Sector of Nuclear Energy in Central and Eastern Europe
Sector of Nuclear Energy in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Tomáš Vlček
Subject(s): National Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Comparative politics, Evaluation research, Financial Markets
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Belarus; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; Ukraine; Nuclear sector; Economic policy;
Summary/Abstract: Belarus is a land locked country bordering with Russian Federation, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Belarus declared independence at the end of the WWI just to be occupied by Soviet troops shortly after and eventually incorporated to USSR as Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919. After the Russian-Polish war the country was divided between these two states. The USSR has taken back the Polish part in 1939 and Belarus was not an independent state until July 1990 when Republic of Belarus was created. In 1994, Alexander Lukashenko was elected president of Belarus; he was reelected again for the second term (2001-2006), the third term (2006-2011) and also the fourth term (2011-2016). The election process especially for the fourth term had been criticized as flawed by most EU and OSCE countries. As a result, Lukashenko and his associates are forbidden to travel to EU member countries. Belarus is also very well known for his authoritative leadership (sometimes called as Europe's last dictatorship), oppression and corruption.

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