Tag: Belarus culture


Modern Underground Printed Press in Belarus

22 March 2021 | BELSAT Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. After the repressions against the traditional media, “samizdat” (unofficial and thus uncensored production and distribution of printed periodicals) reappeared in Belarus. Who would Read more…


“Kalykhanka”, “Pahonia”, “Kupalinka” and other songs that are sung in the streets of Belarus: Together with the creators of the cultural project Wir.by, we uncover the stories behind these songs 15 March 2021 | Maryia Badzei, Lizaveta Lysenka, Arzamas 1. Read more…


Spring is a time of awakening and change 7 March 2021 | Voice of Belarus Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. “Gukanne viasny” [calling for spring to come] is an ancient Belarusian rite. This Read more…


Pavel Latushka

Interview with Pavel Latushka on financial pressure on the regime 1 March 2021 | ZUBR On European investment funds and the economy of Belarus A few words about the economic situation in our country. Belarus is in a state of Read more…


Show trials in high-profile cases began in Belarus 21 February 2021 | Voice of Belarus Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. On the eve of Lukashenko’s Sochi trip to bow to Putin, a week Read more…


New Life church

Security officers broke into the New Life church and kicked the churchgoers out 20 February 2021 | Voice of Belarus On 17 February 2021 in Minsk, court bailiffs together with the police came to the New Life protestant church to Read more…


National strike 2 November 2020 | BYHelp-Mediagroup Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. After Alexander Lukashenko did not fulfil the requirements of the ultimatum delivered by the leader of the Belarusian protests, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Read more…


13 October 2020 | Tuzinfm The Belarusian Culture Solidarity Foundation has been launched. It emerged as a response to the political crisis in the country. Artists who actively express their civic position are fired, arrested, and subjected to psychological pressure. Read more…


16 September 2020 | Anton Somin, Arzamas Why is taking off one’s shoes when stepping onto a bench at a protest not pamiarkounasts, but hodnasts? Who drives a bus – a Russian vadzitsel or a Polish kiroutsa? What do Belarusians Read more…


More than 50 animators from 19 countries contributed 16 September 2020, 17:43 | Dzianys Martynovich, TUT.BY The work of Yulia Ruditskaya has been seen by most self-respecting Belarusians – she is the director and artist of the famous animated film Read more…