In the current difficult conditions, Minsk remains fully committed to developing friendly relations with Belgrade in many ...

Ilina Vukajlović stressed that the relations between the two countries “are characterized by fruitful cooperation at all levels, as well as by a charge of optimism and energy for further development ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia and in a number of other former Soviet Republics, but each country keeps the holiday in its own unique ...

(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a protest near the residence of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, ...

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote. The opposition cried foul, claiming that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking to the media after voting in presidential ...

Secretary of State Rubio says Belarus "unilaterally" freed the American woman. Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...

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