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Stories and reportages about life in Belarus

Do the 30-year-olds feel nostalgic about the USSR? / collage by Ulad Rubanau, Euroradio
Do the 30-year-olds feel nostalgic about the USSR? / collage by Ulad Rubanau, Euroradio
Some want to go back to the Soviet times. Others want eradication of the USSR legacy as quickly as possible.
Viktar Hanchar and Anatoly Krasouski​
Viktar Hanchar and Anatoly Krasouski​
President Lukashenka's first term was coming to an end. The opposition insisted on new elections. Lukashenka resisted them.
Hajnowka is just over 20 kilometers away from the border with Belarus / Euroradio
Hajnowka is just over 20 kilometers away from the border with Belarus / Euroradio
While locals remain indifferent to politics, they fear migrants from across the border with Belarus for various reasons.
Sisters Yulia and Hanna Mikhailau / TUT.by / home archive
Sisters Yulia and Hanna Mikhailau / TUT.by / home archive
The girl talks about her seven brothers and sisters and discusses the situation in Belarus.
Belarus has a complicated relationship with the digital world / Euroradio​
Belarus has a complicated relationship with the digital world / Euroradio​
Belarusians have matured as a nation, but big digital corporations still treat them without respect.
People detained at the protests walk out of the detention center on Akrestsina street on August 14, 2020 / Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
People detained at the protests walk out of the detention center on Akrestsina street on August 14, 2020 / Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
The story of Nadzeya who went through hell at the Akrestsina detention center in Minsk after the Aug. 9 elections.
Alexander Lukashenko, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin in 1999 / Reuters
Alexander Lukashenko, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin in 1999 / Reuters
How Minsk and Moscow planned to become closer but fell out with each other once again.
Gienek Loska / @Agencja Gazeta
Gienek Loska / @Agencja Gazeta
The Polish X Factor winner Gienek Loska suffered a stroke when he came to visit his mother in Belarus. He remains bed-driven.
Ryzskaja Street in Capajeuka  / Euroradio
Ryzskaja Street in Capajeuka  / Euroradio
Euroradio interviews a Roma baron's son about big houses, jealousy of the locals and treatment from the police.