Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and the country’s ...

Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Meanwhile, Belarus’ record on human rights – and its complicity in Russia’s ...

MINSK, 17 January (BelTA) – Syria, Afghanistan and many African countries have expressed interest in cooperation with Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting on 17 January to ...

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. No credible opponents were allowed to run ...

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured ... They are not competing with Lukashenko," she said in a phone interview. But while the outcome is not in doubt, Lukashenko faces major ...