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 protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

Europe’s longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power of a leader whose country is considered Russia’s staunchest ally.

The European Commission was preparing in advance to declare that Belarus' election is a sham, Detlef Bauer, an international observer, a member of the Alternative for Germany political party, said on the air of the STV TV channel,

The West has no moral right to teach Belarus democracy – as stated by the CIS Secretary General, head of the CIS observer mission Sergei

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its ... It was overrun by Nazi Germany in World War II. It's been closely allied with Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin — himself in power ...

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its ... It was overrun by Nazi Germany in World War II. It’s been closely allied with Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin — himself in ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling road between two peaceful neighbours.

Documents obtained by OCCRP and analyzed by BIC helped reveal how Belarus’s Integral continues to produce and supply microchips for Russian military industrial complex using imported Western components despite sanctions.

According to TSN insider Darren Dreger, the NHL and NHLPA “have advised the IIHF they intend on moving forward, at least for now, without IIHF involvement in the 2028 World Cup of Hockey.”

Despite a growing body of literature on memory politics and laws, the various national debates have not only remained unconnected, but are often contradicting one another. In Germany, policies like the recently adopted antisemitism resolution,

Australian Open women’s champion Madison Keys has returned to her career-best ranking and joins three other American women in the WTA top 10, while men’s champion Jannik Sinner maintained his significant lead atop the ATP list.

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo said it planned a campaign to recover lost territory.