The EuroBelarus.info news portal is run by the International Consortium "EuroBelarus" to provide information on civil society development and Belarus-European relations. It differs from other Belarus news sites by employing analysts who provide fast commentary and in-depth analysis of issues. The site has Russian/Belarusian and English versions with daily news updates and materials from Consortium analysts and European media. Key objectives are strengthening civil society and public policy in Belarus based on competence, openness and transparency. The Consortium also develops partnerships within Belarus and abroad and plays a major role in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Future plans include independent language versions and more original English content.

1. EuroBelarus.info
News portal of the International
Consortium «EuroBelarus»

2. Reference:
Consortium website EUROBELARUS.INFO provided
with information service can be referred to as one of
the main information sources on the issues of civil
society development and Belarusian-European
relations.
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What is that makes the difference?
What differs EuroBelarus from all the other news portals
is that it has ANALYSTS within the organization, which is
good when the fast reaction and comment upon some
event that has just happened in the civil society or in the
political life of the country is required.
It also differs from other on-line Belarus-focused info
sources in quality and profoundness of the published
materials, looking into the issue and supplying the
readers with an in-depth analysis of the latest news,
both in Belarus and elsewhere in the world.

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What does the editorial office look like?
• There is a regular team of journalists working for the
website and several translators for the English version
• There is one editor for each of the language versions

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In which forms is the website available?
The website is available in two versions:
• Russian/Belarusian
• English
The English version combines the most important
materials translated from Russian with the overview of
the news which can partially coincide with the news
stream of the Russian version.

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What are the challenges that the website faces?
• The website exists for one year only, and is still working
on drawing larger audience in
• The main challenge is the question of how to make
people interested in the research papers it publishes
and not to lower the quality;
• that is how to set in a new culture of political
awareness, responsibility to Belarusians.

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How is the website organized?
• The structure of the website is the same for the
Russian/Belarusian versions and the English version
• The news stream is updated daily, with 1-2 news
per hour for the Russian/Belarusian version and 3-4
news per day for the English version.
• These includes both research materials written by
the analysts of the EuroBelarus Consortium and
press releases from the Media and EU bodies.

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What are the topics covered by the website?
EuroBelarus is mostly dealing with the civil society, politics
and economy of Belarus.
The website has 10 thematic blocks that reflect the main
spheres of life interesting to the person with an active social
stance, namely Advocacy, Regional development, Cooperation
with EU, Environment, Life of the country, Civic initiatives,
Education, Culture, Social issues, Business.

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…and some more sections
The website also has a special section for those who
want to apply to the discussions and seminars useful
for social activists, human right fighters and anyone
who attentive to their country.
For better understanding of the website’s concept
one should get to know the way “EuroBelarus”
Consortium is organized, as the website is more or
less a reflection of the Consortiums’ politics.

10. What does the Consortium look like?
International Consortium “EuroBelarus” is a
specific kind of task-force alliance uniting
significant group of Belarusian and European
leaders, experts and civil society organizations on
the idea of restoration of role and place of Belarus
in modern Europe. It is more correct to recognize
“EuroBelarus” as community united by joint goals,
values and means of activity.
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11. What is the structure of the Consortium?
International Consortium “EuroBelarus” incorporates
• International NGO “EuroBelarus” (registered in
Lithuania),
• Centre for European Transformation founded by
this NGO and
• twelve ORGANIZATIONS-PARTICIPANTS of the
Consortium.
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12. When did it all get started?
The International Consortium “EuroBelarus” was
established in 2007 for stimulation and support of
pro-European development of Belarus as competent
actor in European relations at all possible levels.
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13. What is the Consortium’s mission?
International Consortium “EuroBelarus” sees its
mission in stimulating, shaping and providing position
of civil society as equal, competent and representative
actor in both Belarusan society and Belarusan-
European cooperation on the basis of the ideas and
principles of the CULTURED POLITICS and the
EUROPEAN CHARTER OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP.
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14. What are the objectives of the website?
The major objectives of the website coincide with those of
“EuroBelarus” Consortium:
• Strengthening and development of public policy sphere in Belarus
formed with participation of civil society on the principles of
competence, openness, transparency and public control.
• Improving quality of information and analytics provided for civil
society representatives as well as for their local and international
partners.
• Organizational development of civil society organizations, their
active and conscious participation in the processes of de-
Sovietization, Belarusization and Europeanization.
• Development of communication arenas and other types of
platforms aimed at discussing problems of Belarusan-European
relations and active citizenship in Belarus and Europe.
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15. What is the focus of the Consortium?
Within the frames of its program activities
“EuroBelarus” also actively develops PARTNERSHIPS
with a set of organizations both in Belarus and
abroad. Being actively involved in the Eastern
Partnership initiative since 2009, “EuroBelarus” has
been and still is one of the main “engines” of the
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and the
National Platform established on its basis.
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16. Plans for the future
• To make three fully independent language versions
of the website – in Belarusian, Russian and English
• To make translations of not only written materials,
but of the video and audio podcasts as well
• To have specially written original materials in
English
• To increase the number of site attenders to a
considerable degree
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17. The presentation was prepared by Aliaksandra Franskevich,
chief editor of EuroBelarus.info English version
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