Europeโs leaders find no quick response to Trumpโs bombshell on Ukraine
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president says he wonโt accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
Despite talk of a peace agreement, Russia is continuing to wage war against Ukraine.
Riga wants to reduce the risks of human rights violations of Latvian citizens in those countries, and prevent their recruitment as spies.
Ukrainian leader implores the West to “stop this crazy guy.”
Journalist with US-funded broadcaster among those in release hailed by ambassador as โbig day for team AmericaโBelarus has released three detainees including a veteran journalist for a US government-funded broadcaster and a US citizen, the White House …
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Disconnecting from the Soviet-era grid faced an intimidation campaign โ but it’s Moscow that could be left in a precarious position.
Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrateMoscow has welcomed the impending dissolution of USAid, joining a chorus of strongman leaders declaring victory over an organisation they …
Poland says it is under attack from its eastern neighbour, and its razor-wire fence reflects EUโs harsher migration stanceThe fence is five and a half metres high and bristles with jagged rolls of razor wire. Armed soldiers stand guard, surveying the s…
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After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.
Britain and Canada on Monday imposed coordinated sanctions on six Belarusian officials and three defence companies, one day after an election extended the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko to a seventh term after his major opponents were imprison…
Belarus’s longtime president, Alexander Lukashenko, has explained that his political opponents had ‘chosen’ prison or exile when asked whether the presidential election at the weekend was free and fair. Kaja Kallas, the EUโs top diplomat, has called th…
No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s.
Victory “demonstrates your high political authority,” the Kremlin chief gushes about his counterpart in Minsk.
The president of the former Soviet republic, who has been in power since 1994, allegedly won over 87% of the vote. The EU has called the election as a ‘sham.’
On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.
The autocrat Alexander Lukashenko won 87.6% of the vote according to an official exit poll. The exiled opposition called for the result not to be recognized.
“This is a blatant affront to democracy. Lukashenko doesnโt have any legitimacy,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fairAlexander Lukashenko is firmly on track to win a seventh five-year term as Belarusian president with 87.6% of the vote in Sundayโs election…
Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for the past three decades, was on Sunday on course to win his seventh consecutive mandate in an election slammed by both the opposition and the European Union as a sham vote. According to exit polls, the Ru…
Autocrat conducts rambling press conference as his 31 years of rule are extended by an election dismissed outside the country as a shamBelarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had โno regretsโ about allowing Russia to use his country to invade…
It’s election day in Belarus – with Alexander Lukashenko set to continue his 31-year-long rule of the country.
The 70-year-old former collective farm boss has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolongin…
Polls open in Belarus presidential election with chance of change at the top slim
President Alexander Lukashenko is running for a seventh term of office on Sunday, against four other candidates, all supporting his regime. The opposition in exile is calling on the international community not to recognize the election results.
When Alexander Lukashenko emerged victorious from Belarus’s presidential election in 2020, protesters came out on the streets to accuse him of election fraud and call for his resignation. Now Lukashenko is back on the ballot and is all but certain to …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive Friday to rejoin a global anti-abortion pact.
Even “rival” candidates support the current leader staying in power, Steve Rosenberg finds in Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko has deepened his reliance on Moscow since Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine
Longtime president and Putin ally has silenced media and criminalised dissent as he eyes seventh termEurope live โ latest updatesOn Sunday, five names will feature on the ballot in Belarusโs presidential election, but the outcome is a foregone conclusi…
At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one
Five years after an inspiring democracy movement almost toppled Alexander Lukashenko, his brutal rule remains intact. The west must do more to helpIn the summer of 2020, Belarus appeared to be on the cusp of an extraordinary democratic revolution. On t…
“There it is, the new Iron Curtain,” said a Polish colonel.
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Dissidents despair at the Russian presidentโs influence ahead of this monthโs rigged election.ย
Russiaโs defence ministry says its forces now control two more settlements in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv says โheinousโ attack kills three in capital. What we know on day 1,061See all our Ukraine war coverageRussian forces took control of two more settlemen…
Kyiv and Moscow have reportedly agreed to a systematic exchange of prisoners in 2025.
The EU’s diplomatic service called for the release of Mikalai Khilo, who received a four-year sentence.
Jailed Belarus opposition figure seen in video for first time in two years
Viktor Babaryko was arrested in 2020 after challenging authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko at the polls.
We listened to three hours of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lex Fridman so you don’t have to.
Poland used to be one of the world’s most ethnically homogenous countries. That’s no longer the case.
The release marks the 10th time the two combatant nations have exchanged captives this year.ย
Completing frontier wall will bring EU nation โas close to 100% security as possibleโ, says deputy migration minister
Poland’s foreign ministry calls the Hungarian government’s decision a “hostile” step and an “insult” to Polish authorities.
The ministry saidย Belarusโ smuggling of migrants aims to destabilise the EU.
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Georgia has seen political upheaval and protests for months.
Seven journalists arrested in Belarus in crackdown ahead of presidential election
Kevin Loftus should be sent to jail for violating the terms of his probation, prosecutors told a judge.
Regarding pushbacks, member states’ measures must align with EU law, the Commission said.
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โI really want people to … be on the streets and dismantle this regime,โ Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said.
The Russian leader says the missiles reduce the need for nuclear weapons amid an escalating war with Ukraine.
German chancellor wants Ukraineโs sovereignty guarantees but rules out providing Kyiv with long-range Taurus missiles. What we know on day 1,018The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is confident he and the US president-elect, Donald Trump, will be able t…
Putin signs security treaty with Belarus including possible use of nuclear weapons
Far-right NATO-skeptic Calin Georgescu is on track to win the Romanian presidency, thanks to a Russia-influenced campaign.ย
Lost and spoofed: How Ukraine redirects Russian drones to Belarus
Ylva Johansson reflects on five years leading one of the EU’s thorniest portfolios.
Does it mean that most Belarusians changed their position after the attempted revolution in 2020?
โGod forbid” that a woman should lead, despot declares.
Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.
Fact check: Belarus protest falsely shared as far-right London march
Some say a Trump win will be problematic for Poland which borders Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
Security services warned of efforts to disrupt and distort voting at overseas polling stations.
Belarus has sought the extradition of Andrei Gnyot, arrested in 2023 in Belgrade, over money laundering charges which his supporters argue are politically motivated.
The top diplomat of Viktor Orbรกn attended a security conference in Belarus along with Russian FM Lavrov.
โThe Hungarian government never wastes an opportunity to shame us,โ said MEP Nathalie Loiseau.
NATO allyship be damned, Viktor Orbรกn’s top diplomat will join senior Russian official at eastern rival to Munich Security Conference.
Scholz now seems to view the bloc as a problem to be managed, while European institutions and member countries seem to regard him as a problem to be managed in return.
Georgiaโs richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili is tilting his country toward Moscow ahead of an election on Oct. 26.
Belarusian leader also says he’s โcompletely readyโ to deploy Russian nukes housed in his country if provoked.
Xi Jinping among world leaders in Russia advising against escalation; any North Korean troops โfair gameโ on Ukraine battlefield, says US. What we know on day 974See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe foreign ministry in Kyiv said on Wednesday that…
Opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on “Belarusians and the international community to reject this farce.”
John Shipton, father of anti-secrecy activist Julian Assange, is in Moscow for a summit of the BRICS group of countries.
Toughening rules for asylum seekers is an effort to defang far-right parties ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Viachaslau Hranouski, a former policeman responsible for protecting the Belarus leader, reveals why he fled to join Ukraineโs armyFour years ago, Viachaslau Hranouski watched on as Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusโs dictator for three decades, emerged fro…
European leaders are backing deportation centers, sending migrants back to Afghanistan and Syria, and banning asylum in Poland.
Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya calls for unity and global support
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As the anti-immigrant feeling surges in popularity in Europe, its leaders are embracing formerly taboo approaches to their borders.
“I have just come from a meeting with all the most important leaders and what I wanted to achieve, I achieved,” Polish PM Donald Tusk said.
โThe announcements that have been made make a lot of sense,โ says Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
EU leaders are in town to talk migration โ and deportation.
Syria is the elephant in the room as EU leaders talk migration.
Poland accelerates efforts to defend its borders with Russia and Belarus
More and more member countries are clashing with Brussels over how to treat incoming migrants.
We can defend against Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko weaponizing migrants without “compromising on our values,” Brussels tells Warsaw.
Increasing alliance between Russia and North Korea goes beyond transferring weapons, Ukraine leader says; Belarusian president says Putinโs nuclear threat will โcool the ardourโ of its western adversaries. What we know on day 964See all our Russia-Ukra…
Migration has been high on the agenda in Poland since 2021, when large numbers of people, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, started trying to illegally cross the border with Belarus.
Donald Tusk said Russia and Belarus were encouraging migration into Poland in a bid to destabilise the EU.
Donal Tusk accused Belarus and Russia of abusing the system by orchestrating waves of asylum seekers migrants.
Warsaw is calling on the EU to accept its temporary suspension of migrants’ rights.
Dove makerโs deal with local manufacturer Arnest Group includes four factoriesUnilever has sold off its Russian operations to a local manufacturing group after pressure from campaigners who claimed that the presence of the Dove and Ben & Jerryโs ow…
Allegations against Jรถrg Dornau are latest scandal to engulf AfD over links to authoritarian governments
Josep Borrell loves to condemn things โ sometimes in the “strongest possible terms.” Does it ever have any impact?
Arrest of opposition filmmaker Andrey Gnyot is seen as a test for Belgradeโs allegiances
Reports of dissenters working for ยฃ4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jรถrg DornauMidway through Nikolaiโs shift sorting onions alongside other political prisoners in a warehouse in western Belarus, a tall and bald f…
Keir Starmer’s sausages/hostages mix-up was a gaffe for the ages.
Belarusโ recent release of political prisoners appears to be part of a disinformation campaign aimed at repairing relations with the EU ahead of the 2025 presidential elections. In July 2024, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree re…