Belarus

Latvian lawmakers have cited potential risk to citizens’ safety and being recruited for espionage Latvian lawmakers have advanced legislation that would ban organized trips to Russia and Belarus, citing potential …

The intermediate-range ballistic missile system will be deployed in the country within days, the president has said Belarus expects the arrival of the Russian advanced intermediate-range ballistic missile system Oreshnik …

Longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko is set to win a seventh terms as he runs unopposed by genuine challengers. Polls are under way in Belarus for a presidential election, with longtime …

Most were jailed following mass anti-government protests in 2020, when Lukashenko secured his sixth term in a vote widely condemned as fraudulent. ADVERTISEMENT Belarus’ leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned a further …

Human Rights Watch alleged abuses and illegal pushbacks at the border between Poland and Belarus, asking the Polish government for accountability towards rights of asylum seekers. ADVERTISEMENT Violent illegal pushbacks …

Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov has expressed hope that his country’s membership application will be approved The next wave of BRICS expansion will be announced at the group’s annual summit in …

President’s office says the decree affects seven women and 23 men who have children. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 30 people convicted for antigovernment protests, four years after huge …

Kiev has insisted that it reserves the right to defend its territory and called for Minsk to “cease unfriendly actions” Ukraine has issued a warning to Belarus over what it …

A new camp for the German brigade is being built in Rūdninkai, a few kilometres south of the capital Vilnius. ADVERTISEMENT Construction of a military base for a newly deployed …

Belarus is the last country in Europe still to apply the death penalty, executing several people each year by firing squad. ADVERTISEMENT The Minsk Regional Court in Belarus sentenced a …