Alexander Lukashenko

An opposition figure has been elected to the Belarusian parliament for the first time in a decade, however, the fact does not mean major changes in the country ruled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, says Lithuanian political scientist Vytis Jurkonis.

The Belarusian Ministry of Energy confirmed, on July 26, that an emergency situation occurred earlier that month at the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP). The power station is being built 18 kilometers from the town of Ostrovets (Grodno oblast), and some 50 km from Vilniu...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Lithuania should think of helping his country run the nuclear power plant, which Vilnius has vehemently criticized as unsafe. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

An environmental impact assessment report that Belarus has presented to Lithuania regarding its Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant reads like it was written with an automated translation engine and raises concerns that nuclear safety is not taken seriously, Lithuanian experts say.

Belarusian journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich, who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, said during a visit in Lithuania that the Belarusian government's decision to build Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant was a crime.

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue...

A new national security report has made it clear that Russia hasn't left Lithuania alone - looking for weak points, gathering information, manipulating public opinion through the media, and recruiting businessmen, public figures and employees at judicial institutions.

The European Humanities University (EHU), a Vilnius-based Belarusian school in exile, is holding a donors' conference on Thursday to discuss the university's finances and future role.

Lithuanian and foreign military analysts have been looking into hypothetical scenarios of a hybrid war breaking out in the Baltics for some time now - most of them envisage an attack from Russia, forgetting or simply ignoring the possibility of such an attack coming from Belarus.

The European Union along with Lithuania has recently softened its tone towards Belarus - often called the "last dictatorship of Europe" – and that shift in strategy has real implications for Lithuania’s approach to the construction of the country’s new nuclear power plant.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the European Union is likely to lift all existing sanctions on Belarus.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been named among Ukraine's most-liked foreign leaders, according to a new survey.

The Lithuanian government does not expect Belarus to take retaliatory measures against Lithuania over the country trying to block the construction of a new Belarusian nuclear power plant at Astravyets, said Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis.

Conventional wisdom dictates vision before planning. It seems neither are present in the cautious, yet steady Western reset with Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko recently secured his fifth term in elections widely considered to be flawed, argues Marius Laurinavičius, fellow a...

The recent presidential election in Belarus secured presidency for Alexander Lukashenko for the fifth term. Prior to the vote, the Belarusian regime released political prisoners, which the European Union took as a gesture of good will and is talking about suspending sanctions against Lukashenko and ...

The theatre goes on. Alexander Lukashenko will continue in his long running 'role' as president of Belarus. One cannot say 'elected,' 'endorsed' or even 'confirmed.' Not only would none of these be true, they would simply not be believable. As has been said, the only question in this piece of perfor...

Lithuania is ready to continue its political dialogue with the neighbouring Belarus, whose president Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected for his fifth consecutive term of office, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He also stressed the importance of bilateral economic relations.

The European Union should make the decision to lift sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by the end of the month, according to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, LRT.lt reports.

The results of the presidential election in Belarus were anticipated and Lithuania together with other member-states of the European Union will decide on long-term relations with Belarus by taking into account the final report of election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation...