World Dec 13 Belarus frees prominent political prisoners as U.S. lifts sanctions on country’s potash exports Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and other prominent political prisoners, a human rights group confirmed.
World Sep 26 Belarus proposes new nuclear plant to supply energy to Russian-occupied Ukraine Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko raised the plans during a meeting at the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin, who appeared to publicly support the idea.
World Jun 21 Dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed in Belarus after rare visit from top U.S. envoy Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya’s team announced on Saturday.
World Jan 26 Lukashenko wins 7th term in Belarus presidential election that the opposition calls a farce The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in…
World Jan 24 Election in Belarus is poised to extend the 30-year rule of ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a farce.
World Nov 12 Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova resurfaces after not being seen for 20 months Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months without any communication from her, and has met with her father.
World Feb 25 Belarusian opposition leader calls for boycott of tightly controlled election Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader's call for a boycott.
World Nov 17 More than 2,400 Ukrainian children have been taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found.
World Sep 08 Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in effort to tighten grip Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control.
World Sep 04 Ukraine’s defense minister resigns following Zelenskyy’s announcement of his replacement Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov submitted a letter of resignation on Monday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be replaced and named his successor.