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North Korea, Belarus sign ‘friendship’ treaty

SEOUL – North Korea and Belarus’s strongmen leaders signed a “friendship and cooperation” treaty on Thursday after Kim Jong Un gave a lavish welcome...

‘Wagner head cannot trust Lukashenko in Belarus’

BRUSSELS—Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko could betray Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, despite offering him refuge after his aborted mutiny, exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana...

Europe’s postcard from Prague: leaders together, one big gap

Prague, Czech Republic—Leaders from across Europe, with one big gap, featured in the family photo of the newly established European Political Community from its...

Will Belarus join Moscow’s Ukraine offensive?

By Andrea Palasiano Belarus has served as a staging ground for Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, but strongman Alexander Lukashenko has so far avoided becoming a...

Putin reports ‘positive shifts’ in talks as refugees from Ukraine hit 2.5 million

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that there were some “positive shifts” in talks between Russia and Ukraine, two weeks into Moscow’s military campaign...

Zelensky okays talks in Ukraine-Belarus border

Ukraine said Sunday it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus – near the Chernobyl exclusion zone – after a call...

EU tries to salvage ties with ex-Soviets

Brussels—European Union leaders will try to rescue their outreach to five former Soviet republics of eastern Europe on Wednesday, all of them would-be partners...

Poland blocks migrants at Belarus border

Warsaw—Poland said it blocked a bid by hundreds of migrants to illegally enter the country from Belarus on Monday, warning of an “armed” escalation...

Migrants await their fate as tensions mount in Lithuania

When Eritrean teen Aman Mehari begins to feel the stress, he hits the basketball court in his new temporary home -- a village school...

Belarus opposition leader asks US for targeted sanctions

The exiled leader of the Belarusian opposition said Tuesday that she asked the United States for tighter sanctions on some companies, hoping to force...

German FM calls for economic sanctions on Belarus

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday called for broad economic sanctions against Belarus ahead of an EU meeting to discuss additional punitive action...

Russia slams ‘irresponsible’ Belarus flight ban

Russia said Friday that Western countries were being irresponsible and endangering passengers by banning flights over Belarus in response to President Alexander Lukashenko’s forced...

EU cuts Belarus air links to Europe

Brussels—European Union leaders cut Europe’s air links with Belarus on Monday, as strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s regime paraded a dissident journalist arrested after his flight...

Fight against smugglers rages on EU border with Belarus

On the EU’s frozen frontier with Belarus, Latvian border guards are fighting a growing flow of contraband cigarettes reportedly benefitting organised crime and a...
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