Despite a deplorable human rights record, Belarus will host the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship. German MP Marina Schuster argues organisers should take the competition elsewhere To say that sport is to be kept separate from politics misses the point. Considering that decisions to give away major events like the Olympic Games or European Football [...]
The release of Andrei Sannikov and Dzmitry Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free, Andrei Aliaksandrau says Last weekend was a real holiday for some Belarusians as the Orthodox Easter was marked with truly good news of [...]