http://www.rferl.org/archive/Belarus/latest/658/658.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Belarus http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Belarus/latest/658/658.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:31:24 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian. http://www.rferl.org/content/lukashenka-armenia-visit/24984142.html http://www.rferl.org/content/lukashenka-armenia-visit/24984142.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:07:04 +0000 Belarus RFE/RL's Belarus Service, RFE/RL's Armenian Service Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has given assurances that the Russian military’s plans to establish an air base in Belarus is not aimed at Europe or as a response to European plans to deploy a missile-defense system. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-belarus-base-lavrov/24982660.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-belarus-base-lavrov/24982660.html Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:17 +0000 Belarus Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar The president of Belarus says his country is "constantly at gunpoint in an undeclared Cold War." http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-lukashenka-cold-war/24981206.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-lukashenka-cold-war/24981206.html Thu, 09 May 2013 11:01:23 +0000 Belarus An opposition activist in Belarus has been detained by police just days after finishing a 12-day jail term. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-activist-detained-again/24981048.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-activist-detained-again/24981048.html Thu, 09 May 2013 08:59:12 +0000 Belarus RFE/RL's Belarus Service While Freedom House classifies 13 of RFE/RL's broadcast countries as "not free," and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) puts three of RFE/RL’s broadcast countries squarely in the worst category, RFE/RL journalists are still on the ground, determined to report the news. http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html Fri, 03 May 2013 13:26:04 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html#relatedInfoContainer One of the world's biggest merchandising powerhouses, the Walt Disney Company, has decided to cut production of trademarked goods in a handful of countries that include Belarus and Pakistan. http://www.rferl.org/content/disney-merchandise-belarus-pakistan-bangladesh/24975655.html http://www.rferl.org/content/disney-merchandise-belarus-pakistan-bangladesh/24975655.html Fri, 03 May 2013 10:02:06 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/disney-merchandise-belarus-pakistan-bangladesh/24975655.html#relatedInfoContainer A court in Minsk has sentenced two independent Belarusian journalists to three days in jail. http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-chornobyl-journalists-sentenced/24972591.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-chornobyl-journalists-sentenced/24972591.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:52:59 +0000 Belarus RFE/RL's Belarus Service During a visit to Minsk for talks with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the deployment of antimissile batteries and plans to build a Russian air base in Belarus. Shoigu also said the two countries are now working on plans to build a Russian military air base in Belarus. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/24965861.html http://www.rferl.org/content/article/24965861.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:04:38 +0000 Russia MINSK -- A court in Minsk has sentenced a youth activist to 12 days in jail for publicly supporting an imprisoned former presidential candidate. The court found Paval Vinahradau guilty on April 23 of holding an illegal protest. Vinahradau was detained earlier in the day after he unfolded a poster with a picture of Mikalay Statkevich and the banned Belarusian national flag near a Minsk subway station. Statkevich is serving his six-year prison term for "organizing mass ... http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus/24965816.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus/24965816.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:43:11 +0000 Belarus RFE/RL