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Belarus holidays

May 2019

  • greater spotted eagle in flight

    Chernobyl: the wildlife haven created when people left

    Rare and endangered animals have thrived in the Chernobyl disaster zone since it was evacuated in 1986, as a new wildlife tour in southern Belarus shows

October 2018

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    On the trail of wolves in Belarus

    Deep in the vast enchanting forest, visitors track endangered wolves with a zoologist passionate about their survival

November 2016

  • Riders in period costume take part in a re-enactment of a 19th-century hunting expedition in the Dzerzhinsk district of central Belarus

    World view
    World view: Ready for the ride, Belarus

    Riders in period costume take part in a re-enactment of a 19th-century hunting expedition in the Dzerzhinsk district of central Belarus

October 2015

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    Street art in Belarus: bus stop murals – in pictures

    Should you find yourself awaiting a bus in Belarus, and not have one of Nobel prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich’s books with you, you could amuse yourself with the paintings on these bus stops captured by photographer Alexandra Soldatova for her It Must Be Beautiful project

June 2014

  • Belarus Free Theatre

    New East network
    Belarus Free Theatre: battling dictatorship, living in exile – Twitter Q&A

  • Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker by Belarus Free Theatre

    New East network
    Win tickets to the Belarus Free Theatre at the Young Vic

August 2010

  •  Justine Kilkerr

    Justine Kilkerr: 'I am ashamed of you,' Dad said

    Justine Kilkerr grew up in fear of her father's unpredictable moods. She wanted desperately to help make him better but she never could

June 2010

  • carpathian

    Go wild in eastern Europe

    Explore Europe's hidden corners, from a hike along ancient shepherding routes in Bulgaria to an epic motorbike ride through 10 countries

June 2008

  • Gary Merrill on a train

    Great journeys
    Great train journeys: beer and boxing from Cologne to Moscow

    In the first installment of his three-part overland adventure from Cardiff to Taiwan, Gary Merrill drinks Kölsch on the steps of Cologne cathedral, shares a cabin with a young boxer and breaks bread with a lawyer from Volgograd

February 2008

  • Welcome to theatreland

    Banned by the state, the Free Theatre of Belarus performs in secret locations and texts the venue to audiences. Every play could be their last. Mark Ravenhill reports

September 2007

  • No tails on the riverbank

    The beavers proved elusive but the rocket-grade vodka hits the spot for Tim Bryan on a safari through 'Europe's last wilderness'.

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