Only a fool or charlatan will pretend to predict the future, so it’s usually best to avoid election forecasting. So instead, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Poland aims to complete a border ...

This article explores predictions from RFE/RL journalists for the year 2025, focusing on global conflicts, authoritarianism, and the impact of US politics on the world stage.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys is calling for an international response to the presidential "elections" in ...

A statement on his website says Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 more people that rights ...

Only a fool or charlatan will pretend to predict the future, so it’s usually best to avoid election forecasting. So instead, ...

According to Belarusian propaganda media, Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 political prisoners. This is the eighth group ...

Belarusian officials are working to ensure everything is ready for the "presidential election" on January 26. Polish experts ...

The Belarusian president last granted pardon to more than 30 individuals convicted of extremist offenses in November of this year ...

December 28, 2024: Belarus, which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, was formerly part of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Belarus was one the few fifteen ...

This fall, security forces in Belarus — the former Soviet republic and staging ground for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ...

A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of several ex-Soviet nations briefly went awry Thursday ...