The Latest Breaking News from Alexander Lukashenko

Belarusian authorities have convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent regional newspaper of “discrediting the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced him to four years in prison

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who fled repression in their homeland face the prospect of having invalid documents after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree halting passport renewals abroad

Moldova blocks access to major Russian news media sites; US-made F-16 jets donated to Ukraine from Netherlands to arrive at training centres in weeks

Claims drone strike or debris from downed drone has caused fire in oil refinery near Black Sea in Russia

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile

The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

The foreign minister of Belarus says he can't envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces

In 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko began letting migrants cross his country's border into Poland to retaliate against EU sanctions. Poland strengthened its border controls, but the number of illegal migrant crossings into Germany has been surging in recent months. The Brandenburg region in eastern Germany now finds itself at…