TOPICS: ‘Belarus’
March 28, 2013Belarus: A Forgotten Story
Read more...Freedom in the World 2013 Report: A Closer Look at Wider EuropeFebruary 21, 2013 / Brussels, Belgium
GMF in Brussels and the Freedom House hosted the presentation of the Freedom in the World 2013 Report: A Closer Look at Wider Europe
Read more...Why the EU must counter Belarus’ latest provocationAugust 09, 2012 / Joerg ForbrigEU Observer
President Lukashenko's recent explulsion of the Swedish ambassador has handed the EU an opportunity to drive a more effective policy towards Belarus. The EU must seize this moment.
Read more...What the EU should do to end state terror in BelarusMarch 22, 2012 / Joerg Forbrig, David J. KramerEU Observer
True to his image as Europe's last dictator, Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko has just added two more crimes to a long list of repressions against his own people.
Read more...Will Europe Lose its East?March 20, 2012 / Joerg ForbrigNeue Zürcher Zeitung
Largely unnoticed by European politics and publics, a new division looms in the East of the continent.
Read more...Diplomatic tension between Belarus and the EU – where to next?March 09, 2012 / Warsaw, Poland
Following the expulsion of the EU and Polish ambassadors to Belarus, on March 5, 2012, an expert seminar took place in Warsaw co hosted by GMF and the Solidarity with Belarus Information Office. The meeting was moderated by Yuliya Slutskaya, director of Solidarity with Belarus Information Office and Andrew A. Michta, director of the GMF Warsaw Office.
Read more...A Belarussian Dream (video)December 19, 2011 / Joerg Forbrig
Marking the first anniversary of presidential elections in Belarus and the subsequent state terror against peaceful protesters, the film "A Belarussian Dream" provides a sobering account of life in Europe’s last dictatorship.
Read more...Belarus One Year LaterDecember 19, 2011 / Joerg Forbrig
One year after President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election, GMF commemorates the struggle of pro-democracy activists and political prisoners in Belarus with analysis, reflections and documentary videos.
Read more...A Testimony to Freedom: Andrei Sannikov, Belarus (video)December 19, 2011 / Andrei Sannikov
To mark the first anniversary of his imprisonment, the GMF is releasing an unpublished interview with Andrei Sannikov. Recorded in February 2005, it provides a personal account of Sannikov’s background as a senior diplomat in independent Belarus after 1991, his resignation from office in protest against Alexander Lukashenko’s dictatorial rule, his long-standing engagement in the country’s democratic movement, and his unwavering belief in Belarus’ democratic and European future.
Read more...Winners Announced for 2011 Ronald D. Asmus Freedom Journalism ContestDecember 15, 2011 / Andrei Sannikov
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, announce Victoria Cook and Malgorzata Wojtunik as the 2011 grand prize winners of the Ronald D. Asmus Freedom Journalism Contest.
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