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'It's hard to fight our own dictatorship and a foreign dictatorship'

Where is the "Kashcheyeva's Needle" of Lukashenko's regime? Will Europe slip into a "yard fight" with "mafiosi" in Minsk and Moscow? Writer, activist and political emigrant Sasha Filipenko tells Euronews about his hopes and fears for Belarus

Europe News

Putin goes to Minsk for two-part meeting with Lukashenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko will spend two days discussing how to strengthen their alliance and discuss economic and security issues.

World News

Euroviews. In Europe, only local leadership will shed Soviet-era shackles

The war for a free society will not be won from an ivory tower in Washington or Brussels, but only through the action taken by local leaders on the ground, Brad Lips writes.

Poland

Reporters Without Borders launch satellite to reach Russian-speaking

Restricted media in areas under the Kremlin's influence and control have suffered further since the invasion of Ukraine.

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Europe Decoded

Can Europe help pro-democracy Belarusians as Lukashenko cements rule?

Alexander Lukashenko has said he will run for re-election as Belarus’s president in 2025, delivering a further blow to the country’s stifled pro-democracy movement.

Belarus

Belarus elections were a 'sham', US says, as results are announced

Belarus election commission says 73 per cent of the country's eligible voters took part in the polls, filling all 110 seats in the national parliament.

Belarus

Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid boycott call

President Alexander Lukashenko has relied on subsidies and political support from his main ally, Russia, to survive the protests that followed his fraudulent re-election in 2020.

Culture news

Film of the Week: 'Zielona Granica' ('Green Border')

An emotionally devastating indictment of a continuing EU crisis - and one of Agnieszka Holland's best films. It won the Special Jury Prize in Venice last year, and is one of the most gripping films you’ll see in 2024.

Belarus

Belarus accused of illegally transferring Ukrainian children

Ukraine and Belarus’ opposition party have claimed that the Belarusian government is sending children from occupied Ukraine for training with the army

Belarus

Belarus refuses to invite OSCE observers to monitor upcoming elections

Officials from OSCE will not be allowed to oversee the country's parliamentary and local elections. This is the latest move of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to establish control over political institutions.

Belarus

President of Belarus gives himself immunity from prosecution

Alexander Lukashenko has faced serious challenges to his authority and legitimacy in recent years.

Belarus

Former inmate: Belarus political prisoners face abuse and isolation

Human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka claims that guards routinely bully, abuse and humiliate prisoners and medical issues are left untreated.

Tech News

Tech is 'a beacon of democracy' for Belarus, says Tsikhanouskaya

Speaking to Euronews Next, Belarus' opposition leader reflected on human rights abuses in her homeland and technology's role in democracy.

France

European Parliament: Lukashenko 'complicit' in crimes against Ukraine

In a resolution adopted by lawmakers in Strasbourg on Wednesday, the International Criminal Court is being urged to issue an arrest warrant for Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

Lithuania

From allies to uncertainty: Lithuania's Belarusian exile dilemma

"Putin and Lukashenko want the old Iron Curtain between Belarus and Europe," one politician told Euronews, warning against imposing restrictions on Belarusian citizens.

Russia

Belarusian president claims that Wagner fighters want to invade Poland

Vladimir Putin met with Alexander Lukashenko for the first time since the leader of Belarus helped broker a deal to end a mutiny by Wagner fighters.

Belarus

Wagner mercenaries training Belarusian defence forces

The government in Belarus claims Wagner fighters are training its defence forces as more of the mercenaries are reported to have moved to the country as part of the deal brokered by President Lukashenko

Belarus

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt, others aren't so lucky

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military - and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren't so lucky.

Russia

Prigozhin arrives in Minsk, Lukashenko confirms

Prigozhin’s exile in Belarus had been earlier announced by the Kremlin as part of the deal that ended the rebellion

Russia

Wagner forces return to base after aborted mutiny humiliates Putin

A brief revolt saw Wagner Group soldiers under Yevgeny Prigozhin's command move unimpeded into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and advance toward Moscow before abruptly turning back.