Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Water cannons deployed to disperse protesters in Minsk More than 150 people were arrested in demonstrations across Belarus on Wednesday following the secret inauguration of President Alexander Lukashenko, according to a monitoring group. 23/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Belarus: Tsikhanouskaya tells EU to be 'brave' over sanctions The opposition leader has called for a bolder response from the EU over Alexander Lukashenko's refusal to relax his grip on power. 21/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Tens of thousands protest in face of police repression Over a 100 people were arrested at Sunday's protest in Minsk and other cities, a day after over 400 women were arrested at peaceful women's marches. 20/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: More than 300 arrested at women's march in Minsk Among those arrested was 73-year-old Nina Baginskaya who has become a regular figure of anti-establishment protests since they began in August. 19/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Lithuania says its Belarus border is open despite Lukashenko claim Lithuania's FM, Linas Linkevičius, urged caution when it came to statements made by Belarusian President Lukashenko, telling Euronews there had been "no changes whatsoever" on the border between the two countries. 17/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarusians flag their opposition to Lukashenko with defiant displays Belarus' official flag is green and red. The white-red-white flag one has been prohibited by Lukashenko's administration, leading to these tiny acts of rebellion. 15/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Any Putin intervention in Belarus will meet 'huge pushback' "Russia has not so much support inside the Belarusian society," says political analyst Katsiaryna Shmatsina, as Lukashenko meets Putin on Monday amid the ongoing political crisis in Belarus. 14/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus What Lukashenko's meeting with Putin could mean for Belarus' future Belarus' fate could be sealed in Sochi as Lukashenko sits down with his 'elder brother' Putin to discuss the ongoing unrest. What will it mean for the country's future? 14/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Meet the Belarusian protester, 73, who takes on riot police Bahinskaya has been demonstrating as part of the country's opposition movement since long before Belarus' recent election. 13/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Lukashenko loyalists on why they back Belarus' embattled leader "We all lived in fear under Stalin, but there was impeccable order and respect for order. Democracies are twisted and doomed," one Lukashenko supporter told Euronews. 11/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Unfinished Revolution Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. 10/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Stun grenades and rubber bullets: What it's like reporting on Belarus One month on from the disputed August 9 election in Belarus, Emil Filtenborg tells Euronews how he expected some violence, but never anticipated it would be "this brutal, this early." 09/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Kolesnikova 'tore up passport at border' to avoid exile in Ukraine Just in: Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova tore up her passport at the border with Ukraine to avoid being forced from the country, it's been claimed. 08/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus 'The regime is in agony': Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko "Our demonstrations are working and our strikes are working (...) The fact that they are kidnapping people shows that they feel fear and don't know what to do," Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews. 08/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Maria Kolesnikova reportedly detained at Ukrainian border Kolesnikova's representatives said they could not reach her after unconfirmed reports emerged that she was kidnapped in Minsk. 07/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Tens of thousands take to Belarus streets against Lukashenko The plan for Sunday was a march to Stela and then to Lukashenko's residence 06/09/2020
Now playing Next Lithuania Is Lithuania playing with fire by slapping sanctions on Belarus? “If a neighbour’s house is on fire a good neighbour will not rub his palms rejoicing, which is something our authorities do,” Lithuanian MP Naglis Puteikis told Euronews. "Sometimes, it makes sense to keep one's mouth shut." 05/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Tsikhanouskaya urges UN sanctions against Lukashenko regime The former presidential candidate called for UN help "to stop blatant human rights violations and cynical disregard for human dignity right in the middle of Europe". 04/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus crisis: Russia blasts EU for 'illegal unilateral sanctions' "Regrettably, [the] EU continues its attempt to influence [the] situation in Belarus," said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. 03/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus crisis: 'We prevented an attempt at a revolution,' says FM We prevented an attempt at a revolution in Belarus, says country's foreign minister 02/09/2020