For several decades, a certain part of the Belarusian society has been actively celebrating the declaration of independence ...

On the same day, hundreds of supporters of the Belarusian democratic opposition held rallies across Europe, including in Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic, to mark the country’s Freedom Day.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided ...

Notably, this date, “Freedom Day,” commemorates the 1918 declaration of independence by the Belarusian Democratic Republic and has historically been suppressed by Belarusian officials.

Considering that Belarus' drift away from democratic principles had reduced ... of the Chairman in Office of the OSCE to the Republic of Belarus," April 29, 1997.

Anzhalika Melnikava, the speaker of the Belarusian Coordination Council, disappeared on March 25, and there has been no contact with her since, the council reported on March 28. Polish authorities ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian authorities said Monday they have detained an American man who they said illegally traveled into the tightly controlled country in an empty railway car from ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Belarusians go to the polls this weekend to vote in a presidential election that is almost certain to see incumbent Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko returned to office for ...

through a free and democratic election. Placing his right hand on the Constitution, Aleksandr Lukashenko took the oath of ...

As a sign of support, the City of Tallinn has granted office space in the city center to the NGO Office of Belarus Democratic Forces in the Republic of Estonia under favorable rental conditions.

I would like to thank the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania for organising this very timely event. Lithuania has been especially active in keeping the issue of democratic change in Belarus at ...