Belarusian Generation Y logbook

Postcard Series “Belarus is…”

mara — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:44:16 +0000

It is always interesting to see what people do with that knowledge you tell them about the Belarusian reality. Here is one nice example of a creative response from a young Israeli designer who has been dating a Belarusian woman in Prague and visited Belarus at the end of 2011. Semion Bourakevich, the designer mentioned above, [...]

The Immigration Question

mara — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:23:00 +0000

It feels that in the past year the question that bothered Belarusians the most was “Is this the time for me to pack and leave?” We have just put behind the year 2011. But that year, being one of the most difficult the current generation can remember, raised a lot of questions to people of [...]

Belarusian Model Wins Benetton Contest But Not UK Visa

mara — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:54:12 +0000

One does not have to explain how visas complicate the lives of young people, especially those from ex-USSR. Many plans, challenges, hopes and dreams crashed into the visa wall around close but yet so distant Europe. Here is another story which will hopefully draw some attention to the visa problem of young people in Belarus. [...]

Freedom on Paper

mara — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:46:29 +0000

Апісаньне ўсіх сэрыяў і навіны праекту: paper.generation.by And it`s the (unofficial) Independence Day again (to revise the historical background see my earlier posting). The pro-democratically-set part of Belarus is congratulating each other on this occasion, however, this year more quietly and symbolically than usual. Today, it seems, there will be no one big organized street [...]

Generation With Prison Stories

mara — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:19:21 +0000

Today the first wave of the people detained during the protest have been released as their sentences expired. More could be released during the night and later this week. In 2006 me and my friends were released at around 3 am after being detained for 10 days as a punishment for being in the vicinity [...]

Oh Shit! Another News From Belarus

mara — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:52:49 +0000

Since the elections took place and the atmosphere of the 1930s in the USSR was brought back to Belarus most of us were in the state of shock close to stupor. The first thing that came to mind about “what to do now” has been – spread the information about what happened and is happening, [...]

Topical New Year Postcards

mara — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:56:05 +0000

This time New Year celebration cannot be as merry as we wanted; however, there is hope that 2011 will be better than 2010. Here are 5 topical New Year post cards which illustrate how we celebrate this New Year in Belarus. We don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Happy New Year! New Year 2011 [...]

Bloody Christmas in Belarus: Diary of an Eye-Witness

mara — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:16:50 +0000

The first shock of the new reality in Belarus has started to wear out and people are starting to collect their thought together about how to live in this country now. GenerationBY team member is sharing his memories of the protest in Minsk on December 19, 2010. Crowds of relatives and friends of the arrested [...]

First Week in “Belarus after 19/12/2010″

mara — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:09:04 +0000

December 19th, 2010, will remain in history as a day when “Last Dictatorship in Europe” seized to be just an expression once dropped by american diplomats. The regime showed its true face. It is clear that it will take more than a peaceful protest for a change because those in power will not be ashamed [...]

Re-Discovering Belarus

mara — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:50:59 +0000

As much as people like going abroad to see Europe or even farther if they are lucky (and no visas can stop that urge!) it seems to have become popular to travel around Belarus, discovering our own country. And though tourism infrastructure leaves much to be desired; and very often what you find is just [...]