Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors and allies to expand military ties amid the fighting in Ukraine ...

A state television documentary later claimed the attackers were working on behalf of high-ranking officials. Lukashenko won approximately 80 percent of the vote, defeating the country’s first ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

In the documentary "In Search of Peace" aired by the Belarus 1 TV channel Press Secretary of the Belarusian President Natalya Eismont revealed which hall of the Palace of Independence housed the ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is on track to extend his more than three decades in power with 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential election, according to an exit poll broadcast on ...

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko — a 70-year-old former collective ...

Lukashenko, in power since 1994, on brink of five more years Veteran leader rejects criticism over political prisoners EU and US say vote is neither free nor fair Rubio says Belarus releases a US ...

More than 250 freed from prison in last year Opposition says president wants to win Western concessions Lukashenko, in power since 1994, set to extend his rule EU calls election 'total sham' Jan ...