It is possible that fear lurks behind these words. Fear of open competition, in which conditions a 70-year-old ruler has very ...

Last week, the Belarusian democratic opposition was torn apart by a particular question — should the West isolate and ...

Who is Alexander Lukashenko? Lukashenko, often described as Europe's last dictator, is the disputed president of Belarus. He has led the country as president for nearly 29 years, assuming office ...

PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO: (Non-English language spoken). MAYNES: So here, Lukashenko explains to a group of factory workers that he'd been too busy to learn about the other candidates.

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. At his press conference on Sunday, he ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other prisoners have been released from jail and are now free in Lithuania, the neighbouring country's government said.

The authoritarian Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, on Thursday blamed Ukraine for provoking Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, and he insisted that Belarus was “a peaceful nation ...

For nearly a week, the whereabouts of Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko have been a mystery. The 68-year-old was seen at a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Squa… ...

Alexander Lukashenko is making it clear that huge protests in the autumn, the biggest challenge yet to his decades-long rule, didn't dent his authority. Latest U.S.

KYIV, Ukraine — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus began his sixth term of office Wednesday during an inauguration ceremony that officials did not announce in advance after weeks of mass ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Alexander Lukashenko apologized in a call for helping Russia invade Ukraine. "I am not in charge," Zelenskyy quoted the Belarusian leader as saying in early 2022.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signs the inauguration certificate during his inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Independence in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.