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Belarus metro bomb: Belarus shows 'bomber' on CCTV
Prosecutors in Belarus have released images said to show a person planting a bomb that killed 12 people and injured 200 on the metro in the capital, Minsk. One image shows what appears to be a man carrying a hold-all in the central aisle of a metro station...
Belarus bomb: 'Two confessions' by detained suspects
Two suspects in Belarus have confessed to carrying out a bomb attack which killed 12 people in Minsk, says President Alexander Lukashenko. "We already know who committed this terrorist act and how," he said. "The only thing is we don't...
Belarus: Lukashenko says Minsk metro blast was plot
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has said a deadly blast in the metro system in the capital Minsk was an attempt to destabilise the country. Eleven people were killed and scores injured in an explosion during the evening rush hour on Monday. ...
US, EU, criticize Belarus expulsion of OSCE monitors
The United States and European Union Tuesday jointly criticized the Belarus government's decision to close the OSCE monitoring mission in Minsk that had called the country's December presidential election badly flawed. The State Department indicated...
U.S., EU reviewing ties with Belarus after vote
The United States and the European Union say they are reviewing their relations with Belarus after police in Minsk cracked down on mass opposition protests against the weekend vote that President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says he won in a landslide. In...
Causes and consequences of Belarus's post-electoral violence
By Olga Shumylo-Tapiola On December 19, Belarusians went to the polls to cast their ballots in the country's presidential election. An uncharacteristically liberal pre-election atmosphere gave rise to some hopes or even expectation of relatively free...
Three Belarusian activists detained picketing presidential office
Police in Minsk today detained three activists from the opposition Malady Front (Young Front) movement who were picketing the presidential office, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. Activists Uladzimer Yaromenak, Eduard Lobau, and Hanna Sharuba were...
Belarus opposition attacks Government building after election
A massive demonstration against alleged vote rigging in Belarus' presidential election turned violent Sunday after protesters tried to storm a government building housing the country's Central Election Commission. Moving between Christmas trees and...
Lukashenko wins Belarus presidential election, mass protests follow
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko won a fourth 5-year term Monday, after a landslide election marred by a violent police crackdown on demonstrators and the arrest of opposition candidates. Electoral commission figures released early Monday show...
OSCE Minsk group co-chairs issue statement
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today: The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador...
