U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus. 2025-01-26
A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences Polish–Belarusian activist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison for criticising president Alexander Lukashenko. 2023-02-8
Researchers at the American cybersecurity firm Mandiant report that the Belarusian government has ties to the hacker group Ghostwriter, which was accused of targeting various German politicians and ministries in September and has since been accused of launching misinformation campaigns against Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine. 2021-11-16
Belarus surpasses 260,000 cases of COVID-19 after reporting 561 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-02-9
Belarus begins vaccinations with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. 2020-12-29
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
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon claims that Belarus has broken an international arms embargo on the Ivory Coast by delivering three attack helicopters to military forces supporting the President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo. 2011-02-27
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
The Russian embassy in the Belarussian capital Minsk is attacked with firebombs; Russia says the incident is "outrageous". 2010-08-31