April started with an unusual exhibition in Minsk called “DEPRESS and Arrhythmia“. It was a collection of drawings and graphics from Ihar Varashkevich, a blues-musician from the band Krama who also paints, and Nika Sandros, a painter who makes pictures of songs. The exhibition was a truly unusual event in the Belarusian art scene and made many people talk about it, especially if we take into account how rare we hear about modern art of Belarus.
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This year’s proposal by the Ministry of Education regarding the entrance procedure to some faculties (journalism, law, international relations and customs law) caused different reactions from applicants and their parents. Excited and uncertain for not having any information about how the interview was to be conducted, thousands of future applicants went to the appointed universities last weekend. The first round of the “professional-psychological interviews” which are to decide who can enter the University or not, were held on April 5th and 6th. Generation.by suggested Franak Viachorka, a student who was recently expelled from the Faculty of Journalism at the Belarusian State University (BSU) to attend the interview. As a potential applicant he had the opportunity to see how the people who once accepted him to University and gave him excellent grades would evaluate him now, taking into account the political background of his recent expulsion.
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One of the most widely recognized musicians of the modern Belarusian alternative music scene, Lyavon Volski, presented a horror-video for the song “Eurovision” from his solo-album to be released soon. The video will be available at TUT.by portal from April 1st till April 8th.
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The topic of student expulsions on political grounds rose new debates in the Internet. The reason for that was the action of the Austrian National Union of Students OeH against the politically motivated student expulsions in Belarus. The action of OeH was organized in front of the building of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where a conference “Belarus in Europe: Economic Co-operation and Political Debate” was held last Friday. In particular, the students were protesting against the fact that the organizers had invited Rector Shimov, known for expelling student activists, as a speaker. The action itself, as well as the information about it published by some Belarusian media, led to long online debates last week. 
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