Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin; pro-democracy demonstrators in Belarus. (Photo illustration: Kelli R. Grant/Yahoo News; photos: Gavriil ...

After receiving refugee status, the Samuls bought a house in a village and are now settling into their new life. Reflecting on their impressions, Roman Samul noted that their experience mirrors that ...

MINSK, 21 August (BelTA) – About 6 million foreign tourists visited Belarus last year, BelTA learned from Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus Timofei Zhigarev at a press ...

The Belarusian opposition is frustrated that it was excluded from the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War — with its key figures left behind bars in the country that’s often described as Europe’s ...

In December, Belarus moved units of the Armed Forces to the border with Ukraine, which had previously been withdrawn from there. About 1,500 troops are now stationed there, according to the monitoring ...

They play hockey, visit a toy factory, receive gifts, and perform goofy dances. But they also train with automatic weapons, ride on armored personnel carriers, commemorate the Soviet Union, and learn ...

NOVAYA GUTA, Belarus — Three years after Russia used Belarus as a launching pad for its brutal invasion of Ukraine, the border here between Belarus and Ukraine is eerily quiet. Gone are the days when ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests ...

The first public appearance of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in six days was greeted with mockery and further speculation about the future of his three-decade- long rule. On Monday, ...

Ukraine on Tuesday announced it is investigating allegations that Belarus aided in the forced transfer of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy ...

The State Department and the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab release new information about Belarus' "complicity in and support for" Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children.

WASHINGTON — Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who was derided three years ago in the British press as a “housewife with no political experience” — even though she claims to have ...