Culture

The Belarusian PEN head raised the problems of independent publishing houses, while Lukashenka mentioned Statkevich and the death penalty.

The award was handed to Alieksiyevich by the French Ambassador to Belarus Dominique Gazyui on October 21 in Minsk.

Alyaksandr Starykh previously held the position of Deputy Director General of Babruisk enterprise.

The Belarusian writer has become an officer of the French Republic’s Order of Merit.

Belarusian Svyatlana Aleksiyevich is one of the main candidates, bookmakers say.

Nothing has been said about their restoration yet.

The filmmaker has already posted a link to the official teaser on Twitter.

The literature laureate will be announced on October 9 at 2 p.m. EEST.

The festival of Belarusian culture was organized by the campaign Do Better.