The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly was convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. It served only to demonstrate his weakness, and continued reliance on Russia. There was a strong Soviet vibe at the All...
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In her most overtly political statement yet, the Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said on October 13 that she will call a nationwide strike unless...
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...
Unmoved by the largest protests in the history of independent Belarus, the country’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko refuses to budge. Still supported by a majority within...
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...
A forthcoming presidential election in Belarus, scheduled for August 9, looks set to be the liveliest since the country secured its independence from the Soviet Union in...