One protest changed her life completely. The Belarusian makeup artist ended 2022 behind bars for participating in the protest. The prison experience strengthened her, but also taught her how important every day is. It is now arriving in Belgrade
The Belarusian regime systematically sends children to military training and "war games". Schools teach them loyalty and the need to die for their country
Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be able to qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games in FIS disciplines, despite the IOC's earlier position that they could compete under a neutral flag
Citizens of Serbia who are waiting for a new organ could in the future have the opportunity to travel to Belarus for a transplant at the expense of the state.
Belarusian journalist Andrei Gnyot, who spent a year in Serbia, warns that the repressive methods used by the government against protesters are reminiscent of what he experienced under Alexander Lukashenko's regime.
After a long-term kidney problem, the legendary basketball coach Duško Vujošević traveled to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where he will receive a new kidney.
There are about 600 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant in Serbia, and in 2024 only 17 of them will be transplanted. That's why many are looking for salvation in Belarus, where, however, the operation costs tens of thousands of euros. Unlike Serbia, Montenegro has been covering the costs of transplants in that country for its citizens since last year
Between the concrete barriers on the border with Belarus, the Poles strung up barbed wire. Lots of barbed wire. And behind that is a narrow path, along the five and a half meter high border fence. Cameras, thermo-sensors, underground cables
Alexander Lukashenko was once again elected president of Belarus. This will be his seventh five-year term. Loud criticism again that the elections were rigged
Belarusians will go to the polls, but that doesn't even matter - Alexander Lukashenko will win, for the seventh time. There is no opposition. Lukashenka's biggest problem is his visibly impaired health
Only one border crossing between Belarus and Ukraine is currently functioning. A DW reporter went there and talked to people who live in the immediate vicinity of the border
New cooperation between Serbia and Belarus in joint training of the police, special units and training in the field of combating terrorism was agreed upon. The agreement was reached by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Ivan Kurbakov, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin, both under US sanctions.
Both the Serbian and Belarusian ministries of information claim that Gnjot was not the topic of conversation between the two ministers, but cooperation with Telekom, which was held immediately after the Court of Appeal in Belgrade decided on the extradition of activist and journalist Andrej Gnjot to that country.
German Rico Krieger, accused of "terrorism and mercenary activity", previously appeared in handcuffs in a TV interview broadcast on Belarusian state media and tearfully begged German authorities to intervene in his case
Belarusian journalist Andrej Gnyot, who was detained in Belgrade in 2023, is in a hopeless situation. He is currently under house arrest, and has no income for even the most basic needs
The alleged crimes committed by the German Rico Krieger are espionage, terrorism, creating an extremist group and planning an illegal operation involving firearms and explosives. There is no information on whether Krieger appealed the verdict, or whether it came into effect
Serbia must not extradite journalist Andrej Gnjot to Belarus, where he could be accused of participating in an extremist group, which carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison, is the position of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and all Serbian journalist associations and organizations
The High Court in Belgrade made a first-instance decision to extradite Belarusian activist and journalist Andrej Gnjot to Belarus. He was arrested on an Interpol warrant for alleged tax evasion in Belarus, but Gnjot claims it was political persecution. He appealed to the Court of Appeal, whose final decision is still pending
The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) – first signed by NATO and the Warsaw Pact near the end of the Cold War in 1990 – limits the number of tanks, fighter jets and other military equipment that can be deployed between the Atlantic and the Urals
Belarusian director, journalist and political activist Andrej Gnjot is facing possible extradition in Belgrade to Belarus, which charges him with tax evasion. Gnjot claims that he is a victim of political persecution
Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tsykhanuskaya on Friday called on the Swedish Nobel Foundation and the Norwegian Nobel Committee not to invite representatives of the "illegitimate regime" of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to any events. The Nobel Committee met her wish, as well as requests to deny the presence of the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony to the representatives of Russia and Iran.
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced today at a press briefing that his country has raised combat readiness to the highest level. On the other hand, the Belarusian opposition expresses concern about the presence of the Wagnerites and warns that Russia's use of the territory of Belarus to station troops and launch an attack on Ukraine has turned into a kind of partial occupation.
The leader of Wagner accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus to take steps towards de-escalation. On the table is a profitable and acceptable option for solving the situation, with security guarantees for the fighters of the group, Prigozhin explained his consent
Vladimir Putin is deploying Russian nuclear weapons beyond its borders "because the US is doing it too", and Alexander Lukashenko accepts them "so that Belarus will deter potential aggressors". The world is watching nuclear escalation with anxiety
The President of Belarus, he says, agreed with the President of Russia that in case of aggression against Belarus, Russia will protect Belarus as if it were its own territory. He asked Lukashenka for a guarantee of what was agreed upon
In Belarus, the trials of civil activists who face several years in prison are underway, mainly for organizing democratic protests against President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus is an ally of Russia in its conflict with Ukraine, from its territory the Russian army has already attacked Ukraine, but the Belarusian army itself has not directly participated in the fighting so far.
