Tag: BELARUS
NGOs and drive for development, accountability in governance
Since 2014, every Feb. 24 has been commemorated as World NGOs Day to highlight and celebrate the role non-governmental organisations play globally as non-state...
EU says Belarus’ Lukashenko not legitimate president
President Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of Belarus, the European Union said on Thursday.
EU said his abrupt swearing-in on Wednesday went directly...
I was not forced out of Belarus – opposition leader
Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya on Tuesday denied being forced to leave Belarus, contradicting comments from her campaign team, and said the decision to leave...
Belarusian opposition protest emergence of Lukashenko
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won a landslide re-election victory, the central election commission said on Monday, after bloody clashes between riot police and thousands...
Alleged Russian spies held by Belarus
Russia’s ambassador to Belarus said a group of alleged Russian mercenaries arrested in Minsk had been planning to fly out to Istanbul, TASS news...
Russia urges Belarus to release ‘wrongly accused’ men
Russia demanded an explanation from Belarus on Thursday over what it said was Minsk’s wrongful arrest of a group of alleged Russian mercenaries accused...
250 detained in Belarus for protesting against elections
Belarus opened a criminal case on Wednesday over protests in which more than 250 people were detained after President Alexander Lukashenko’s two main rivals...
