center on Problems of European Integration on curent political and economic liberalization in Belarus.читать дальше »

Be the Change You Want to See in the World training platform

Be the Change You Want to See in the World - is a training platform for promoting active participation of young people in the development of democratic and pluralistic civil societies. Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to motivate others and create you own social projects? 7 days of inspiring human rights training & project management with one year of optional mentoring afterwards.читать дальше »

Belarusian Privatization: Opportunities Missed

Belarus needs green field privatization i.e. foreign direct investments, which our government have long been craving for. I say “direct”, because portfolio investments will not bring foreign currency to our country in the long term. In order to attract FDI we need a favorable business climate, when many rating agencies will agree in their estimates of our country, and when similar estimates will be given by local and international consultants who know the situation in the country firsthand. In order to attract FDI the Balkan countries had carried out a real liberalization of their business environments (from opening a business and developing it to its closure).читать дальше »

Belarus Is a Western Country

Relations with one country should not be built at the expense of relations with another one. Nevertheless, in the current context of globalizing world isolation of a country inevitably leads to its degradationчитать дальше »

Belarus: there’s no way without Russia?

Geographic position of Belarus will always provoke politicians to make tough geopolitical choices. Of course, the ideal option is to “run with the hare and hunt with the hounds”, however, it is hardly viable in the long run.читать дальше »