Lithuania on Friday closed two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus in a move it announced earlier this month citing the security risk posed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group."Both Sumsko and Tvereciaus border checkpoints were shut at midnight...

The smell of freshly cut wood floated over a newly built Belarusian camp sitethat could end up housing Russia's Wagner fighters after their short-lived rebellion against the Russian army's leaders last month.With Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenk...

Along with other human rights organizations, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish an independent investigative mechanism for human rights violations in Belarus.On Monday, February...

Minsk said Tuesday that a contingent of Belarusian troops deploying alongside Russian forces was a "purely defensive" grouping whose aim was to defend the borders of the ex-Soviet republic closely aligned with Russia."We emphasise once again that the...

The European Union on Thursday blasted the authorities in Belarus for briefly detaining a senior EU diplomat in Minsk.EU spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels had summoned the Belarusian envoy to protest Tuesday's "unacceptable and deplorable" two-hour...

By AFPBelarus on Friday ordered its ambassador in the UK to return to the isolated country over London's "hostile" sanctions against Minsk for its suppression of 2020 mass protests and role in Russia's Ukraine offensive.Belarus has been ruled by auth...