A year ago protests began against elec­toral fraud in Belarus. Dic­ta­tor Lukashenko responded with a wave of harsh state vio­lence, which led to the country being further iso­lated and sanc­tioned internationally....

The protests in Belarus in 2020 did not lead to a change in gov­ern­ment. But Lukashenko’s chosen way of brutal suppres­sion will not gain him any popular support — and is...

While vio­lence thrives in silence, it has no chance to persist if brought to public atten­tion. Inter­na­tional atten­tion and support to the people in Belarus are now more crucial than...

A four-month stand-off between Belaru­sian strong­man Alexan­der Lukashenko and the pro-demo­c­ra­tic pro­test­ers posed a serious chal­lenge for the EU. The block that had announced its ambi­tion to become a geopo­lit­i­cal actor, has...

Tra­di­tional oppo­si­tion parties and move­ments has long seized to be a polit­i­cally mean­ing­ful force in Belarus. It is time for Western deci­­sion-makers to finally admit this unpleas­ant reality and shift its...

Der belaru­sian Pres­i­dent leaves it to ortho­dox priests und the KGB to fight the epi­demic. The people are getting more and more upset because the gov­ern­ment can no longer hide...

Many EU cap­i­tals regard Belarus as an exten­sion of Russia and take little inter­est in it. EU leaders are also uncom­fort­able dealing with its long-time auto­cratic leader, Alexan­der Lukashenka. Such...