European Radio for Belarus

European Radio for Belarus (Eŭrapéjskaje Rádyjo dla Biełarúsi, ERB, ) is a radio station and website. It is from Belarus. It was made on February 26, 2006. European Radio for Belarus works on FM, OIRT FM, Internet, and Satellite. Journalists of the station work from Minsk and Warsaw.

The radio station has one of the highest ratings among propaganda-free media in Belarus.

The site of European Radio for Belarus can't be opened in Belarus. It has been writing about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election, so journalists of the European Radio for Belarus have been tried and arrested for that. On July, 5, 2021, the Government of Belarus shut the house of European Radio for Belarus in Minsk. Since July 8, 2021, the second website of European Radio for Belarus can't be opened in Belarus.

In 2021 and 2022, Belarusian courts added the Telegram, YouTube, Instagram pages of the radio and its logo to the Republican list of extremist materials;Республиканский список экстремистских материалов in July 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus named it as an extremist group. In 2022 and 2023, several people who have been interviewed by the radio were arrested and imprisoned for it on charges of helping extremist activity.

 Awards 
 ERB journalist Marina Shukjurova received ‘П’еро’ Award in Freedom of Speech nomination (2009);
 Dmitry Lukashuk got first prize at BAJ ‘Вольнае слова’ Competition (2015);
Honorary Diploma of the Belarusian Association of Journalists for very good work of journalist Dmitry Lukashuk (video series "Idea X") (2019).

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Category:Radio stations in Belarus
Category:Websites established in 2006
Category:Censorship in Belarus
Category:Belarusian websites