January is considered the coldest month of a year. But this year the monthly temperature averaged +1.2°C, which was close to ...
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 49, approving the state investment programme for 2025, ...
Anastasia Nuhfer, a 48-year-old American citizen imprisoned in Belarus, has been unexpectedly released. How did the owner of ...
No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s. Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east ...
A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he allowed Moscow to use Belarus as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and paid the price in the form of ...
In fact, the cities of Pinsk, Gomel and Mogilev, the historical lands of the Kiev Principality, became part of Belarus. Because historically these are our lands," he said. In this case, Kuleba spoke ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland ...
Vladimir Putin didn’t need to launch an invasion to put a stranglehold on Belarus. From using the country as a launchpad for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine to stashing Russian nuclear weapons on ...
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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE – Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a ...
The elder Lukashenko has ruled the country for 30 years, and an early presidential election is scheduled to be held in Belarus on January 26. Nikolai Lukashenko first appeared in public in 2008 at ...
He explained that people arrived legally in Belarus from Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq and were then taken to the border with Poland for $8,000 to $12,000 (ca. €7,775 to 11,650).