Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Polls opened at ...

Previously, the tournament's neutral flag was white, but since 2024 it has been blue in colour. 'Players from Russia and Belarus are only able to compete in international tennis events as ...

The Belarus Initiative is run in partnership with the Center for New Ideas and led by Ryhor Astapenia. Image — Belarusians hold a giant former white-red-white flag of Belarus used in opposition to the ...

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.

The country's economy is largely state-planned and Lukashenko scrapped Belarus's white-red-white flag in the 1990s -- which ...