What We’re Watching: Nepal’s protesters pick a leader, Trump courts Belarus

Nepal’s Gen Z’s protestors pick their woman Nepal’s “Gen-Z” protest movement has looked to a different generation entirely with their pick for an interim leader. Protest leaders say they want the country’s retired chief justice, Sushila Karki, 73,...

Poland Deploys 40,000 Troops as Russia and Belarus Launch ‘Zapad’ War Games

Poland has deployed some 40,000 troops to its eastern frontier as Russia and Belarus begin large-scale joint military exercises, intensifying tensions along NATO’s most vulnerable border. The drills, known as Zapad 2025 (West 2025) will begin in...

The United States lobbied Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to release the prisoners

Interpretative statement by the Republic of Armenia on the decision adopted by the OSCE Ministerial Council on the Minsk process and related bodies

On September 11, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE, Andranik Hovhannisyan, delivered Armenia’s interpretative statement at the 1533rd meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council regarding the Ministerial Council...

The Activists Of "European Belarus" Afnagel, Voynich, Kozlov And Viniarski Were Released From Prison

10 Eugene Afnagel Photo: Euroradio He has been incarcerated since 2020. Coordinator of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Evgeny Afnagel is at large. This is reported by the human rights center "Viasna". In May 2021, Eugene was sentenced to 7...

Andrei Voynich And Dzmitry Kozlov, Activists Of "European Belarus", Were Released From Prison

1 They were held back in 2020. The list of 52 political prisoners released includes activists of "European Belarus" Andrei Voynich and Dmitry Kozlov ("Gray Cat"). Dmitry Kozlov was detained before the presidential election - June 10, 2020. He was...

Poland Closes Border With Belarus Indefinitely

17 Warsaw expects provocations. The decision to close the border with Belarus was taken not only for the time of the exercise "West-2025," said Polish Minister of Interior and Administration Martin Kierwinski in an interview with the radio station...

Activist Of "European Belarus" Maksim Viniarski - At Large

1 Maxim Viniarsky He has been incarcerated since January 2021. Activist of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Maksim Vinyarski has been released from Lukashenko's prison. This is reported by the human rights center "Viasna". Maksim Viniarski...

Armenia issues interpretative statement on OSCE Minsk process closure

Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Andranik Hovhannisyan, on Thursday delivered Armenia’s interpretative statement at the 1533rd meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council regarding...

Donald Trump Suddenly Becomes Best Friends with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko

The United States has eased sanctions on Belarus, allowing the national carrier Belavia to service its Boeing aircraft and purchase spare parts, after President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 52 prisoners, including prominent...

Zapad against the West: How Europe should read the Russian-Belarusian military drills

The announcement of Zapad 2025, a joint Russian–Belarusian exercise scheduled in Belarus between September 12 and 16, has revived an unpleasant European memory—the 2021 drills simulated offensive operations and pre-positioned equipment deployed in...

Trump envoy aims to reopen US embassy in Minsk

President Donald Trump wants to reopen the US embassy in Belarus in the near future, normalise ties, and revive the economic and trade relationship, John Coale, a Trump representative, said on Thursday. Coale was speaking in Minsk to Belarusian...

Echoing Aliyev, Pashinyan slams the now-dissolved OSCE Minsk Group

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LIVE: Lindsey Graham updates on bill that would label Russia and Belarus as state sponsors of terror

Watch live as U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and other senators hold a press conference on legislation that would designate Russia and Belarus as state sponsors of terror if children allegedly kidnapped from Ukraine are not returned....

EU staffer among those released in Belarus

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -An EU staff member named Mikalai Khilo was among the 52 people released in Belarus, EU president Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday, also thanking U.S. President Donald Trump for his support. “The release of political...

Russo-Belarusian military drills trigger concern in Baltics

A no-man's-land only about 15 meters [16 yards] wide forms the border between Lithuania and Belarus, a close ally of Russia. Two metal fences line the 600-kilometer-long strip of land. The one on the Lithuanian side is topped with barbed wire....

Lukashenko meets with U.S. President’s representative John Cole in Minsk

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has met with U.S. President’s representative John Cole, APA reports, citing BelTA. “I welcome you to Belarus. Thank you for finding the time to visit our country, especially during these difficult times,”...

Poland Deploys 40,000 Troops Near Belarus and Russia Borders Amid Rising Tensions

Poland is burning 40,000 troops at the cordons through the initiative “Zakhid-2025” Poland is deploying around 40,000 troops along its borders with Belarus and Russia amid rising tensions following Russian drone attacks against the region and the...

Lukashenko informa que Belarús indultó a decenas de prisioneros “a pedido” de Trump

Por Darya Tarasova y Lauren Kent, CNN Belarús ha indultado a 52 prisioneros y los ha liberado en Lituania, según informó este jueves el presidente lituano, Gitanas Nausėda, quien también agradeció al presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, por haberse...

Veteran dissident, journalist among 52 prisoners released by Belarus

Sergei Tikhanovsky and Mikola Statkevich inside a defendants' cage during the verdict hearing in the trial on charges of organising riots and inciting social hatred, at a detention centre in the southeastern city of Gomel on December 14, 2021....