BRUSSELS — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions. Belarus held an orchestrated vote virtually guaranteed to give 70-year-old ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

There are times in history when countries are gripped by election fever. January 2025 in Belarus is not one of them. Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of ...

Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal ...

January 2025 in Belarus is not one of them. Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of candidates. There is little campaigning. The grey skies and sleet of a ...

Criticism of the strongman is banned in Belarus. Most people AFP spoke to in Minsk and other towns voiced support for him. Read morePrigozhin’s mutiny, Putin’s mess: How Lukashenko looks like ...

Sergei Syrankov is the leader of the Communist Party of Belarus. In the town of Vitebsk I sit in on one of his campaign events. In a large hall Mr Syrankov addresses a small audience, flanked by ...

Over the four years of this five-year period, 17.2 million square meters of housing was commissioned, 2% above the target,” ...

who was 39 when he won the first national election after Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned. Most people AFP spoke to in Minsk and other towns ...