Bizarre, outrageous, and controversial. During his 25 years in power, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has often provoked shock and surprise with his public statements.
How former World War II refugee John Miszuk became the first Belarusian-born hockey player in the NHL.
Belarus has almost completed talks on borrowing $600 million from China, an amount which would be used to repay debts to Russia, Belarusian Deputy Finance Minister Andrey Byalkavets said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Belarusian capital to attend the closing ceremony of the second European Games.
MINSK -- Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have released four Ukrainian citizens, who have been flown to the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
Russian-backed separatists from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have released four Ukrainian citizens from captivity in Minsk. The freed men were transported from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to the Belarusian capital.
The lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament, the House of Representatives, has approved a mass amnesty that will apply to 6,000 convicts and individuals under investigation.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka declared the second European Games open in his country’s capital as a "flame of peace" was lit and fireworks were fired from the top of Dinamo Stadium.
The United States has again placed Russia among a list of countries, including South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that it says are doing little to stop human trafficking within their borders.
The Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has "strongly condemned" the reported secret execution of a Belarusian while his case was still under consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHCR).
Belarusian authorities have allowed an Iranian man who converted to Orthodox Christianity and is wanted by Tehran on murder charges, to remain in the country.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it ushered in a new era of liberal democracy in Europe, but brought some drawbacks as well, including inequality, argues the British historian Timothy Garton Ash in an interview with RFE/RL's Belarusian Service.
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