Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Minsk Tuesday he had ordered the closure of the gas transit to Europe via Belarus, until Gazprom pays the debt(债务) for the transit.Until they pa...
The International Monetary Fund, with the concurrence of the United States, has agreed lend Belarus $2.5 billion to help it deal with effects of the global economic crisis. The IMF decision Wednesday reflects a thaw in relations between the authorit...
The United States and the European Union have criticized recent parliamentary elections in Belarus, where opposition candidates failed to win a single seat. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the curren...
In September parliamentary elections were held in Belarus. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the results mean for the political life in the former Soviet republic, governed by authoritarian presid...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 28 March 2008 Belarus is drawing strong international condemnation, following this week's crackdown against independent media and peaceful demonstrators in the former Soviet republic. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky is follo...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 01 August 2007 Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas monopoly, has announced a 45 percent reduction of natural gas supplies to neighboring Belarus. About 20 percent of the gas Russia delivers to other European countries transits...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 10 April 2006 Alexander Lukashenko takes presidential oath placing his hand on the Belarusian Constitution during inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk...
By Marlene Smith Vienna 03 April 2006 Alexander Milinkevich, who led protest demonstrations in Belarus against electoral fraud, says the West could help democratic forces fighting for freedom in his c...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 25 March 2006 Police in Belarus broke up a protest in the capital, Minsk, Saturday, after an earlier rally against the results of presidential elections. An opposition preside...
By Bill Gasperini The authoritarian leader of the former Soviet republic of Belarus is seeking to extend his rule in a controversial referendum that would amend the country's constitution, and allow h...