The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an important part of both Lithuanian and Belarusian history. But the mutual past is creating tensions between the two nations, which only benefits Russia.

told the Kyiv Independent that Belarusian nationalism has always been deeply rooted in the unique sense of Belarusian cultural identity and shaped by the Belarusian language. “The Belarusian ...

Belarus lacks the kind of nationalism that has defined much of Ukraine’s recent history. But in recent years, the demand for “Belarusian nationalism” has grown in society, he told Al Jazeera.

Anzhalika Melnikava, the speaker of the Belarusian Coordination Council, disappeared on March 25, and there has been no contact with her since, the council reported on March 28. Polish authorities ...

Belarusian activist Dziyana Maiseyenka told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that she was released from detention in Armenia but that her case remained active and that she was not allowed to leave the ...

Belarus has "unilaterally" freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give ...

TALLINN, Estonia — A Belarusian-American has had his prison term extended to a total of 13 1/2 years in the latest move in a relentless crackdown on dissent by Belarus' repressive government ...

Lukashenko, the strongman leader of Belarus, and for the Kremlin because the region is the traditional “heartland of Ukrainian nationalism,” said Valery Kavaleuski, a former Belarusian ...