Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated ...

A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis".Thousands of ...

Since February 2024, the Belarusian government has reduced export duties on oil, bitumen, fuel oil and several other petroleum products to zero. However, from September 1, export duties were ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator," offered to free Anastassia Nuhfer whose arrest was ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater ...

A total of 1,046,973 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022. Most travelers came from Belarus's ...

The decree is aimed at nurturing a sense of pride in Belarusians for their country and a sense of belonging to the country’s ...

MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to ...