Belarus

Closing gender gap in workforce could double global growth rate says World Bank

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow March 8, 2024

Countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia have a lower gender gap than the global average but only Latvian women have equal legal standing with men.

Poland to push EU to ban food imports from Russia and Belarus

Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw March 5, 2024

Prime Minister Donald Tusk is going to ask the Polish parliament this week for a resolution calling on the ban of farm product imports from Russia and Belarus.

Lukashenko to stand for re-election as president in 2025

bne IntelliNews February 29, 2024

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, announced he will stand for re-election again in 2025, state media reported on February 25.

Belarus holds parliamentary elections, Tikhanovskaya hacks Minsk TV Billboards with protest message

bne IntelliNews February 27, 2024

Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya embarrassed Belarusian President Lukashenko after hacking 2,000 giant TV billboards in Minsk and broadcasting an anti-war message on the day of sham Belarus parliamentary elections.

World Bank says Emerging Europe needs tougher targets to reach net zero by 2060

Aidą Kadyrzhanova in Prague February 22, 2024

New World Bank report charts path to net zero energy in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, but says current ambitions are too modest.

Russia, Belarus to coordinate website censorship

bne IntelliNews February 7, 2024

Russia and Belarus are collaborating to establish a unified database of "extremists," according to the Belarusian ambassador in Moscow BelTA reported on February 6.

CENUSA: EU faces consequences of geopolitical crises as Eastern Europe enters complex political-electoral phase

Denis Cenusa in Giessen January 30, 2024

Eurosceptics' ability to exploit protests will test the EU's potential to influence its Eastern Neighbourhood. At the same time, electoral cycles in Eastern Europe favour the consolidation and perpetuation of autocracies.

Will support for Ukraine go the way of Belarus?

Ben Aris in Berlin January 6, 2024

Last week was the 77th birthday of Belarus’ most famous babushka, Nina Baginskaya. Baginskaya was an icon during the mass protests of 2020. But Belarus' cause has since been overshadowed by Ukraine's war. Will Ukraine now suffer the same fate?

Lukashenko grants ex-presidents immunity with a change to the constitution

bne IntelliNews January 5, 2024

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed off on changes to the law on the Belarusian presidency that grant him immunity from prosecution should he ever leave office and implements stricter eligibility criteria for presidential candidates.

Lukashenko throws kids party, including for abducted Ukrainian children

bne IntelliNews January 4, 2024

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko organised a New Year’s Eve party for kids, including children abducted by Russia from Ukraine, sparking international condemnation, Kyiv Independent reported on January 4.

Belarus’ Russian-built nuclear power plant leak in February 2022 reported

bne IntelliNews January 1, 2024

Leaked documents seen by Bloomberg suggest that there was an incident at Belarus’ Russian-built Ostrovets (aka Astravets in Lithuanian) nuclear power plant in February 2022

EBRD shareholders back €4bn increase in bank’s paid-in capital for third time ever

Ben Aris in Berlin December 19, 2023

The governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have approved a resolution to increase the bank’s paid-in capital by €4bn, raising its capital base to €34bn – the third increase in the bank's history.

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