The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, said in Minsk that Russia will soon supply Belarus with S-400 and Iskander missiles.
The Communist Party of Belarus says it will change its name.
Inspired by The Atlantic's mock "World Leaders" Facebook group, RFE/RL presents a Facebook-style summary of last week's events.
This year's Eurovision contest saw a number of nations turning away from homegrown artists in favor of foreign-born stars with broader appeal.
Belarusian police have detained two activists from the Belarusian city of Berastse who were on their way to a demonstration in Minsk.
Supporters of three jailed businessmen from the Belarusian city of Vaukavysk are still on a hunger strike they began 10 days ago.
A Belarusian military court has ruled that a political activist was legally drafted into the army.
Another young activist in Belarus has gone on hunger strike, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. Katsiaryna Salauyova, a member of the unregistered Youth Front movement, became the 29th hunger striker in Belarus to demand the immediate release of three businessmen being held in detention in the Belarusian city of Vaukavysk.
The European Union reached out to six former Soviet republics on Thursday at summit aimed at drawing them closer to its orbit. EU leaders said the new “Eastern Partnership” will benefit both the bloc as a whole and individual members on a bilateral basis. Not surprisingly, Moscow views the EU outreach as a challenge to its sphere of influence.
The EU's external relations commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, told RFE/RL on May 7 that the absence of the Belarusian and Moldovan presidents from the Eastern Partnership summit in Prague does not mean the countries do not want to cooperate with the EU.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas spoke with RFE/RL correspondent Ahto Lobjakas on the sidelines of the European Union's Eastern Partnership Summit in Prague on April 7. He talked about the program's goals, how it might be perceived in Moscow, and the partnership's enfant terrible in Minsk. What follows are excerpts of that discussion.
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