Belarus

Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting with high-ranking officials in Minsk, Belarus October 21, 2020. Nikolai Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS

Belarus tells US to cut embassy staff by 1 September

RIA quoted a Belarus foreign ministry spokesman as saying Minsk wants embassy staff reduced to five people by 1 September

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Latvia and Lithuania move to stop migrants coming via Belarus

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on employment numbers at the White House in Washington, US .August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Biden administration takes fresh action against Belarus' Lukashenko

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Photo: Reuters

Britain imposes sanctions on Belarus, Lukashenko retorts: 'choke on them'

CREDIT: REUTERS/JANIS LAIZANS

Poland reports record number of migrants at Belarusian border

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko waves to his supporters at the forum of Union of Women in Minsk, Belarus September 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Defiant Lukashenko says Belarusian Olympic defector was 'manipulated'

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting on construction industry in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via Reuters

Treated like a 'toy': Another Belarusian athlete on life under Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk, Belarus April 16, 2021. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERS

Lukashenko strikes defiant note a year after contested Belarus election

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who left the Olympic Games in Tokyo and seeks asylum in Poland, and Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushka attend a news conference in Warsaw, Poland August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Darek Golik

Two Belarus team officials stripped of Games accreditation, sent home

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who left the Olympic Games in Tokyo and seeks asylum in Poland, attends an interview with Reuters in Warsaw, Poland August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Darek Golik

Belarusian sprinter decided to defect on way to airport on family fears about safety

Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushka poses with Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who left the Olympic Games in Tokyo and seeks for asylum in Poland, on her arrival to Warsaw, Poland August 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Belarusian sprinter reaches Poland after defying order home

Belarusian Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo, arrives at Narita International Airport as she leaves for Poland, in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan August 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Belarus sprinter heads for Austria in fresh twist to Tokyo diplomatic drama

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference in Downing Street on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, in London, Britain December 24, 2020. Paul Grover/Pool via REUTERS

We're on your side, UK PM Johnson tells Belarus opposition leader