Alexander Lukashenko, now widely viewed as the illegitimate president of Belarus following a rigged election on August 9 that he almost certainly lost, has long insisted...
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The long-standing authoritarian leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is experiencing the most turbulent period of his presidency. After stealing another election...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, by any objective measure the winner of a presidential election in Belarus on August 9, has told a special session of the of the European...
The sight of a helicopter landing in the grounds of the Belarusian presidential residence in Minsk on August 23 prompted many in the city to briefly wonder if Alexander...
The opposition in Belarus has called for a general strike, after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the capital Minsk for the biggest rally in the...
Workers at some of the largest companies in Belarus once again came out on strike on the morning of August 14, joining the many thousands of protesters who are now...
State repression in Belarus against peaceful protesters calling for a recount of a rigged presidential election is already taking a severe toll on the country’s...
Alexander Lukashenko’s goose looks to be well and truly cooked. For the former chicken farmer who has run Belarus with a mixture of tough love and outright repression...
Even if the Moscow Bolshoi is the more famous, its sibling in Minsk is surely more magnificent and robust. The agenda for September is proof of that: seven operas and...
Belarus first held a presidential election 26 years ago. Since then, an entire generation of Belarusians has grown up knowing just one president, reading schoolbooks...
People in Belarus are voting with their feet and staying at home in order to mitigate the further spread of Covid-19. The country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, has...
Has there ever before been so much interest in the Belarus Premier League? Almost certainly not. Across the world, football has been one of the most high-profile...
