The dictator next door

Belorussian activists in Vilnius

Belarus is Europe's last dictatorship, but the Lithuanian capital Vilnius is located close to the border. Belarusian human rights campaigners use Vilnius as an asylum and distribution centre - yet they don't feel completely safe. The Lithuanian president keeps up a good relationship with the Belarusian despot

(published in six languages in the European Magazine Cafebabel.com on January 5th, 2012, English translation by Annie Rutherford >>)