Intercepted phone calls and documents obtained by POLITICO reveal how Alexander Lukashenko’s regime weaponized migration.

Five candidates' names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on Sunday, but for the past 31 years there has only been one winner.

European Parliament resolution a ‘gross interference in electoral processes of sovereign state,’ says Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman - Anadolu Ajansı

Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. As Europe’s biggest land war in decades rages, fewer places highlight the challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values more starkly than the border with Belarus.

Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of playing games with the West by drip-feeding releases of political prisoners ahead of an election on Sunday in which he is set to extend his 31-year rule.

The beginning of 2025 was marked for Belarus by a sudden increase in interest from external players. In the sights of Western countries, as well as Ukraine, were the upcoming presidential elections in the republic on January 26,

On January 26, presidential "elections" will occur in Belarus, which experts describe as an empty spectacle and a disinformation ploy. Alexander Lukashenko aims to demonstrate his strength and control over the country in this manner.

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. A total of 1,039,954 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022.

In the countries neighboring Belarus, the infrastructure is being prepared "to create an offensive grouping." This was stated by the head of the Belarusian Security Council Alexander Volfovich.

Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland on Jan 16. (AP)

As Europe’s biggest land war in decades rages, fewer places highlight the challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values more starkly than the border with Belarus.