Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 26 January 2025. The president is directly elected to serve a five-year term.. Incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko had won every …

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled …

Jan 26, 2025 · The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually …

Jan 27, 2025 · The EU, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand issued a joint statement condemning “the sham presidential elections in Belarus” and the Lukashenko government’s human rights …

Jan 27, 2025 · Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s …

Jan 27, 2025 · [1/6] Preliminary results of the presidential election are displayed on a screen at the headquarters of Belarus' Central Election Commission during a press conference, in …

Jan 24, 2025 · The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of …

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and …

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, enters a voting booth at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday.

Jan 25, 2025 · President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an …