Belarus

• April 11, 2025

  Lukashenko Invites 150,000 Pakistanis To Work In Belarus Amid Labor Shortage

  In a rare bid to break his international isolation, Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Minsk, marking a symbolic deepening of ties between the two countries.

• April 01, 2025

  Mourners Honor US Soldiers Who Died In Lithuania Training Exercise

  Mourners gathered at the US Embassy in Lithuania on April 1 to honor four American soldiers who died after their M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle became submerged in a peat bog during a training exercise.

• March 28, 2025

  Lithuanian President 'Hopes For Miracle' As Search For US Troops Continues

  Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda “hopes for a miracle” as he arrives at the Lithuania's Pabrade training ground, where four US in the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle have been missing since the early hours of March 25.

• March 26, 2025

  Search Continues As NATO Walks Back Remarks On US Troop Deaths In Lithuania

  Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene has said there is "no confirmation" that four US soldiers who went missing in Lithuania during a military training exercise have died.

• March 26, 2025

  RFE/RL Finds New Evidence Of Russia's Suspected Secret Nuclear Base In Belarus

  Satellite images, documents, photos, and expert witnesses reveal extensive construction activity at a site in Belarus previously identified as a site that may house Russian nuclear weapons.

• March 25, 2025

  Lukashenko Sworn In For Seventh Term As Rights Groups Decry 'Unconstitutional' Rule

  Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenko was sworn in for a seventh time on March 25 as human rights groups said the authoritarian leader’s rule was unlawful.

• March 18, 2025

  EU Politicians Make Push For Radio Free Europe Funding After Trump Cuts

  European Union politicians said they are continuing their push into possible support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after the US government moved to cut the Prague-based broadcaster's funding amid concerns its closure would be a blow to pro-democracy media.

• February 27, 2025

  'They Said He'd Be Gone A Few Days:' Wife Of Freed Belarusian RFE/RL Journalist Recounts 3-Year Ordeal

  On February 12, journalist Andrey Kuznechyk of RFE/RL's Belarus Service was finally freed after spending three years and three months behind bars. His wife, Alesya Rak, recounts the struggles, fears, and the unwavering strength that defined the years without her husband.

• February 25, 2025

  Belarus Selling Rapeseed Oil Sourced From Occupied Ukraine To The EU, RFE/RL Finds

  After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Belarus overtook Ukraine as the EU’s biggest rapeseed oil supplier. But RFE/RL and other media have found that one of Belarus’ biggest exporters of the product sourced rapeseed from Russia-occupied Ukraine before selling the finished goods to Europe. 

• February 16, 2025

  U.S. Officials In Rare Belarus Visit Seeking Deal On Political Prisoners, Sanctions

  Three senior U.S. officials traveled to Belarus to negotiate the possible release of a large number of political prisoners in return for an easing of sanctions, The New York Times reported, following the release of three detainees earlier in the week

• February 14, 2025

  Freed RFE/RL Journalist Kuznechyk Feels 'Weight Lifted' At Seeing His Family

  After more than three years in a Belarus prison, RFE/RL journalist Andrey Kuznechyk says a "weight has been lifted" from his shoulders after being reunited with his family and colleagues. He was released February 12 and taken across the border into Lithuania.

• February 13, 2025

  RFE/RL Journalist Kuznechyk, Two Others, Released From Prison In Belarus

  Three detainees, including a journalist with RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, have been released by Belarus as U.S. President Donald Trump looks to lay the basis for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

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