Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has announced that "the process of Belarusian-Russian integration should be made irreversible". Source: Belarusian state-owned news ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Poland has charged a Belarusian with espionage and sabotage on behalf of Russia following an arson attack ...

Hungary has not approved a joint statement by the EU countries on the non-recognition of the so-called presidential election in Belarus, which Alexander Lukashenko won for the seventh time.