Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on the state.

Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will almost certainly retain his seat.

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner ... “You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, head of the commission ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

An impeachment effort fails, and Lukashenko signs a new constitution. 1997-2021 – Head of the Belarusian Olympic Committee. 1999 – Signs a treaty making Belarus a “union state” with Russia.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko struggled to contain his ... This included the de facto leader of Belarus' opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya who stood against Lukashenko at the time.

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

The clarification follows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's congratulatory message to Lukashenko on his seventh term, signaling strengthened Belarus-North Korea relations, amid speculation that ...