Belarus has deployed a tactical group of the 19th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus to the ...

Kolesnikova gained prominence when mass protests erupted in Belarus after the widely disputed August 2020 election gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office.

Belarus does not have nuclear weapons of its own, but it has been hosting Russian tactical warheads on its territory since last year, amid Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Lukashenko, a staunch ...

MOSCOW: A court in Minsk sentenced a dozen individuals to prison terms of between two and 25 years on Friday (Oct 4) for helping commit what Belarus has called an "act of terrorism" at a military ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. German authorities are investigating claims that a far-right politician used political prisoners as cheap ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Thursday said 224 political prisoners in Belarus must be urgently released. More than 65,000 people have ...

BERLIN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Raiffeisen Bank International (RBIV.VI), opens new tab said on Friday it is selling its Belarus business at a loss to an investor from the United Arab Emirates ...

Raiffeisen Bank International AG agreed to sell its Belarusian unit in a deal that will dent its profit by about €800 million ($893 million) at closing. The Viennese lender will sell its 88% ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned the West and Ukraine on Friday of "disastrous consequences" if Kyiv moved against close Russian ally Belarus, making clear it would intervene to defend a country ...

The top body in chess has rejected a proposal to readmit Russia and Belarus, but will consider allowing players under 12 or with disability to take part in events. Russia and Belarus were kicked ...