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.

We are, as Belarusians ... fighting for the restoration of democracy in Belarus, for the release of our political prisoners. And we are looking for world leaders who can somehow assist us with ...

A Russian Shahed drone exploded in Kalinkavichy, Belarus, causing a power outage in the town, citing the monitoring group ...

Now that she is in exile, she continues her fight for a free, democratic Belarus. When Euronews met her in Berlin, her strong personality and her longing for her homeland immediately came to the fore.

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 ...

A Shahed drone, which entered the territory of Belarus on the morning of 3 October during Russia's air attack on Ukraine, exploded in Kalinkovichi, Gomel Oblast. Source: Belaruski Hajun, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Belarus' opposition has faced a severe crackdown since nationwide protests. BRUSSELS -- Lithuania on Monday referred the hard-line president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, members of his ...

BRUSSELS — EU leaders on Thursday rallied behind Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s threat to temporarily ban asylum for those coming from Russia or Belarus, warning Moscow not to weaponize migrant ...