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Olympic swimmer helping dissident Belarus athletes

A few weeks ago, Aliaksandra Herasimenia was a retired Belarusian Olympic swimmer with a stellar career. Belarusian swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia is pictured during an AFP...

Germany seeks EU sanctions vs. Belarus leader

Germany’s foreign minister on Monday called for EU sanctions on Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, saying renewed violence against protesters in Minsk could not be...

Macron: Lukashenko must go, end Belarus power crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko must step down, after the EU refused to recognise him as the legitimate...

EU: Lukashenko lacks legitimacy

The European Union refuses to recognise Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president after his inauguration that lacked “democratic legitimacy” and Brussels is reviewing its relations...

Belarus police detain hundreds of women at protest

Riot police on Saturday detained hundreds of women, dragging many into vans, as opposition protesters marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk demanding an end...

Tens of thousands rally in Belarus despite mass arrests

Riot police harshly detained more than 400 demonstrators in Belarus on Sunday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets, on the...

Tens of thousands march in Belarus capital despite crackdown

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched through Minsk Sunday, calling for an end to strongman Alexander Lukashenko's rule amid a heavy security presence...

Human chain for Belarus

Vilnius, Lithuania—Tens of thousands of Lithuanians linked arms on Sunday in solidarity with the people of neighbouring Belarus who have been holding mass protests...

Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend nation

Belarus was bracing Sunday for more mass protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who has ordered the army to defend the country's territorial integrity after...

Clashes in Belarus after claims of rigged election

Police in Belarus broke up crowds of protesters with stun grenades and water cannon as long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko looked set to declare an...

Russia war parade ahead of key vote

Moscow—Thousands of Russian troops will march in Moscow on Wednesday as President Vladimir Putin brushes off virus fears to host a World War II...
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