Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a sham and introducing additional sanctions. Belarusian political observer ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot during Belarus’ presidential election at a polling station in the capital Minsk on January 26, 2025. Natalia ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as ...

Long-time leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator", has been re-elected president with 86.8% of the vote. The result has been condemned as a sham by Lukashenko ...

Belarus' opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The ...

Brussels has threatened Belarus with a fresh raft of sanctions after President Alexander Lukashenko looked certain to win his seventh consecutive election since 1994 — a vote broadly understood ...

Final votes are still being counted, and the result isn't expected to be released until later on Monday, but state television predicted Lukashenko would win with almost 88% of the vote. View on ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus Jan 26, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] MINSK -- Incumbent ...

Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking to the media after voting in the presidential election in Minsk, 26 January, 2025 Mapped: The 75-hour hunt for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife ...

The deal Donald Trump brokered with Russia to release American school teacher Marc Fogel on Tuesday was, in fact, a prisoner swap—even though the president had tried to suggest otherwise. The Russian ...