EU and Belarus in the Fourth Quarter of 2008: Analysis and Monitoring
The domestic political developments in Belarus in the fourth quarter of 2008, took shape against the backdrop of the 28 September parliamentary elections, which the EU had set as a benchmark for normalising relations. Whilst the Belarusian authorities have succeeded in obtaining some incentives from the European Union and made further efforts in improving the negative image of Belarus, the West has embarked on the road of gradual re-engagement and progressive interaction with Belarus.
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EU and Belarus in the Third Quarter of 2008: Analysis and Monitoring
In spring 2008, at the peak of the controversy imposed parliamentary elections that took place on 30 September 2008 were set by the European Union (and, for this reason, the United States) as a benchmark for normalizing relations with the official Minsk and a pre-condition for a further dialogue. It is not surprising that the election is a dominant topic in the third issue of our Belarus-EU relations and dialogue monitoring.
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EU and Belarus in the Second Quarter of 2008: Analysis and Monitoring
The European Commission’s non-paper “What the European Union Could Bring to Belarus”
had become a basis for a dialogue between the EU and official Minsk since its publications
on November 22, 2006. At the same time, the measure of respect by the official Minsk to the principals and requirements outlined in the EU’s program document is a good indicator of a broader range of processes going on in the Belarusian economy, society, and particularly in its power corridors. We continue monitoring the dialogue, offering the review of the Belarus-EU relations and the Belarus’ progress on 12 points.
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EU and Belarus in the First Quarter of 2008: Analysis and Monitoring
The European Commission’s non-paper “What the European Union Could Bring to Belarus”
had become a basis for a dialogue between the EU and official Minsk since its publications
on November 22, 2006. At the same time, the measure of respect by the official Minsk to the principals and requirements outlined in the EU’s program document is a good indicator of a broader range of processes going on in the Belarusian economy, society, and particularly in its power corridors. The hint that political relations between Belarus and the EU could recover from a decade-long freeze was given in February 2007 by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka after the short but dramatic energy conflict with Russia that broke out around the New Year holidays of 2007.
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