Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election that Western governments rejected as a sham.

A reporter with Agence France-Presse started saying that a large rally was taking place in Warsaw. However, Aleksandr Lukashenko argued that the event was not as large as Western mass media were trying to portray it.

Poland's foreign ministry has expressed disappointment over Sunday’s presidential vote in neighbouring Belarus, where strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko is poised to extend his 31-year rule following a landslide victory widely dismissed by the West as a sham.

Europe’s longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power of a leader whose country is considered Russia’s staunchest ally.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater margin than he did in 2020.

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has won a seventh consecutive term in office in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition.

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election that Western governments rejected as a sham.

Belarus is held a presidential election yesterday that will certainly secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for

Poland’s presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. The challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values are stark at Poland's border with Belarus, Russia's ally in its war on Ukraine.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, believes that Ukraine’s victory in the war could become an opportunity for regime change in Belarus. Source: Tsikhanouskaya speaking in Warsaw on 26 January,

A janitor found her in a doorway early on Feb. 25. Hertsen, who was 25, died in hospital on March 1 and was buried at a Warsaw cemetery. She had left Belarus several years earlier and moved to Warsaw, which in recent years has become a hub for Belarusians ...