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Honar is a shop “for brave people,” says Adelia, “because wearing clothes with national motifs in Belarus requires courage.” (Speaking to journalists does too: Adelia is a pseudonym.) Massive protests ...
News Belarus » Minsk » Culture: Exclusive: KGB Complex Rises On Historic Catholic Cemetery Grounds In Minsk
Despite legal protections, the Belarusian state is building a sprawling academy complex for the KGB on the grounds of a historic Catholic cemetery in the heart of Minsk, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service has ...
News Belarus » Minsk » Culture: KGB builds complex on historic Catholic cemetery in Minsk
Paval Khadzinski has been attending St. Roch's Church in Minsk since he was a child. One of his ancestors, who lived in the 19th century, was buried in the Catholic cemetery near the church, in the ...
News Belarus » Minsk » Culture: Former Founding Chairman Of Belarusian Culture Society In Siberia Detained In Belarus
Belarusian authorities in the northeastern district of Polatsk have detained Aleh Rudakou, the former founding chairman of the Belarusian Culture Society in the Russian region of Irkutsk. The ...
News Belarus » Minsk » Culture: In Belarus, Polish priests ‘increasingly not allowed to continue their work’
CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Iosif Stanevsky of Minsk-Mogilev, Belarus, said that Polish priests “are increasingly not allowed” by the government to continue their ministry in the nation. “Since ...