After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine ... a large blue and yellow sign in the colours of the Ukrainian flag can be seen. The road leads to Chernigiv, a major city in northern ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) FILE - A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during ...

for which Belarus has been used as a staging ground. The 27-year-old's name next to the Spanish flag during the draw for the WTA 500 event had raised eyebrows, before her team denied that she had ...

Several players at Australian Open 2025 have been competing without a national flag, with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka included.

Players from Russia and Belarus have ‘blue flags’ instead ... long tradition of fans supporting players by flying their national flags, it brings colour and excitement to the event,” Tennis ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Worthy of its very own Polish National Flag Day, let us tell you everything ... which is now used in Belarus along with the white-red-white flag. The Polish eagle wears a crown: it symbolises the ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.