On 4 March 2012, two days after EU leaders (including openly gay German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle) had called for new measures to pressure Lukashenko over alleged human …

2 days ago · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled …

4 days ago · Belarusians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday as President Alexander Lukashenko seeks a seventh mandate to rule. For the past 30 years, Lukashenko, 70, dubbed …

5 days ago · Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator," who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for more than 30 years, will be declared the winner and secure a seventh term …

3 days ago · Long-time leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator", arrived to cast his ballot. Then, while Belarusians were still voting, candidate …

3 days ago · Lukashenko's iron-fisted rule since 1994 — he took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union — earned him the nickname of "Europe's Last Dictator," relying on …

5 days ago · With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Alexander Lukashenko is back on the ballot, all but certain to add a seventh presidential term.

6 days ago · Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025.And even before the first vote is counted, it can be …

4 days ago · President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an …

Jan 19, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. His decades-long autocratic rule, which …