What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
Belarus’ top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it’s the only country in Europe to keep the ...
The World on MSN3d
Election in Belarus called a ‘sham’ by opposition and European leaders
In Belarus, strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years. Over the weekend, Lukashenko ...
The New York Times7d
Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election
By Andrew Higgins Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents ...
Kyiv Independent on MSN5d
Uzbekistan Airways reroute European flights to avoid Russia, Belarus as 'precaution'
Uzbekistan Airways airliners have changed their routes when flying to Europe to avoid Russian and Belarusian airspace as a ...
Euronews9d
'Europe's last dictator': Belarus election set to extend Lukashenko's 30-year rule
In response, the West sanctioned Belarus. Such sanctions on the country have intensified after Russia was found to be using its neighbour to circumvent European sanctions imposed on Moscow because ...
The Conversation10d
What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry
Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025. And even before the first vote is counted, it can be stated ...
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Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election
in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote.
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Lukashenko sweeps to victory in Belarus after stage-managed election
Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...
ABC News7d
EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions
The European Union has rejected the election in Belarus as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions BRUSSELS -- The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and ...
Euronews10d
At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one
Traditionally, European nations have approached migration ... both on the EU side and by Belarus," said Adriana Tidona, a researcher at Amnesty International. "While we see a growing tendency ...