Belarus has freed Sergey Tikhanovsky, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Svetlana ...

UEFA has changed the hosting plan for its 2026 European Championship for indoor soccer because Russia’s military ally Belarus ...

MINSK, Belarus – It has been dubbed by critics as the "last dictatorship" in Europe and for decades has been one of the world's most closed countries.

Belarus concludes its presidential election on Sunday, but the winner is already beyond doubt. The outcome has been consistent for the past 30 years. Since 1994, one man's name — Alexander ...

MOSCOW — The European Union will hit Belarus with new sanctions as early as next week in retaliation for the ongoing migrant crisis on the Polish border, according to a top E.U. official ...

In recent months, Belarus has been steadily morphing into what many describe as the “North Korea of Europe.” Thousands have been detained in connection with protest activities and nearly 500 ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two major issues: the question of whether the EU should further sanction Belarus, and what to expect when European ...

The forcible diversion of a flight from Greece to Lithuania to Belarus has not only sparked a diplomatic incident; it’s also made big changes for flying in Europe, and, possibly, beyond.

“Belarus’ sovereignty is evaporating very fast,” said Pavel Slunkin, a former Belarusian diplomat who is now a fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

The European Union, which for years held out hope that Belarus, sandwiched between Russia and Poland, could be tugged out of the Kremlin’s orbit, has dismissed the whole process as a sham.

Belarus was once Eastern Europe’s tech darling, with global financial institutions hopeful that Lukashenko was finally opening up his state-dominated economy and moving away from dependence on ...

EU leaders condemn Belarus president after arrest of opposition journalist 06:46. The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using ...