Belarus

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus told Lithuania it will cut its diplomatic presence in its European Union neighbour to a minimum...

By Maria Kiselyova and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) -A court in Belarus jailed former presidential contender Viktor Babariko for 14...

KYIV (Reuters) - Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, on Tuesday threatened to stop the transit of European Union goods...

(Corrects in 5th paragraph that Michel said he'd speak with Iraqi president, not PM, next week) By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Special Rapporteur told Belarus on Monday to immediately free some 530 jailed people whom rights groups...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The forced grounding of a passenger plane in Minsk shows the Belarussian government's wish to end all...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 530 people considered by rights groups to be political prisoners in Belarus should be immediately released,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is aware of reports that Belarus has closed its border with neighboring Ukraine, a...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday pledged support for Lithuania, which...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday ordered the closure of the border with Ukraine, seeking to block what...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - The girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident, detained with him after the plane they were...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Twitter said on Friday it had reinstated access to the accounts of a group of exile opposition groups...

By Daphne Psaledakis and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report released on Thursday said discriminatory...

By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - EU sanctions designed to punish veteran Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko for a sweeping political...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday banned ticket sales for air travel to and from Belarus, acting after Minsk...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus on Monday told the European Union's representative in Minsk to return to Brussels for consultations and said...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Belarusian presidential contender Viktor Babariko told a court on Monday he was innocent of what his...