Poland is the largest haven for Belarusian exiles, and the country’s pre-1989 history of the anti-communist mobilization resonates well with those struggling for democracy now. Almost five years after ...

An annual event to commemorate Lithuania’s independence from the Soviet Union was held in Peterborough ... Supporters at the event with a Lithuanian flag. "Generous support came from the Co.op ...

At dusk on Christmas day, 1991, the iconic hammer-and-sickle flag ... Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland ... the country’s red-and-white national flag in favor of one similar to what it used as a ...

The following year he strong-armed lawmakers into holding a referendum on making Russian an official language, changing the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and ... Latvia and Lithuania. Some ...

President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia, battered by months of nationwide protests, is struggling to weather his biggest ...

Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total absence of billboards promoting the candidates and there has been little in the ...

North Korean soldiers ‘brought in again’ on Kursk frontline as Putin admits ‘very difficult’ situation - Russian military ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...

Within a year of assuming office, Lukashenko held a referendum that changed Belarus’s white-and-red flag to one closely resembling the old Soviet design. He told World War II veterans ...

The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania ... and-white national flag in favor of one similar to what it used as a Soviet republic.