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The pARTisan magazine edited by the president of Association for Contemporary Art in Minsk, Artur Klinau, is devoted to problems of contemporary intellectual and cultural life in Belarus. The first issue includes interesting materials related to the most important events of Belarusian art of the past decade, unique photographs, as well as interviews and conversations with leading Belarusian cultural activists. The next issue will appear in November 2003... more>>>>

Local Elections ‘2003, as every single event of political life of the country, can have short-term, mid-term and long-term consequences. Elections always give an idea about current political situation in the country, about main authors of the political scene and public confidence they enjoy. The newest book edited by Valerka Bułhakau is an extensive collection of texts, analysing social-political situation in Belarus after recent elections to the local authorities. It has both Belarusian and English edition... more>>>>

Belarusian Association of Resource Centers presents BARCInfo® electronic directory of civil initiatives. What is BARCInfo®? BARCInfo® is the software, which conveniently and interactively gives information on non-governmental organizations, mass media, political parties, trade unions and initiative groups. BARCInfo® means stable nationwide network for gathering information. BARCInfo® will reduce costs on information storing and processing while ensuring promptness in its obtaining... more>>>

Belarusian-Russian Integration is definitely the most important and controversial problem in the Belarusian social-economical situation. The book edited by Valerka Bułhakau is the first scientific analysis of all aspects of coexistence of Russia and Belarus on the same map of former USSR and their aspiration for integration. The book includes also wider reflection on consequences of different possible political scenarios, objectively presents all participants in the process of integration and evaluates level of its progress on various fields, giving detailed statistics. The book available both in Belarusian and English... more>>>>

The presidential election generated significant tension and agitation within society. Incredible predictions concerning the election results were being made during the summer. Huge quantities of material and human resources were involved, which at some point led to the impression that on September 9 the entire country would witness mortal combat between the two main adversaries in Belarusian society — the regime and its opposition. Both sides emphasised the importance of the date. The incumbent Alyaksandar Lukashenka stated: “…a presidential election is more than choosing... more>>>

The present publication was prepared as a result of co-operation among several organisations. The Eastern European Democratic Centre — IDEE would primarily like to thank the journal Arche,” which prepared the Belarusian-language edition, the Association Kulturny Kantakt,” whose co-operation in the selection of authors was invaluable and to which we are also grateful for the culture-related material. We would also like to thank the Belarusian Association of Resource Centres (BARC), which prepared the interactive database of Belarusian non-governmental organizations included with this publication on CD. more>>>

The N Land [Ziamla N] is a historical-cultural magazine, which began appearing in 2001 in Minsk. The ‘zero-issue’ was entitled Navahradzkaja Ziamla and related to a particular region of Belarus – Navahrudok district. Currently the magazine is devoted to general questions of Eastern Europe, its specificity of cultural cross-border. The editor-in-chief is Volha Kamienieva. The first issue that you can find here was focused on the problem of emigration, considered also in a figurative sense. The magazine is in Belarusian language with short English summary of each text. more>>>>

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