When Biełaruś declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarusian was announced as the country’s official language as part of a series of changes to mark a new post-Moscow era. But under ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred ...

The event gathered representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Belarus, as well as members of the National Commission for UNESCO.

MINSK, 20 February (BelTA) – The National Belarusian Language Dictation will be held on 21 February on International Mother Language Day, BelTA learned from Igor Kopylov, Director of the Yakub Kolas ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started ...

Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to overtake the identity of its neighbor. TALLINN, Estonia — When school ...