Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

The Observation Mission from the Commonwealth of Independent States has released a statement on the observation of the ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling ... Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in a Reuters interview published earlier accused Lukashenko ...

In an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Maksim Ryzhenkov urged his Polish counterpart, who was concerned about Belarus’ election, not to stick his nose ...

The Russian and Chinese leaders congratulated Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ... Ms Tikhanovskaya said in an interview this month she wanted dissidents to be ready for an opportunity ...

A crackdown since the contested 2020 election has brought mass arrests, raids and journalists fleeing into exile, analysts ...

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk during early voting in presidential election, 25 January, 2025 ...

Our earlier story is below: The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday ... giving interviews, signing autographs and playing ...