Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is mulling the idea of building a second nuclear power plant (NPP) to improve the country’s energy security and earn more money from exports to Russia. Lukashenko is due to discuss the project with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus. Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia. Belarus sentences EU diplomatic staffer to four years in prison.

A two-story clock in the Lithuanian capital is tracking the minutes until the countries switch to Europe’s electricity system.

Security and prosperity are inextricably linked, and those who harness technological prowess to keep their countries safe will very likely reap the economic rewards as well.

An imprisoned opposition activist in Belarus resurfaced Wednesday in a video shot by a pro-government blogger after more than 700 days of no contact with his family, weeks before an election that is all but certain keep the country's strongman leader in power.

In 1861, when Republican leader Abraham Lincoln was on his way to becoming President of the United States of America, the country saw opposition to his views and promises. This led to the American Union breaking up into two countries - USA and CSA.

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Europe has long been known for its military history, partially due to it being ground zero for the largest conflict the world has ever known. Ever since then, the military landscape has evolved into a patchwork of NATO nations and some of the strongest military forces in the world.

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