Grand Opening of the Center for Belarusian Studies was held in Wichita (Hyatt Regency Hotel) on April, 19, 2008.
Keynote speaker: Mr. Stanislau Shushkevich, First Head of State of Independent Belarus
- Reports in Belarusian media
- Reports in US media
- Photos
- Video
- Speech by Mr. Stanislau S. Shushkevich, First Head of State (1991-1994) (download)
Reports on Grand Opening in Belarusian media:
- Radio Svaboda: http://svaboda.org/content/Article/1107806.html
- Radio Svaboda: http://svaboda.org/content/Article/1107528.html
- Novaja Europa: http://n-europe.eu/content/?p=4118
- Belorusskije Novosti: http://naviny.by/archive/2008/04/21/
Online-conference with Ambassador David Swartz on Radio Svaboda
- International Herald Tribune -http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/19/america/NA-GEN-US-Kansas-Belarus-Center.php
- Wichita Eagle: http://www.kansas.com/196/story/377779.html
- The Legal Record: http://www.thelegalrecord.net/story.asp?story_id=1354
- SCollegian:http://media.www.sccollegian.com/media/storage/paper773/news/2008/04/23/CollegianFrontPage/Former.Belarusian.President.Speaks-3341996.shtml
Video:
Photos from the Grand Opening:
On photo: Mr. S. Shushkevich' delivering the Opening speech.
On photo: former U.S. Ambassador to Belarus David Swartz
On photo: Aliaksandr Lahvinets
On photo: Dr. Zina Gempelevich
On photo: Belarusian bard Siarzhuk Sokalau-Vojush
