Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West

Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the ...
The Moscow Times on MSN

Belarus frees protest leader, Nobel laureate in deal with US

Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights activist ...
Naharnet on MSN

Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve ties with West

Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader's effort to improve ties with the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Belarus Seeks New US Talks as It Signals Softening Stance on EU

Among those released this year — and expelled — was Siarhei Tsikhanouski, who had announced plans to challenge Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election but was detained before he could register as ...