Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

DARK SECRETS: 5 | Rare Historical Photos

40 years later, Russia is still silencing the voices of Chernobyl

In June 2018 I had the opportunity to visit Minsk, the capital of Belarus. In a large bookshop in the city centre – beneath the inquisitorial gaze of the ever-present portraits of the dictator Alexander Lukashenko – I asked the bookseller for one of the volumes of Svetlana Alexievich’s collected…

The Conversation

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated

The Guardian - UK

Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from Belarusian jail, officials say

Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.

Euronews

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world’s biggest festival of art

The Guardian - UK

"SIM-Farm-as-a-Service": How a Belarus-based network hijacked UK and US telcos to enable global fraud

Investigation maps 94 SIM farm deployments connected to 35 mobile carriers including major UK and US networks.

TechRadar

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens.

The Conversation

UN experts warn of 'deeply alarming detention practices' in Belarus' prison system

There are more than 1,100 political prisoners in Belarusian jails, many arrested after a disputed 2020 election that triggered widespread protests.

Euronews

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Ukraine war briefing: Russia seeking to bring Belarus back into the war, says Zelenskyy

Building of artillery positions and roads suggest fresh military efforts likely from the north, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,515

The Guardian - AU

Afghan migrants in Poland fear forced deportations as asylum applications remain suspended

Afghan migrants in Poland face forced deportations and fear for their lives at the hands of the Taliban-run government back home

The Independent UK

Russia to compensate athletes unable to compete at Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics

13 Russian and Belarusian athletes passed an IOC vetting process to compete at Milano-Cortina

The Independent UK

Poland's border with Belarus sees decrease in illegal immigration attempts by 96%

The Polish government has announced a significant decrease in the number of attempts to illegally cross the border with Belarus, pointing to the effectiveness of its migration policy and the reinforced activities of its services.

Euronews

Belarus passes bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights echoing similar law in Russia

Belarus decriminalised homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it doesn’t recognise same-sex marriages and lacks protection for LGBTQ+ rights.

Euronews

Belarusian parliament passes a bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights

The Belarus parliament has passed a bill to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of similar laws that have been set up in neighboring ally Russia

The Independent UK

Trump's praise of 'Europe's last dictator' is an 'insult'

Praise of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by Donald Trump is ‘an insult’ the head of a British freedom of speech group said

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

'Talk to Lukashenka or face Putin,' freed Belarus activist warns EU

After almost five and a half years in prison, Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has a clear warning for Europe, as she sees Belarus increasingly under Russian influence.

The Independent UK

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gifted assault rifle by Belarusian president: ‘In case enemies appear’

Leaders sign friendship treaty during Pyongyang summit, underscoring deepening ties between the two Russia-aligned states

The Independent UK

US eases Belarus sanctions as Trump says he'll help US farmers impacted by Iran war

The Trump administration says it's eased restrictions on a group of Belarus-linked financial and potash companies

Euronews

Belarus' Lukashenka gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

The two leaders sign a new friendship treaty during Lukashenka's visit to Pyongyang, deepening their anti-Western alliance and backing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

North Korea and Belarus sign ‘fundamental’ treaty as Lukashenko visits Kim in Pyongyang

Analysts say trip signals Pyongyang’s deepening alignment with Russia and Belarus

The Independent UK

North Korea, Belarus leaders meet in Pyongyang, sign friendship treaty

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have held talks in North Korea’s capital and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty

The Independent UK

Belarusian President Lukashenko arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in North Korea’s capital on Wednesday, where he is expected to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

The Independent UK

Zelensky warns Belarus is being drawn into Putin’s war

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow launches largest aerial attack over 24-hour period since war began

Zelensky said the attacks showed Russia had ‘no intention of ending the war’

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russia setting up long-range drone bases in Belarus, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine president vows to respond to move that would draw Belarus more directly into the war; EU anger at Hungary over Russia information sharing. What we know on day 1,490

Euronews

Belarus releases 250 political prisoners after negotiations with US, envoy says

There are more than 1,100 political prisoners in Belarusian jails, many arrested after a disputed 2020 election that triggered widespread protests.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Aliaksandr Lukashenka

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Trump Administration

2,269 stories

IOC

1,791 stories

the Department of Justice

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.