{"id":542383,"date":"2026-05-14T21:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=542383"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:42:02","slug":"tsikhanouskaya-presented-medals-of-the-united-transitional-cabinet-in-stockholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/tsikhanouskaya-presented-medals-of-the-united-transitional-cabinet-in-stockholm","title":{"rendered":"Tsikhanouskaya Presented Medals Of The United Transitional Cabinet In Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/b> on May 11 at the Estonian House in Stockholm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/CabinetBelarus\/4886\">presented<\/a> medals of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus to four laureates. <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/opk-prinjal-reshenie-nagradit-olega-garbuza-i-zoju-belohvostik-medalju-franciska-skoriny\">The decisions on the awards<\/a> were adopted by the cabinet in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The medal \u201cFor Fruitful Work For The Benefit Of Belarus\u201d for cultural dialogue, support and solidarity with the Belarusian people was awarded to <b>Taave S\u00f5t Vaherm\u00e4gi<\/b>, head of the Estonian House in Stockholm and a long-time organizer of cultural and public initiatives, and <b>Sirle S\u00f5t<\/b>, chair of the Union of Estonians in Sweden and co-head of the Estonian House, who actively supports the Belarusian agenda and assists in organizing Belarusian events.<\/p>\n<p>The same medal for \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0435 in public and professional activity was awarded to <b>Maria S\u00f6derberg<\/b>, a Swedish photojournalist and writer, former head of the Belarus Society in Sweden, who devoted her professional work to covering conflicts in authoritarian countries, including Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The Francysk Skaryna Medal for dedication to the interests of the Belarusian people, popularization of Belarusian history and culture, and active participation in diaspora life was awarded to historian <b>Andrej Kotljarchuk<\/b>, lecturer at the Department of History of Stockholm University and senior researcher at S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University. The award was handed over to the laureate through the representative of the People\u2019s Embassy in Sweden <b>Dzmitry Vasserman<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542339\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-542339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-632x400.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/CabinetBelarus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542338\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-542338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-41-2-632x400.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/CabinetBelarus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542337\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-542337 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-40-632x400.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/CabinetBelarus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542335\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-542335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_20-42-39-632x400.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/CabinetBelarus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on May 11 at the Estonian House in Stockholm presented medals of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus to four laureates. The decisions on the awards were adopted by the cabinet in 2025. The medal \u201cFor Fruitful Work For The Benefit Of Belarus\u201d for cultural dialogue, support and solidarity with the Belarusian people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a065dcdbee36.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Tsikhanouskaya Presented Medals Of The United Transitional Cabinet In Stockholm"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143090],"tags":[143172],"class_list":["post-542383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-svetlana-tihanovskaja"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}