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One Story Among Many: Belarusian Culture in the European Context

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:01:39 +0000

A column by Elina Kalnibalotskaya At the Goethe-Institut Griechenland in Athens, as part of Refugee Week Greece, an event titled Stories of Courage and Solidarity brought together artists, researchers, and cultural organizations to discuss safe spaces for artists and cultural professionals in exile. The programme included the presentation of a new mapping study on support structures for exiled artists across Eastern Europe, followed by a panel discussion featuring practitioners working in this…

The Triumph of Culture as a Political Force. An Afterword to the Kosciuszko Forum in Gdańsk

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:47:12 +0000

A major international political forum — where Belarusian cultural organizations, artists, researchers, and journalists sat as equals alongside senior officials from the EU, Poland, and Ukraine. A stage where Belarusian rang out alongside Polish and English, and where the program didn't skirt the hard questions — it opened with them: what future does Belarusian culture have in a region gripped by political stagnation? A forum where culture held the top spot on the agenda, not the graveyard slot…

Belarus – Ukraine: 20 joint cultural projects in wartime

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:09:56 +0000

We have gathered the most vivid examples of Belarusian-Ukrainian cultural projects from 2022–2025. This is the first attempt to identify the already existing points of interaction between Belarusian and Ukrainian cultures after a major rupture. The list does not claim to be exhaustive. On the contrary, we will gladly prepare an additional selection of meaningful joint initiatives, hoping that in 2026 there will be even more of them. If you remember an important project that we have overlooked,…

The Danish model: culture as part of social policy and a factor in civic engagement

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:54:56 +0000

During a working visit to Copenhagen, representatives of the Belarusian Council for Culture explored the experience of Danish organizations working at the intersection of culture, research, advocacy, the protection of artists’ rights, and the development of cultural institutions. These meetings showed how Denmark builds a system of interaction between the state, independent organizations, professional communities, private foundations, and cultural institutions. The experience of three…

“Everything has changed in 5 years”: the state of culture in Belarus in 2025

Mon, 05 May 2025 08:39:50 +0000

Monitoring the situation and the state of creators in Belarus is one of the main priorities of the Belarusian Council for Culture. We commission special studies to understand the reasons and processes taking place in the country. We prepared this report based on conversations with artists working in various fields of culture in Belarus. It gives an idea of what and how is happening in the country now. In 2025, when free self-realization is impossible and even dangerous. Russian cultural…