On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Spišská Nová Ves, eastern Slovakia, its Mayor Pavol Bečarik (SNS) and head of the local district office Branislav Rusiňák (Smer), invited ...

(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a ...

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has dismissed Sunday's presidential election in Belarus as a political ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Belarusians form a solidarity chain (or memory chain) with black ribbons and a flag to commemorate ... on targets in Belarus and condemned the death in police custody of an opposition activist.

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.

(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) FILE - People carrying an old Belarusian national flag ,that has become an anti-government symbol, march in an opposition rally to protest the presidential election ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule with 87.6% of the vote, according to an exit poll broadcast on ...

(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File) FILE - Belarusian opposition supporters carry old Belarusian national flags, which became symbols of anti-government protests, as they walk near the residence of ...

You're walking across a square and you spot a Belarusian flag hoisted and people under it ... not right and tarnishing the good name of Spišská Nová Ves. Opposition councillors want to propose a ...