Belarus denies that President Lukashenko apologized to Ukraine's Zelensky, despite Zelensky's claims in a 2022 phone call. The interview with Lex Fridman brought attention to Belarus's role ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that on the second or third day of Russia's full-scale invasion, self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko apologised in a phone call for the ...

Father Henrykh Akalatovich was sentenced on Dec. 30 in Belarus to 11 years in prison for “high treason,” a charge that President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime applies to political prisoners ...

MINSK, 31 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated foreign leaders on New Year festivities, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. Greetings on ...

Arkatovich is among dozens of clergy — Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant — who have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election that gave Lukashenko a sixth term.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Supreme Eurasian Economic Union meeting at the Igora ...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's ally, Alexander Lukashenko, prepares to stage another presidential election in Belarus in January, the country continues to face a serious threat of being ...

MINSK, 30 December (BelTA) - On 30 December, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 477 to approve the plan for preparing draft legislation in 2025, BelTA learned from the ...

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 ...

Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president’s website said on Saturday. The ...

He emphasised the need for a strong international response to the "event organised by the regime to re-elect Alexander Lukashenko". The minister also called for the continuation of the sanctions ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo ...