Airlines avoid Belarus as EU isolates Lukashenko over Ryanair incident

Taoiseach speaks of EU ‘anger and shock’ at airliner’s diversion and journalist’s arrest

Russia backs Belarus over Ryanair incident as west denounces ‘hijacking’

Belarusian opposition leader mocks Minsk’s claim of ‘Hamas bomb threat’ against aircraft

Global outcry after Belarus forces Ryanair flight to land and arrests activist

Belarus’s ‘unprecedented actions’ to detain activist spark widespread concern

Belarus targets top news site and reporters in media crackdown

Exiled opposition leader calls for international response to ‘murder’ of Tut.by outlet

Lukashenko claims Belarus has suffered ‘blitzkrieg’ from West

Critics say Russian-allied autocrat is playing for time with regime-led reform debate

Lukashenko backs closer ex-Soviet ties as new EU sanctions hit Belarus

Pro-democracy protesters to march again as Vatican expresses concern over crisis

Defiant Belarusians protest after opposition supporter beaten to death

EU says Alexander Lukashenko’s regime behind ‘outrageous and shameful’ attack

Belarusian opposition calls for national strike to oust Lukashenko

More than 100,000 protesters march in ‘people’s ultimatum’ to veteran autocrat

Belarus strike threat looms as Lukashenko rejects ultimatum

Security forces threaten to use firearms against pro-democracy protesters

Belarusian opposition leader meets Angela Merkel as protests continue

Kremlin rejects Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s call for international mediation to end crisis

France backs mediation and dialogue with Russia to end crisis in Belarus

Kremlin says West exerting ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its ally Alexander Lukashenko

Belarusians march again as France says Lukashenko has to go

Russian ally defies West and unprecedented protests against his 26-year rule

Lukashenko’s hush-hush inauguration decried as ‘farce’

Belarus’s veteran autocrat takes oath in quiet ceremony as mass protests continue

Cyprus blocks EU sanctions on Belarus over rigged election

Ireland strong supporter of move to include Alexander Lukashenko on list of sanctioned officials

‘We cannot afford to lose’: Belarusian opposition leader on Roscrea summers and fighting Lukashenko’s regime

Reluctant politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on her meteoric rise and memories of Ireland

Russia to lend $1.5bn to crisis-hit regime of ‘closest ally’ Belarus

Opposition leader Tikhanovskaya says all deals with ‘usurper’ Lukashenko are void

Belarusian Nobel laureate Alexievich condemns Lukashenko’s ‘terror’

Acclaimed author defiant as fellow opposition figures are jailed and expelled

Belarusian activists demand answers after protest leader ‘foils expulsion bid’

Lukashenko warns Russia as opposition leader seeks international help

Belarusian opposition leader calls on UN to help end crisis

Alexander Lukashenko's regime tightens links with Russia and denounces West

Who wanted Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dead?

Many pointing fingers at state after poisoning puts anti-corruption activist in a coma

Belarus detains activists as Lukashenko struggles to quash dissent

Police target protest and strike leaders after huge rally re-energises opposition

Tensions high in Belarus as troops gather at protester meeting site

Defence minister warns army will be asked to deal with ‘violations of order and calm’

Lukashenko pledges to end Belarus protests ‘in the coming days’

Opposition leader Tikhanovskaya calls for more rallies and strikes to oust regime

Belarus to investigate opposition council as Lukashenko hits back

Council aimed at ‘seizing state power’ and ‘harming national security’, says prosecutor

Russia warns EU leaders over Belarus ahead of crisis talks

Protests and strikes continue after disputed election and brutal crackdown

The Irish Times view on protests against Belarus’s Lukashenko: Demonstrators sense tide has turned

The emboldened opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko senses, rightly or wrongly, that the tide is turning against the country’s dictator

Lukashenko defies public fury over claims of rigged election

Brutal crackdown in Belarus as autocrat leader calls on Kremlin military backing

‘The younger people are fearless’: Belarusians protest in Dublin

Demonstrators call for Lukashenko to leave office after week of unrest in Belarus

Belarusian workers back protests to pile pressure on president Lukashenko

EU foreign ministers to discuss crisis as accounts of police brutality mount

West raises pressure on Belarus to end bloody crackdown on protests

Autocrat Alexander Lukashenko blames unemployed ex-criminals for demonstrations

Belarusian opposition defiant as leader flees and violence grows

Riot police and troops deployed and internet restricted as countrywide protests continue

The Irish Times view on the Belarusian election result: Endgame for a Soviet relic

Lukashenko may well be recalling nervously the grisly departure of the Ceausescus. It’s time for him to go.

Belarusians defy crackdown to demand Lukashenko resign

Second successive night of protests as autocratic ruler of 26 years claims election win

Belarussian opposition ‘ready for long fight’ to oust Lukashenko

Autocratic leader of 26 years claims foreign forces are behind post-election protests

Belarus police crack down as protests erupt after Lukashenko claims victory

Stun grenades and arrests as thousands take to Minsk streets after autocrat’s exit poll ‘landslide’

Opposition gathers pace as Belarusian leader warns of ‘dirty tricks’ in election

Lukashenko says foreign powers conducting a ‘hybrid war’ to destabilise the country

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