A court in Belarus sentences 18 participants who took part in the 2020 election protests against President Alexander Lukashenko to between 2 and 25 years imprisonment. 2023-06-21
Belarus says that it is unable to pay off its debt because of international sanctions imposed due to its role in the Russo-Ukrainian War. 2022-10-19
Iraq restricts direct flights to Belarus amid the migrant crisis in at the Belarus–Poland border. 2021-11-12
Belarus reports 1,691 cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record, bringing the total number of cases to 133,324. 2020-11-28
The leaders of the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, issue a joint statement calling on Belarus to hold a new "free and fair" election with international observers. 2020-08-15
Belarusian authorities begin demolishing crosses with bulldozers at the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic-era mass grave site Kurapaty on the outskirts of Minsk, where at least 30,000 people were executed by the NKVD's secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. The bulldozing is widely condemned in Belarus. 2019-04-4
Some 450 people are arrested in Belarus after protests against the Government's economic policies. 2011-06-22
Belarusian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov is sentenced to five years' imprisonment for "organizing mass disturbances" following his role in protests disputing the results of the 2010 presidential election. 2011-05-14
Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko is sworn in for a fourth time following the disputed presidential election. 2011-01-21
Four opposition figures in Belarus are charged with organizing riots after demonstrations against the re-election of president Alexander Lukashenko. 2010-12-30