The Latest Breaking News from Minsk

Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January as a farce.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has agreed to pause attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days following a phone call with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. On social media, Trump said the call was “very good and productive” and came “with an understanding that we will be working quickly…

War, interrogations and a journey lasting days are not enough to stop Anna visiting her parents and beloved little brother in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.

The move aims to curb a border crisis that Warsaw says has been orchestrated by Minsk and its ally Russia.

Yan Dhanda’s added time goal gave the Jambos victory against Dinamo Minsk in Azerbaijan.

Substitute Yan Dhanda scored a last-gasp winner as managerless Hearts came from behind to claim their first competitive victory of the season in…

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…

Belarus has played a vital role in Russia’s war against Ukraine