What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, 70-year-old Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is ...
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‘No stability in the region without a democratic Belarus’, says exiled opposition leader
A close ally of Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko has been nicknamed Europe’s last dictator, and has brutally cracked down on opposition figures and made the country a key staging ground for Russia’s war in ...
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Trump at Davos
It is Donald Trump’s world now. Nowhere was this more obvious than at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest annual gathering in Davos. Since the 1970s, the WEF has been an integral part of the ...
His Opponents Sidelined, Lukashenko Is Set for a 7th Term in Belarus
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out ...
Lukashenko pardons 15 more prisoners before Belarus election
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned another 15 prisoners shortly before the country's presidential election ...
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As elite Davos event ends, some hail ‘constructive optimism’ despite divisions, suffering in world
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The European Central Bank’s president responded Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusation of unfair trade treatment by the European Union by calling for ...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...