What do you think about Eurovision entries now , three years after? Were they good , cringe or something in between?

I want to send some gifts to my girlfriend in Belarus and would like to know how high duty-free allowances are for gift parcel shipments from abroad in order for her not to pay customs or other taxes.

Also, does someone have experience with how strict customs are there in case my shipment exceeds the customs limits and I claim a lower value on the CN22?

Thanks

Hello, just curious if Monzo card still works in Belarus? Last summer I was able to pay with that card and even withdraw some cash, not sure if now it works. Anyone know?

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Hello, I am a Pole, I find Belarus a really fascinating country. I try to read up on whatever's happening there.

What I find curious is that despite all of the political repression, some form of true, "white-red-white" Belarusian life exists. Organizations like Будзма Беларусамі or news outlets like Наша Ніва were allowed to function until recently, events like the Freedom Day festival in 2018 were permitted. If the government most of the time punishes those participating, even the seemingly harmless ones, do they crack down on your average Siarhiej too? Do the police look through your phone for "extremist content" as they please? Would using WKL/BNR national symbols as a profile pic or anything else cause you trouble? Same for displaying Pahonia or the BNR flag in your own house?

Are most of you here outside or inside your homeland? Is internet, radio or independent television access widely restricted?

The question I am posing is adressed to Belarusians to reflect over and to foreigners who live(d) in Belarus or spent some significant amount of time there, hence able to give an adequate view from the side. Just for the context: I am a Belarusian citizen, born and raised in Minsk.

So, the question. Most Belarusians - both opposition and pro-goverment - blame external circumstances/atrocities against our country in the past/big geopolitical forces for the state of affairs in our country. To give an example: if you ask a Belarusian as to why Belarusian literature has so few outstanding names, the answer would likely be "Well, Belarusian-speaking culture was surpressed for centuries, educated people were russified, so much Belarusian poets were killed on the infamous night of 1937". If you ask an average lukashist as to why the Belarusian economy is so poor, they will blame Western sanctions. So every time it is Russia/West/history/geographical position's fault. I am not saying that all of those claims are false. But my question is: what problems are solely caused by Belarusians' (not goverment's) behaviour? I can name 2 to start:

1. State of Belarusian language. Yeah, of course we were historically russified. But just like literally every other nation in Russian Empire. Nothing prevented people to pay more interest and attention to our language post-1991, before 2020 (arguably even before 2022) repressions for just speaking Belarusian were almost non-existent. We have neglected our language by ourselves.
2. Alcohol. The number of people I know who are slowly drinking themselves to death is enormous. Alcoholism is normalised in our society, and that is totally not ok. The goverment makes alcohol cheap, but it is not the major reason, I think it is again something to blame ourselves for.

And what do you think, which other major problems lie solely on us?

Hey y’all i’m a Belarussian young man, currently roaming across Europe but soon i’ll run out of money and i would like to find some decent job here or in some other warm countries, middle east is good such as UAE or Balkans.
Is it difficult to get a business visa? I have a tourist C one. Got no bachelor degree but fluent in English.

Sincerely yours.

hi fellow Belarusians, i dont know much about your countrys history, but the whole world saw your 2020-21 protests againts Lukashenkos regime, its very unfortunate that your fight for freedom was not rewarded and you lot are still suffering under this regime, however i have some questions about Lukashenko and his propaganda.

if you dont know Georgian Goverment is getting more and more pro-Russian each day,they are now implementing "foreign-agent law", which will open their way for repressing pro-europian anti-goverment televisions and NGO-s, also they are implementing anti-LGBTQ law and are holding forced protests where they bring social workers from villages of georgia.. Georgian People are well against it and protest it almost every day in the streets. most of the protestants are Gen-Z teens.

i want to ask you if there are similarities between Ivanishvili and Lukashenko Propagandas.

1. they are calling everyone who is against them a "global war party",agents who want to destabilize the country and drag it into the war.they spread hate speech on the internet with their payed trolls.

2.they are pushing their propaganda on religion and are saying that protestants are anti-Christ devils and LGBTQ activists,with it they win hearts of 70+ year old Georgians.

3.they till this day use previous goverment(even tho its been 12 years) as a threat that they are better then them(even thought they are not)

4.they have 3 propaganda channels where they spread desinformation and then sponsor it :D.

5.they are using police power against innocent people.

so i want to know if yall are familiar with this situation and if those Regimes have things in common, if so i will educate my Fellow Georgians with it. thats all i can think for now, if anything else pops up, i will post it.

Glory To Georgia,Belarus and Ukraine!! FUCK RUSSIA ! FUCK PUTIN ! FUCK EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS RUSSIA!

For a little bit of background: I was born in Belarus and am both a Belarussian and US citizen (both of my passports are not expired). I'm considering visiting my family in Belarus this summer since I haven't been back in 6 years. I have a cousin that lives in Poland and would like to meet her there, and then take a bus to Minsk. In this case, what documentation would I need to bring with me? I would also like to renew my passport before it expires (next summer of 2025). For anyone that has returned to renew their passport in Belarus, what was the process like, and did you have any difficulties? Thank you in advance!

Sup im a slavic languages student and interested in Belarusian music (Not Russian). Could you maybe give me any recommendations?

Thanks in advance

Усіх, хто хоча размаўляць па-беларуску, запрашаем у гэты пост.

Дзяліцеся, што ёсць цікавага пачытаць, паслухаць, паглядзець на беларускай мове!

I sometimes see зь in place of the word з but i see it not that often so i cant guess when to use it

When do i use it? Whats the difference?

Hello all I am currently a 17yr old male and have a permanent residence in the UK, but I also have a Belarussian passport because of family, I searched it up and it says that it's mandatory for all men within the ages of 18-27 and with university is only postponed, does this mean that I cannot go back to Belarus even if I am a permanent resident of another country, or I go to university, or till I turn 27?, I would like to go back as I have family there and don't want to take a 10 year break from seeing them, could you guys clear this up for me and give me some advice as to what to do, it would be greatly appreciated, thank you all.

Hi guys, I’m here (22F) visiting for a while and I want to go out to the bars, maybe the club with someone around my age. I understand the language but I’m not a great speaker. I saw someone post about dating apps awhile ago and they didn’t get any direct answers on which ones are good here. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!