Belarus
Ukraine, U.S. to hold joint military drills
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine and the United State will start joint military exercises in western Ukraine next week, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday, days after Belarus and Russian…
Lithuania to fence first 110 km of Belarus border by April
(Corrects name of military base to Adazi, not Ainazi) ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia (Reuters) - The Lithuanian government said on Monday work would start this month on the first section…
Russia uses new hardware at big military drills
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia used new combat robots and tactical vehicles on the second day of the active main phase of large military drills with its ex-Soviet ally Belarus, the…
IMF to launch virtual mission to Belarus to gather data on economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it would begin a virtual mission to Belarus, amid concerns raised about the global lender's disbursement of new emergency reserves…
Russia and Belarus agree closer energy, economic integration
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leaders of Russia and Belarus on Thursday agreed to set up a unified oil and gas market and to deepen economic integration in the face of…
Russia and Belarus formally open huge war games, worrying NATO
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Belarus formally opened vast joint military drills on Thursday, a week-long exercise across the territory of both countries and in the Baltic Sea that has…
Belarus may freeze EU refugee accord to due ‘unfriendly actions’
KYIV (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's government said on Wednesday it could suspend an accord with the European Union on accepting refugees, as both sides traded blame over a…
U.N. blocked from monitoring rights abuses in Belarus, envoy says
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Belarus government's crackdown on human rights organizations obstructed the ability of the United Nations to document abuses, the U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. Belarus was levied…
Czechs make first EU donation towards Lithuania-Belarus barrier
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Czech Republic has become the first EU member state to contribute funds for Lithuania to build a barrier along its border with Belarus amid a surge…
Top U.S. diplomat slams ‘shameful sentencing’ of Belarus opposition figures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the "politically motivated conviction and shameful sentencing" of Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak. "These sentencings…
Britain says jailing of Belarus protest leaders shows Lukashenko’s pariah status
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was assaulting the defenders of freedom by jailing two opposition figures. Protest leaders Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak were…
EU calls for immediate release of Belarus protest leader Kolesnikova
(Reuters) - The European Union has called for the immediate release of Belarus protest leader Maria Kolesnikova after she was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Kolesnikova and her fellow…
