The rules allow banks to combine token activity with payments and financial services under central bank and tech park oversight. Belarus has introduced a legal framework for so-called “cryptobanks,” ...

Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel in 2022, described long hours of backbreaking work and stints in solitary confinement. By Valerie Hopkins Reporting from Vilnius, Lithuania Just days ago, Ales ...

Washington is easing sanctions on Belarus to open diplomatic channels and potentially influence Moscow, while Brussels continues to expand restrictive measures. EU officials argue that engagement ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko — a close ally of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin — released 123 prisoners Saturday, including opposition figures, journalists, activists and Ukrainian ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and other prominent political prisoners, a human ...

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights ...

Belarus's authoritarian government has freed 123 prisoners after Washington indicated it was lifting sanctions on Belarusian fertilizer exports, the latest step in Minsk's efforts to repair ties with ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Saturday ended U.S. sanctions on potash fertilizers from Belarus in exchange for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko releasing 123 political prisoners.

The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk. By Valerie Hopkins and Tomas Dapkus Valerie ...

Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks with Washington aimed at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Lukashenko hosted Trump’s special envoy John Coale in Belarus on Friday, continuing diplomatic efforts to improve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S.