Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Belarusian opposition blogger Roman Protasevich was pardoned on Monday (22 May) - just weeks after he was sentenced to ...

MINSK -- A court in Minsk has sentenced a blogger to 18 months in a maximum security penal colony for her participation in protests against the government of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

MINSK, 22 May (BelTA) – UK authorities advise against visiting Belarus, Will Eggerton, a blogger from the UK, told BelTA. "Our country has a list [of restricted destinations]. Belarus and Russia are ...

The charges against Matolka included attempting an unconstitutional seizure of power, organising mass unrest, inciting social hatred, insulting and slandering the president, spreading disinformation, ...

Belarus has moved the jailed opposition blogger Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega from a detention facility to house arrest. The pair have been in jail since May 23 when Belarusian ...

MINSK, 29 March (BelTA) - Public figure and Latvian blogger Roman Samul, in an interview with BelTA, compared living conditions in Latvia and Belarus, opportunities for families, child benefits, ...

Roman Protasevich, a dissident blogger arrested in 2021 after Belarusian authorities forced his flight to divert from its route and land in Minsk, was pardoned on Monday, Belarusian state news agency ...