In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as a sham. It has called on Belarusians to tick a box that allows them ...

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who supposedly "committed extremist crimes". Among them are three women and 20 men; 13 people are over 50 years old, ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's youngest son, Nikolai, has been appearing ever more frequently in the media lately. The 20-year-old, who used to accompany his father on state visits ...

Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of playing games with the West by drip-feeding releases of political prisoners ahead of an ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 people who were convicted of extremism, state media reported on Saturday. "All of them applied for pardon and repented of ...

Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned a further 20 people whom rights activists describe as political prisoners. That's according to a statement published on Saturday on the president ...

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko plans to deploy 10 Russian Oreshnik missile systems in Belarus, pro-Kremlin journalist Alexander Yunashev reported on his Telegram channel Yunashev Live on ...

FILE - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, pose for a photo prior to a meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent ...