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GE National Ambassador in Belarus Tatiana Shaban |
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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
- Belta - state-owned, English-language pages
- Belapan - private, English-language pages
- BelarusNews.De - private, news service based in Germany
- Nashe Mneniye - online weekly
The press
- BDG Delovaya Gazeta - private, business daily
- Narodnaya Volya - private, opposition daily - in Russian and Belarussian
- BelGazeta - private weekly
Television
- Belarussian TV - state-run, operates the First National Channel, entertainment network Lad, satellite station Belarus-TV
- Nationwide TV (ONT) - a joint venture with Russia's Channel One; state holds a majority stake - in Russian
- STV (Stolichnoye Televideniye) - Minsk local broadcaster
Radio
- Belarussian Radio - state-run, operates three national networks and an external service
- Radio Baltic Waves - based in Lithuania - in Belarussian
- Radio Racja - based in Poland
Belarus in brief:

| 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.) |


