Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
OSCE: elections in Ukraine are step back from democracy
International observers say Ukraine's election has been a backward step for democracy, marred by "the abuse of power and the excessive role of money." read more 
SBS: Everybody is laughing at Lukashenko except him
What do you do if you care about human rights and you live near a country whose president has been dubbed Europe's last dictator? read more 
'Europe's last dictator' Belarus' Lukashenko opens up
The question came out of nowhere - and it caught the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, off guard. "So, what's your opinion on group sex?" asked Evgeny Lebedev, Britain's youngest newspaper proprietor, who had flown to Minsk to interview the Belarusian leader. read more 
What's so good about democracy anyway? An audience with the last dictator in Europe
As President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has made the former Soviet state a pariah nation. But, in a rare interview, he tells Evgeny Lebedev that it's security rather than freedom that his people really want read more 
Ex-Mossad chief serious but stable after liver transplant in Belarus
Meir Dagan was not eligible for a transplant in Israel because he is two years too old read more 
EU Foreign Ministers OK Syria Sanctions
On Belarus, the ministers are expected to extend for another year punitive measures against 243 people and 32 entities in the wake of Belarus’s widely criticized parliamentary elections on September 2. read more 
How the UK props up Europe's 'last dictatorship'
With reports of torture, disappearances and political violence, Belarus is Europe's "last dictatorship". But the UK still supports it with trade and arms exports, and now plans military cooperation. read more 
'Revive the spirit of San Francisco,' Belarus Foreign Minister says
On 1 October 2012 – Highlighting the universal legitimacy of the United Nations in his address to the world body’s General Assembly, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, called for the international community to "revive the spirit of San Francisco" – where the read more 
Authoritarian Belarus votes amid boycott call
Strongman Alexander Lukashenko was set to keep his forces in power Sunday as ex-Soviet Belarus elected a parliament in polls a united opposition refused to recognise even before the first ballot was counted. read more 
Polish MEP: Belarus is a laboratory for dictatorship
Belarus is a laboratory of oppression and dictatorship on European territory, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who nominated Belarussian opposition activist Ales Bialiatski for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize. read more |
