The European Union is concerned about the lack of progress toward democracy in Belarus recently, outgoing British Ambassador Nigel Gould-Davies said at a farewell news conference in Minsk on September 1, BelaPAN said.

Despite of that, the EU is set to insist on fulfilling conditions of democratization by Belarus. It has been stated by Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, on Monday to journalists after the first day of the ministerial meeting of the EU.

Presentation of Benita Ferrero-Waldner European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy and Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership at an International conference “Eastern Partnership: towards Civil Society Forum”, held in Prague on 6 May 2009.

The chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jean-Claude Trichet, has given an exclusive interview to the Robert Schuman Foundation with regard to the economic and financial crisis and the means to overcome it.

GIN McGiffin is a real contender for a Pride of Swindon award. The mum-of-three from Oakhurst works hard to organise trips to Swindon for Belarussian children, who have been affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.The nuclear accident took place on April 25, 1986, and wind carried radiation north over Belarus. Children in the country are particularly susceptible to radiation induced illnesses and many have leukaemia, cancer of the thyroid and other cancers.Babies are still being born with serious deformities.