{"id":594702,"date":"2026-10-27T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=594702"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:35:34","slug":"stories-of-our-peoples-are-very-similar-pavel-barkouski-on-dublin-conference-dedicated-to-national-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/stories-of-our-peoples-are-very-similar-pavel-barkouski-on-dublin-conference-dedicated-to-national-identity","title":{"rendered":"\u201cStories of Our Peoples Are Very Similar\u201d: Pavel Barkouski on Dublin Conference Dedicated to National Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A conference titled \u201cIreland and Belarus: National and Cultural Identity\u201d will take place<\/a> in Dublin today.<\/p>\n

The discussion will focus on what can help Belarusian culture today amid Russification, repression, and forced exile.<\/p>\n

Speakers include Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/strong>, head of Belarus\u2019s United Transitional Cabinet; Thomas Byrne<\/strong>, Ireland\u2019s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence; Doireann N\u00ed Ghlac\u00e1in<\/b>, an Irish researcher, journalist, and television presenter; and Donnacha \u00d3 Beach\u00e1in<\/b>, a professor of politics at Dublin City University.<\/p>\n

Writers, researchers, and cultural figures from both countries will also take part in the conference.<\/p>\n

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Kupalautsy perform excerpts from Brian Friel\u2019s \u201cTranslations.\u201d Photo: facebook.com\/andrej.khadanovich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pavel Barkouski<\/strong>, representative for national revival at Belarus\u2019s United Transitional Cabinet, explained<\/a> to Radio Racyja that \u201cthis is the first format in which we are organizing a joint conference specifically at the level of Ireland\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Why Ireland? Because, in fact, the histories of our peoples are very similar. For many years, both our peoples were victims of colonization by a powerful eastern neighbor. This eastern neighbor conquered territory, imposed its own rules there, and imposed its language. And that language still dominates in Ireland today. Even after 80 years of independence, they have not been able to fully revive the use of the Irish language in society. Most people continue to use English.<\/em><\/p>\n

That is precisely why this conference is the first step toward cooperation between us<\/em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya discusses the Belarusian language and national identity. Photo: facebook.com\/andrej.khadanovich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to language policy, participants will discuss the continuation of Belarusian-Irish cooperation, particularly in theatre and translation.<\/p>\n

For example, with the assistance of Ireland\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a series of children\u2019s books by Irish authors has been translated into Belarusian and published by Gutenberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the topics that already connect us and can serve as a first step toward further development,\u201d Pavel Barkouski believes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A conference titled \u201cIreland and Belarus: National and Cultural Identity\u201d will take place in Dublin today. The discussion will focus on what can help Belarusian culture today amid Russification, repression, and forced exile. Speakers include Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, head of Belarus\u2019s United Transitional Cabinet; Thomas Byrne, Ireland\u2019s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence; Doireann […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":594705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ae09a9ad139c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"\u201cStories of Our Peoples Are Very Similar\u201d: Pavel Barkouski on Dublin Conference Dedicated to National Identity"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594702","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\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594706,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594702\/revisions\/594706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}