The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

‘Powerful’ explosion picked up by earthquake monitoring systems causes fires to burn across four miles in Russian region close to Belarus border, source says

Belarus authorities detain and interrogate teachers involved in online education project deemed extremist, part of broader crackdown on dissent.

Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to overtake the identity of its neighbor

An appeals court in Serbia has overturned an earlier ruling that a prominent critic of the authoritarian government in Belarus should be extradited to that country and said that the case must be retried

Learn about the challenges faced by Belarusians fleeing political oppression, with the regime targeting dissidents abroad and the international community m...

More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics

Prosecutors in Poland say they have charged three Belarusian officials with using a ruse to divert a Poland-registered plane and thus violating the freedom of 132 people on board when in 2021 they ordered the plane carrying a dissident blogger to land in Minsk, leading to the arrest of Raman…

The European Union’s top migration official is seeking answers from Hungary about a work visa program open to citizens from Russia and Belarus

Belarusian President Lukashenko pardons protesters amid ongoing political repression and international scrutiny. Opposition leader calls for release of all...

Hactivist group ‘Head Mare’ linked to cyber attacks on Russian and Belarusian firms

French President Emmanuel Macron begins a two-day state visit Thursday to Serbia, where he may finalise a contract to sell 12 Rafale fighter jets to a country known for its close ties to Russia.