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Voices from Belarus
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Yurka CHAVUSAW, Coordinator of collective defense system for NGOs. Non-governmental organizations are going through an extremely difficult period. Spring and summer of 2003 was especially tough for everybody. Observers say the authorities were “cleansing” the third sector.
That is the reality. The authorities carried out a huge liquidation
campaign, closing down the civic society structures, which are far from
being numerous in our country. At present courts ruled to close down five
organizations. Their names are widely known to the public: the Ratusha
(from Hrodna), the Civic Initiatives (Homel), the Varuta Regional...
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The Role of Parliament in the Belarusian System of Power
Vital Silitski
The National Assembly (the Belarusian parliament) was founded in November-December 1996 in line with the results of a constitutional referendum that brought a radical change to the power system in the country. The results of that referendum were not recognised by the European community or by the United States of America, which insisted on recognising the 13th Supreme Soviet...more>>> |
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| Post-Soviet Belarus: Stagnation or Belated Postmodern
Andrej Jekadumau Belarus, which has a reputation of a Socialist preserve, experiences a situation similar to the Brezhnev stagnation era in the Soviet Union characterized by stable stagnation, slow decay and decomposition of society.
Like the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) in the late 1980s, Belarus at the beginning of the 21st century remains a cultural and political periphery of the Moscow metropolis. Belarus lacks real economic, cultural and political support for its state sovereignty...more>>> |
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Formation
of Belarusian Political Arena
Yury
Likhtarovich
An average Belarusian citizen has a rather obscure
view of what is going on in political circles, and what influences changes
in the government’s policies. However, he or she can readily say what
impedes the improvement of their everyday life. It is here one can
conclude that there are exact antipodes of explanation for the causes of
the difficult...more>>>
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Export of democracy
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Full text of the "Democracy Act" presented at the 1st session of the
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Culture in the process – the first issue of the legendary Belarusian magazine
pARTisan in the Internet! |
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Voices from Belarus
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News from Belarus: liquidation of the civic society structures - an analysis by Yury Chausov from the
"Viasna" Centre. |
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Before the elections - Vital Silitski about the role of parliament in the Belarusian system of power |
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Voices from Belarus
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Belarus today: Andrey Yekadumau about the "third-hand culture" |
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