Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and…
Alexander Lukashenko
Putin moves to establish Russian military base in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled his intentions to establish a Russian military air base in neighboring Belarus. Belarus has made clear it would not welcome a Russian base but…
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan set up new alliance
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV From left: Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, pose for a photo after they agreed to create the Eurasian Economic…
BELARUS PRESIDENT LASHES OUT AT OBAMA
By YURAS KARMANAU Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend the West-2013 joint war games at the Khmelevka shooting range in Kaliningrad region, western Russia, Thursday,…
URALKALI BLASTS PROSECUTION OF ITS CEO IN BELARUS
NATALIYA VASILYEVA In this photo made Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 Chief Executive of the world’s largest producer of potash Russia’s Uralkali and head of the supervisory board of the Belarus…