Belarus Between Threats and Opportunities
On November 25, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and UI's Ola Westerberg and Martin Kragh discussed the situation on Belarus in the webinar "Belarus Between Threats and Opportunities" hosted by the The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in the Kingdom of Sweden and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Kingdom of Sweden.
Wacth the webinar here: https://www.gov.pl/web/sweden/video-podcast---webinar-belarus-between-threats-and-opportunities '
Since the rigging of elections for the president of the Republic of Belarus on 9 August, 2020, thousands of Belarusian citizens have taken to the streets to protest against the election fraud as well as demanding the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka. Events in Belarus are still hard to predict, but it is already clear that the country will never be the same again.Speakers:
Welcome word:
Joanna Hofman, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the Kingdom of Sweden
Giedrius Čekuolis, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania in the Kingdom of Sweden
Opening speeches:
Marcin Przydacz
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Dalius Čekuolis
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Panelists:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Leader of Belarusian civil society
Kamil Kłysiński
Centre for Eastern Studies in Poland
Vytis Jurkonis
Freedom House office in Lithuania
Martin Kragh
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Moderator: Ola Westerberg – chief editor at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs