Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling ...

The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote. The opposition cried foul, claiming that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 Veteran leader rejects criticism over political prisoners EU and US say vote is neither free nor fair Rubio says Belarus has released US national Jan 27 ...

Lukashenko, in power since 1994, on brink of five more years Veteran leader rejects criticism over political prisoners EU and US say vote is neither free nor fair Rubio says Belarus releases a US ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday announced the release of a U.S. citizen who had been imprisoned in Belarus as controversy looms over the Eastern European nation's ongoing election.

MINSK-Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election on Jan 26, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging ...

While Belarus has not directly involved itself in the war in Ukraine, Lukashenko has allowed his country to act as a staging area for Russia's forces, and economic and military ties between the ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, according to an exit poll. Officials said turnout was 81.5% in the ...

Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled Belarus under government pressure after challenging the president in 2020, told The Associated Press that Sunday’s election was “a ...

Four opposition candidates appeared on the ballot — but all were loyal to Lukashenko, who has led Belarus for more than 30 years. “There is no alternative to Alexander Lukashenko as the leader of our ...