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August 24,<\/strong> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The French embassy in Minsk has closed its media library, which had operated at the Pushkin Library for 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embassy described the media library as a \u201cquite usual project\u201d that \u201cnevertheless generated enough fear to be terminated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media library promoted the French language and culture through musical and philosophical gatherings, film screenings, board games and exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embassy expressed hope that the closure is temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, France\u2019s former Charg\u00e9 d\u2019ffaires Ludovic Royer expressed regret over the imminent closure, stressing that it was taking place as \u201cour efforts toward dialogue are taking shape.\u201d He said the two countries faced the enormous task of breaking the deadlock in their relations.Top of Form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 24, Pozirk. The French embassy in Minsk has closed its media library, which had operated at the Pushkin Library for 30 years. The embassy described the media library as a \u201cquite usual project\u201d that \u201cnevertheless generated enough fear to be terminated.\u201d The media library promoted the French language and culture through musical and philosophical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":201104,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-201111","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrench embassy closes its media library in Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 24, Pozirk. The French embassy in Minsk has closed its media library, which had operated at the Pushkin Library for 30 years. 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