More than 305,000 people visited the Grodno State Museum of History and Archeology last year, 196,000 of whom toured the Old Castle that has become one of Grodno's calling cards, BelTA learned from ...

Belarus and Bashkortostan are intensifying mutual supplies of food products, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said ...

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 ...

Many voters intend to shun presidential elections in Belarus, according to research carried out by Chatham House. The number of people who say they plan to cast their vote at the polls has dropped ...

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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 ...

Extremist formations of Belarusian radicals abroad are hatching a plan to seize the border regions of Belarus and introduce a "peacekeeping" Western contingent there. This was stated by the Secretary ...

According to the French security issues website Intelligence Online, the aim of the drills was to practice tactics, techniques and operational procedures should France need to respond to an attack on ...

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ...

The Kremlin is nearing the final stages of a decade-long strategic effort to de facto annex Belarus, significantly boosting Russia’s military and economic capacity to pursue its revanchist ...

Migrants are fleeing Russia and Belarus in search of a better life in the European Union at an accelerated rate, according to the bloc’s border protection agency. The number of migrants crossing ...