Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Framed and mounted on a castle wall are the faded and tattered remains of the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. Legends tell of ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Spišská Nová Ves, eastern Slovakia, its Mayor Pavol Bečarik (SNS) and head of the local district office Branislav Rusiňák (Smer), invited ...

The Abu Dhabi Open has apologised to Russian world number 11 Daria Kasatkina for an administrative mistake that listed her as ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling ...

Hundreds of Belarusians, led by opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, demonstrated in Warsaw on Sunday over the rigged presidential election back home that saw dictator Lukhashenko ‘win ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

MINSK, BELARUS - Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory ...

Described in the West as "Europe's last dictator", the 70-year-old has led the eastern European country for ... before being ...

(Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File) A woman waves an old Belarusian national flag from a roof as opposition supporters march to Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 23, 2020. (AP ...

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 ...