With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, taking two hours to address the media at a press conference on election day, spoke at ...

By Andrew Higgins Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents ...

Uzbekistan Airways airliners have changed their routes when flying to Europe to avoid Russian and Belarusian airspace as a ...

Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Meanwhile, Belarus’ record on human rights – and its complicity in Russia’s ...

in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote.

In response, the West sanctioned Belarus. Such sanctions on the country have intensified after Russia was found to be using its neighbour to circumvent European sanctions imposed on Moscow because ...

The European Union has rejected the election in Belarus as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions BRUSSELS -- The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and ...

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 ...