Judges
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Beginner Journalists
3 FebKaterina Przybylska (Belarus) 
Transitions Online, Sept 4, 2013 The luckless and their helpers face persecution for threatening the myth of a prosperous country. 21 JanBartłomiej Pograniczny (Poland) 
Cogito magazine, Dec 5, 2013Chechnya, Syria, Belarus. This is where they were born, but war, terror, and slavery forced them to leave their home countries. 21 JanNatallia Vasilevich (Belarus) 
The Bell: Belarusian Info Letter, Oct 3, 2013Natallia Vasilevich takes a deeper look into relations between Orthodox Church and the regime. She finds out that there are different groups among the Church branches, which position ranges from pro-Russian to pro- Nationalist wings. All in all, it is mostly influenced by authorities in Moscow and the political regime of Belarus.
20 JanNatallia Vasilevich (Belarus) 
Pro et Contra magazine, Dec 9, 2013The Orthodox Church in Belarus is simultaneously trying to side with state and stand up for its own values. 20 JanHanna Vasilevich (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, Dec 29, 2013The planned or actual existence of the association agreements were seen as a sort of pale that marks progress in the EU relations with the countries of the Eastern Partnership initiative. Accordingly, Belarus and Azerbaijan were located beyond this pale.
20 JanViktoriia Zhuhan (Ukraine) 
Korrespondent, April 23, 2013Beatings, dirt, mites, shower once a week and prohibition to swear allegiance to Belarus – in Belarusian. The movie premiere and the action 20 JanEvgeny Kaprov (Belarus) 
New Eastern Europe, April 1, 2013In Belarus, the most vivid, original and interesting music is based solely below the surface of society. It is not supported by government institutions and is often completely ignored. Yet, dig a little deeper and a thriving underground music scene can be found, with bands that are more often recognised outside of Belarus than inside. 19 JanKiryl Kascian (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, Sept 28, 2013The recent stance of Moscow towards Kyiv proves that Russia is trying to convince Ukraine take the path Belarus has been following for number of years.
19 JanAnnabelle Chapman (United Kingdom) 
The Economist, Prospero Blog, June 5, 2013The Belarus Free Theatre’s new play, "Trash Cuisine", is a take-down of the death penalty dressed up as a macabre cooking show.
18 JanAndrzej Tichomirow (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, June 21, 2013Since the mid-1990s, the “Renewal” of the West-Russian historiography school and ideological trend in Belarus has become a specific phenomenon in “our” part of Europe.
18 JanAndrzej Tichomirow (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, Nov 25, 2013The actualization of the ”West-Rus’ism” ideology in today’s Belarus took place in the mid-1990s. The fact that it has gained a “second” life is a sufficiently unexpected phenomenon for a country in this part of Europe.
18 JanHanna Vasilevich (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, March 29, 2013While unveiling a commemorative plaque for Janka Kupala in Riga on March 14th, the Belarusian minister of culture, Barys Sviatlou, underscored that the Belarusian language does not face any problems in Belarus. But are the Belarusian authorities unfriendly to this language? And are the Belarusians reluctant to use it?
18 JanKiryl Kascian (Belarus) 
The Point Journal, May 7, 2013While preparing materials for the Belarusian Review, I am regularly following English language news about Belarus from various news agencies, including, the official Belarusian news agency BelTA, which claims to be the "national source of news."
16 JanRaluca Besliu (Romania) 
The Digital Journal, Dec 29, 2013The article analyzes Belarus’ growing partnership with China and Russia’s potential reaction to it. 15 JanTorben Villwock (Germany) 
Nation – Ausgrenzung – Krise, July 1, 2013A closer look at history, society and politics in Belarus that tries to correct the countries’ image given in German mass media and illustrate the manifestations of the global crisis in Belarus 13 JanMarta Kisialova and Alena Matsveyeva (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Aug 7, 2013Social aspects of the partnership
13 JanHanna Yankuta (Belarus) 
Kultura Enter, April 3, 2013The relations between Belarusian literature and town have always been very complicated. In this unequal marriage, literature escaped many times to its numerous lovers — settlement, homestead, village — and left the town in poor condition. But the town waited. 11 JanOxana Dorz and Alesia Kudelko (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Aug 7, 2013Similarities between Germans and Belarusians
11 JanAnastasija Kazjanina (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Aug 9, 2013Senior citizens in Polotsk 11 JanKristina Jorgic (Serbia) 
Vaseljenska TV, Dec 24, 2013The struggle to save the Maxim Bogdanovich museum in Minsk 11 JanKristsina Danilenak and Maryna Bekish (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Aug 7, 2013The partnership between Polotsk and Friedrichshafen 10 JanJulija Novizkaja (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, May 7,2013Belarusian national cuisine 10 JanAlena Matsveyeva (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, July 24,2013Student rituals in Belarus 10 JanMarina Tscherbitzkaja (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, April 3, 2013Volunteering for Animal Welfare in Polotsk 9 JanHelen Scharan (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Sept 4, 2013Problems of teachers in Belarus 9 JanIrina Loktewa (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Nov 6, 2013Wedding traditions in Belarus 9 JanMarija Tarassowa (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Oct 5, 2013Emancipation in Belarus 8 JanJulija Tararako (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Aug 22, 2013 The Belarusian health system 8 JanEva Coronado Alonso (Spain) 
FronteraD, Dec 26,2013Thousands of Ukrainians are filling the streets of Kiev. Citizens of Belarus have been one of the first to support citizens of Ukraine. Inside Belarus some marches have been organized, but it is not easy. 8 JanMarina Baranowskaja (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, March 6, 2013No self-reliance of Belarusian students 8 JanVitalina Trofimtschuk (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, July 6, 2013Literary circle in Polotsk 8 JanIryna Hutar (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, Feb 12, 2013Fashion taste in Belarus and in Germany 8 JanAliaksei Krytau (Belarus) 
SÜDKURIER, June 3, 2013Power struggle in the apartment 3 JanAnnabelle Chapman (United Kingdom) 
openDemocracy, Sept 12, 2013For twenty years Alyaksandr Lukashenka, president of Belarus, has ruled with an iron hand, and ruined the economy; and still there is no sign of the screws loosening. Meanwhile, as Annabelle Chapman reports, his country has seen a brain drain of young talented Belarusians, many of them to neighbouring Poland. 3 JanBrendan McCall (United States) 
The Nordic Page, Dec 28, 2013The Belarusian Dream Theater project hopes to stand in solidarity with Belaruisan artists , using the tools of metaphor and story to support freedom of expression in the country. 3 JanEwa Zwierzyńska (Poland) 
Czasopis.pl, Dec 2013Aleksander Lukashenko is the only person in Europe to have kept a network of ’sovkhoz’ and ’kolkhoz’ functioning in a Soviet style.
18 OctSimon Lewis (United Kingdom) 
openDemocracy, April 5, 2013In the post-2010 crackdown, cultural expression has become synonymous with political resistance in Belarus. But is it really possible for a regime to fight against its own national culture, and survive, wonders Simon Lewis? |
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