Belarus

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 …

The Polish Interior Ministry has said it is planning to restrict access to some areas on the border with Belarus, citing a rising number of Middle Eastern migrants trying to …

LONDON (Reuters) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that the gunmen who attacked Moscow’s Crocus City Hall music venue on Friday tried initially to flee to Belarus, not …

Russia warns European consumers will ‘suffer’ if proposal goes ahead and calls it example of ‘unfair competition’. The European Commission is planning to impose tariffs on imports of grain from …