On March 25 (EU’s midlife-crisis birthday) Belarus commemorates one year since the failed attempt to organize free elections and let the opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkievich win the presidency. With Alexander Lukasenka reelected for the 3d time, Belarus is still "the last dictatorship in Europe"as the Bush administration likes to call it. But a small and brave resistance movement, especially among the youngsters is still not giving up hope. This Sunday, a demonstration will take place in Minsk, to celebrate the "unofficial Independence Day of Belarus". A group of young journalists from Berlin will follow the event closely and report on it live on the following blog:
http://redaktion-march25.blogspot.com
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