Belarus' top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it's the only country in Europe to keep the death penalty, with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back of ...

Director of the Belarusian Railways Valery Verenich and Chairman of China State Railway Group Guo Zhuxue held negotiations to ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

Belarus Election Is Poised to Extend the 30-Year Rule of 'Europe's Last Dictator' The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was ...

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine , Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all ...

Belarus’ top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it’s the only country in Europe to keep the death penalty, with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, ... ‘Europe’s last dictator’ and his reliance on Russia. Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991.

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protes… ...

In this photo released by Belarus' Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, takes part in an industry award ceremony in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.