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Belarus President to extend his 30-year rule

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 participated in his seventh election claiming to have won decisively. The Belarusian opposition in exile,

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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

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Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

EU looking at more tariffs on products from Russia and Belarus

The European Commission has proposed further tariffs on a range of agricultural products and fertilizers from Russia and ...

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Britain, Canada respond to Belarus' 'sham' presidential election with sanctions

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, ...

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Observer from Spain: Europe has a lot to learn from Belarus

Having visited the polling stations, I can say that people make informed choices, independent observer, former member of ...

EU Plans Tariffs on Agricultural Products From Russia, Belarus

The European Union proposed imposing tariffs on the remaining agricultural products coming from Russia and Belarus that ...

EU plans tariffs on Russia, Belarus farm produce, fertilisers

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday imposing tariffs on more agricultural products and certain nitrogen-based ...

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European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook

No one is happier than Orban that centrist governments have begun to pick from his extremist playbook on migration. Ideas that were rejected years ago as non-starters, such as sending failed asylum ...

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‘Europe’s Last Dictator’ Wields the Ax

Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d ...

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