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 Belarus Belarus: Alexander Lukashenko inaugurated as president 'in secret' State news agency Belta reported that Wednesday's ceremony is taking place in the capital of Minsk, with several hundred top government officials present. 23/09/2020
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 Belarus opposition 'making list' of officers involved in violence Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said the list of names would be published and sent to European Union countries, Russia and the United States 17/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Russia to hand €1.2 billion loan to 'closest ally' Belarus, says Putin The meeting in Sochi between Russia's Putin and Belarus Lukashenko came a day after an estimated 150,000 people marched through Minsk demanding Lukashenko's resignation. 14/09/2020
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 Belarus: Opposition protesters maintain pressure on Lukashenko Many in the crowd carried placards critical of Russia, reflecting concerns about Lukashenko’s planned meeting with Putin on Monday. 13/09/2020
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 Abducted Kolesnikova 'told she was leaving Belarus dead or alive' Kolesnikova claims to have been bundled into a minibus and taken to the Belarus-Ukraine border but tore up her passport to avoid being forced from the country. 10/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus 'If Belarus protests succeed, Russia will be next' warns Lukashenko "All of this is very painful and even tragic for me, but it doesn't mean that I'm giving up," Lukashenko told Russian media on Tuesday. 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 Thousands of women protest in Belarus demanding Lukashenko resigns Around 5,000 women marched in the capital Minsk, according to the human rights organization Viasna. Police followed the march, but no detentions were reported. 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 Finland Finnish ice hockey fans threaten club with boycott over Minsk game fans say it would risk legitimising the authority of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who was elected for a sixth term after a hugely contested presidential election on August 9. 03/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests Belarus authorities say nearly 40 people remain in custody pending court hearings, as more anti-Lukashenko protests take place. 02/09/2020