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Alexander Lukashenko (L) has been left off the EU's sanctions list

EU sanctions on Belarus draw strong Russian response

World • 02 Oct

A woman is detained during the protest in Minsk, Belarus yesterday

Macron calls for Belarus president Lukashenko to resign

World • 27 Sep

Footage of the event has transfixed social media users, who have avidly shared the dramatic incident

Taxi driver becomes viral hero of Belarusian protests

News Lens • 24 Sep

Long-time ruler Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in the 9 August vote

EU refuses to recognise Lukashenko as Belarus president

World • 24 Sep

Law enforcement officers detain a man during an opposition rally in Minsk

Thousands protest after Lukashenko hastily sworn in

World • 23 Sep

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged the EU to step up its support for her movement

No EU sanctions on Belarus despite Tikhanovskaya plea

World • 21 Sep

People march during a demonstration called by opposition movement for an end to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko

Tens of thousands protest in Belarus capital

World • 20 Sep

Alexander Lukashenko claimed a sixth term in disputed presidential elections last month

Belarus strips status of former diplomats over protests

World • 17 Sep

Alexander Lukashenko met Vladimir Putin in the Russian resort of Sochi

Putin backs Belarus leader Lukashenko

World • 14 Sep

An elderly woman is arrested by police as thousands of people take to the streets of Minsk

Arrests as tens of thousands protest in Belarus capital

World • 13 Sep

Activists being detained during a rally at St Simon and St Helena Church in Independence Square, Minsk

Call for UN Belarus debate as protesters held at church

Belarus • 11 Sep

Maxim Znak, a lawyer and a member of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition

Belarus 'terror' denounced as another activist detained

World • 09 Sep

Maria Kolesnikova was detained at the border between Ukraine and Belarus

Belarus opposition figure detained at Ukraine border

World • 08 Sep

Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova at a protest rally in Minsk yesterday

Masked men detain Belarus protest leader - opposition

World • 07 Sep

A woman lies down in front of police in Minsk, Belarus, holding a sign that says 'I am not afraid'

Crowd chants 'happy birthday, you rat' at Lukashenko

World • 30 Aug

Demonstrators make chains with flowers in reaction to intervention of police in previous demonstrations in Minsk

Women become a symbol of change in Belarus

World • 30 Aug

Demonstrators confront police in the Belarusian capital Minsk today as protests continue following election result

Belarus in crackdown on journalists' right to work

Belarus • 29 Aug

Vladimir Putin has promised military backing for Belarus and said Russia had set up a reserve group of law enforcement officers to deploy if the post-vote situation deteriorated

Putin vows military support for Belarus' Lukashenko

World • 27 Aug

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya spoke via video link from Lithuania with the European Parliament today

Belarusian Supreme Court rejects appeal over election

World • 25 Aug

Waving red-and-white opposition flags, protesters demanded Mr Lukashenko's resignation and chanted 'freedom'

Tens of thousands protest against Lukashenko in Belarus

World • 23 Aug

Several thousand protesters gathered at Independence Square in central Minsk

Lukashenko accuses opposition of trying to seize power

World • 18 Aug

An opposition supporter waves an old Belarusian national flag from a car window in Minsk

Trump says US closely watching Belarus situation

World • 17 Aug

Tens of thousands of protesters gather for a rally at the Minsk Hero City Obelisk today

Tens of thousands rally in Minsk, leader vows to stay

World • 16 Aug

People gathered near Pushkinskaya metro station in the capital Minsk today

Putin offers to help ensure security - Belarus leader

World • 15 Aug

The EU has decried violence against protesters in Belarus

EU takes first step to impose new sanctions on Belarus

World • 14 Aug

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