Belarus

belarus

GE National Ambassador in Belarus

Tatiana Shaban

tania.generation.europe@gmail.com

Tatsiana

Upcoming events:

Interesting weblinks selected by your GE National Ambassador:

  • www.democraticbelarus.eu created by Belarusians who live in Brussels where Belarus citizens and Brussels EU actors can meet
  • www.lawtrend.org The Development fund for law technologies is very interesting for those wishing to set up and register NGOs or foreign representatives. They offer free advice and full legal support for people who are concerned with democratic education and development in Belarus.
  • www.n-europe.eu N-Europe is the magazine on Europe in Belarus. It was created by former students of

News agencies / Internet

The press

  • BDG Delovaya Gazeta - private, business daily
  • Narodnaya Volya - private, opposition daily - in Russian and Belarussian
  • BelGazeta - private weekly

Television

Radio

Belarus in brief:

Belarus

Area 207,600 sq km
Capital Minsk
Language Belarusian, Russian, other
Population 9,724,723 (July 2007 est.)
Life expentancy male: 64.31 years - female: 76.14 years (2007 est.)
Literacy rate male: 99.8% - female: 99.4% (1999 census)
Religions Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Net migration rate 0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Ethnic groups Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census)
Independence 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
GDP $8,100 (2006 est.)