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Jailed Russian partner of Belarus dissident asks Lukashenko for pardon

Sapega was sentenced in May to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred" and "violence and threats".

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Belarus president changes death penalty law to target opposition

Belarus is the last country in Europe still to apply the death penalty, executing several people each year by firing squad.

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Ryanair plane diversion: Journalist's girlfriend gets 6-year jail term

Sofia Sapega and Protasevich were arrested in 2021 after their flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted by a Belarusian MiG-29 fighter jet to Minsk.

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'I feel it's dragged on': Lukashenko on Russia's war in Ukraine

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has been talking about the war in Ukraine and the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict.

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Belarus' first president Stanislav Shushkevich dies aged 87

Shushkevich is best known for informing Mikhail Gorbachev about the end of the Soviet Union and leading Belarus to independence.

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Belarus votes to ditch 'nuclear-free' status in disputed referendum

Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that the result was a "threat" to the whole of Europe.

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Russia launches massive drills of its nuclear forces

Russia said it launched a massive drill of its strategic nuclear forces on Saturday, amid tensions with Ukraine

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Belarus ready to host 'nuclear weapons' in case of Western threat

Belarus had declared itself a nuclear-free zone after the break of the former Soviet Union in 1991.

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Russia's Putin and Belarus' Lukashenko play hockey after talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko play ice hockey after holding diplomatic talks.

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Belarus unveils constitutional changes to extend Lukashenko's rule

The amendments will be up for a referendum, scheduled for February 2022, and will be considered approved if more than 50% vote for them, with a turnout threshold at 50%.

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Meet the NGO turning to cryptocurrencies to help desperate Belarusians

“The government has blocked all the classical ways of getting money into the country, so we had to find an alternative."

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Belarus opposition leader's husband given 18-year jail term

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said her husband -- a blogger and critic of disputed president Alexander Lukashenko -- was given the sentence on Tuesday.

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Belarus imposes retaliatory sanctions on EU and UK airlines

Belarus said it would also ban imports of Western goods from countries that imposed sanctions on Minsk.

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Belarus threatens to retaliate against latest EU and US sanctions

Minsk has admitted the latest sanctions on airliners and travel companies will "economically stifle" the country.

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Lukashenko accuses Lithuania of dumping dead bodies in Belarus

He has tried to cast the tensions over migrants as part of a Western plot against Belarus and Russia.

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Belarus will not force migrants to return home, says Lukashenko

Lukashenko made his first public appearance at the Polish border since the start of the crisis.

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Watch: Belarus' opposition leader urges EU to respond with 'values'

The Belarusian opposition leader tells Euronews the only way to solve the ongoing border is to dismantle the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

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Europe's week: Belarus border crisis dominates agenda

Tensions between Minsk and Brussels continued to simmer over migrants attempting to cross into the bloc.

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Poland confirms Belarus border camp cleared as migrants given shelter

The latest moves are being seen as a sign that Lukashenko is now keen to defuse the crisis the EU and the West accuse him of orchestrating.

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Belarus: Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions fly home

374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland.