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Lithuania announces that it has referred Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian government, military officers, and other security officials to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity and causing people to flee the country.
2024-09-30

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that Belarus will use Russian nuclear weapons if the country is attacked by NATO.
2024-09-27

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko increases Belarus's defensive presence on the Belarus–Ukraine border after accusing Ukraine of illegally sending about a dozen intercepted drones across the border into Belarusian airspace.
2024-08-10

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

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that Belarus might go to war if they or Russia are attacked. Lukashenko also insists that his country does not want to go to war with Ukraine.
2022-01-28

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the threat made by Belarus to cut their gas supply to Europe would be a breach of the contract with Russia and that such a threat may have been made in a fit of temper by Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko.
2021-11-13

Belarus ends its short-lived mask mandate that was introduced on October 9 despite a record number of COVID-19 cases as President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the measures as "unnecessary".
2021-10-22

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko agree to multiple terms that will bring the two nations' economies closer together.
2021-09-9

The European Union formally rejects the result of the latest presidential election in Belarus, which saw Alexander Lukashenko re-elected with over 80% of the vote. The European Commission announces it will reroute €53 million away from the Belarusian government to civil society.
2020-08-19

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko is sworn in for a fourth time following the disputed presidential election.
2011-01-21