Serious human rights violations remain rampant in Belarus, United Nations investigators said Friday, adding that some of the ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Ukraine’s president issued a stark warning, saying that Russia may be preparing an act of aggression against NATO members as ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after more than three years. The released American has not been named publicly.

Belarus has released three people, including an American and a journalist, who had been detained for more than three years, U ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east European country. On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.

Belarus' opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years ...

"I can't associate with any country other than Belarus, it's as if I'm temporarily abroad. I'll be among the first to return when the day comes," said this IT specialist, who has been a refugee in ...