EU-Belarus people-to-people contacts
At a Glance
25-03-2019
The autocratic policies pursued by Belarus's long-standing president, Alexander Lukashenko, have strained EU-Belarus ties over the years. Against this backdrop, the EU has geared its support towards the Belarusian people at large. The crisis in Ukraine slowly rekindled EU-Belarus relations, but the backbone of cooperation remains civil society support and people-to-people contacts.
At a Glance
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- authoritarian regime
- Belarus
- civil society
- Eastern Partnership
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU restrictive measure
- EU visa policy
- Europe
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- Framework Programme for Research and Development
- fundamental rights
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- international law
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- LAW
- non-governmental organisation
- non-governmental organisations
- organisation of teaching
- political framework
- political geography
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- repression
- research and intellectual property
- rights and freedoms
- student mobility