Europe Six ex-Soviet states get €40m to help their COVID-19 vaccine rollout The joint €40 million programme will involve Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. 11/02/2021
Lithuania Meet the Belarusians in Lithuania who fled political crisis back home Hundreds of Belarusians have fled to Lithuania since the disputed presidential election in August. 09/02/2021
Belarus 'No justice, no judiciary': Belarus crisis exposed rule of law issue “Under a dictatorship, there cannot be independent judges and courts," said disbarred lawyer Alexander Pylchenko. "Our country is not an exception." 02/02/2021
Belarus Belarus referred to the United Nations over jailing of journalists Data shows Belarus was the most dangerous country in Europe for journalists in 2020. 28/01/2021
World Five non-coronavirus stories that shaped the world in 2020 Even without the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was a year of monumental stories that will shape the world in the years to come. 23/12/2020
Places Chernobyl: Why the nuclear disaster was an environmental success The 1986 disaster has unexpectedly created Europe's largest nature reserve. 19/12/2020
Belarus Are individual acts of defiance replacing mass protests in Belarus? Huge anti-Lukashenko protests have been held for months in Belarus, with little to show. Are demonstrators now changing tack? 14/12/2020