{"id":130590,"date":"2025-03-19T01:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130590\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"poland-rewards-belarus-exiled-theater","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130590\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland rewards Belarus&#8217; exiled theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Poland has awarded Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, an exiled Belarusian theater company, a Foundation for Promoting Culture prize, the opposition United Transitional Cabinet (UTC) reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Culture Ministry runs the foundation to provide social support for artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UTC deputy head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a former director of Belarus&#8217; prestigious Janka Kupa\u0142a National Theater, whose actors became the backbone of Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, welcomed the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called on his followers to further support the troupe and expressed his hope that it would soon return to &#8220;a free Belarus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kupalovcy-extr-form-20241213.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Government bans exiled theater company as extremist<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 14, Pozirk. Belarus&#039; interior ministry has declared the exiled theater company Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy an extremist organization, pro-government media reported yesterday. The ministry accused it of encroaching on the sovereignty and public security of Belarus, as well as discrediting and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118292\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 19, Pozirk. Poland has awarded Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, an exiled Belarusian theater company, a Foundation for Promoting Culture prize, the opposition United Transitional Cabinet (UTC) reported yesterday. The Polish Culture Ministry runs the foundation to provide social support for artists. UTC deputy head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a former director of Belarus&#8217; prestigious Janka Kupa\u0142a National Theater, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":118189,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-130590","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland rewards Belarus&#039; exiled theater | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 19, Pozirk. 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