Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin and supports his war in Ukraine, is standing for election for the seventh time. View on euronews ...

Lukashenko has orchestrated a ruthless crackdown on opponents since huge protests against him in 2020. This time around, the candidates picked to run against him actually campaigned in his favour.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko declared himself the winner in the country's so-called presidential elections, in which zero members of the country's opposition were allowed to take part.

President Alexander Lukashenko will be running to secure a seventh term, hoping to extend his 30-year rule over Belarus.

Roman Protasevich, founder of the social media news channel NEXTA, played a crucial role in the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus. The mother of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was ...

Opposition in Belarus alleged poll-rigging and police violence at protests following results claiming that President Lukashenko had won a landslide victory in the polls [Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA-EFE ...

Since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was killed by the Morality Police in fall of 2022, Iran has been enveloped in protests. The movement, called “Woman, Life, Freedom” is in many ways ...

When Lukashenko was awarded 80% of the vote, crowds took to the streets in the biggest ever threat to his rule. The protests were ultimately crushed by riot police with mass arrests and brute force.

Lukashenko's opponents ... The last election in 2020 triggered months of mass protests unprecedented in Belarusian history. The U.S. State Department said later on Sunday that Nuhfer was detained ...

Although official figures said Lukashenko won by a landslide in 2020, Tsikhanouskaya claimed victory and spearheaded huge protests, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to demand the ...

MINSK, 26 January (BelTA) - Protests in Slovakia and Serbia are coordinated from abroad and handled by the US, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media in Minsk January ...