Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander ...

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Officials of the Belarusian Embassy in China took part in the environmental campaign called The Forest of Friendship of the ...

The group Reporters Without Borders says Belarus is Europe’s leading jailer of journalists. At least 40 are serving long prison sentences, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Journalist Ksenia Lutskina served only half of her eight-year prison sentence in Belarus after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government. She was pardoned ...

MINSK, 18 April (BelTA) - Last year Belarus increased exports of food products and agricultural raw materials to Tajikistan by 61.8%. Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov met with ...

Her husband, political analyst Ihar Iliyash, was arrested in October 2024 on charges of “discrediting Belarus” and is jailed while awaiting trial. Now 31, Bakhvalava, has been placed in a ...

After a successful visit by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Belarus, economic experts said the recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between Pakistan and Belarus are timely ...

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