With eye on West, Belarus holds slightly freer election

Previews, and reports and analysis of the results of the general election in Belarus held on the 11 September 2016.

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ESO: Background information: Belarusian parliamentary election, 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belarusian-parliamentary-election-2016/

Deutsche Welle, 11.09.16: Turnout high, but doubts cloud Belarus parliamentary election http://dw.com/p/1K0D2

BBC News, 12.09.16: Belarus election: Opposition wins at least one seat in rare gain http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37336120

The Guardian, 10.09.16: Who'd be an MP in Europe's 'last dictatorship'? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/10/belarus-election-politics-lukashenko-russia-eu

TIME, 12.09.16: An Opposition Member Has Been Elected to Belarus’ Parliament For the First Time in 20 Years http://time.com/4487048/belarus-opposition-lukashenko-russia-moscow-sanctions/

EU: EEAS: Statement, 12.09.16: Parliamentary elections in Belarus http://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/9692/parliamentary-elections-in-belarus

EUObserver, 14.09.16: [Opinion] Belarus elections: Invisible, but not trivial https://euobserver.com/foreign/135073

EUObserver, 22.09.16: [Opinion] Belarus: A nation with no politics https://euobserver.com/opinion/135204

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