The Emperor’s New Clothes A Fairy Story The Emperor ordered yet more new clothes from his courtiers and this was announced in the press. The

A Tale of Two Countries In August 1980, in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 striking workers shook the authority of the Polish Communist

The Battle of the Ribbons I pass the fence every day and things keep changing. In the morning, the fence is covered with white-red-white ribbons.

A President’s Dilemma It’s a tough one for President Putin. On the one hand  there’s a certain schadenfreude in seeing a person he intensively dislikes

The Protests – What’s Different? In recent weeks, elements of society have been expressing their discontent which has been sparked by the government’s response to

Things just ain’t what they Seem As the Protests in Belarus disappear from the world’s media and the conflict itself sets in to an oft

Virus? What Virus? While the rest of Europe has been in various stages of lockdown, Belarus is behaving differently. The old normal Observing the streets

Ihar’s War Ihar has a passion for Belarusian history. He has written 28 books and numerous articles. He has been interviewed by  some Belarusian and

It Starts with an Essay Having marked essays in a number of countries and written by people from many nationalities, it is interesting to note