Bo Jonsson also visited the Public Election Observation Center. “I am amazed by the quality of training of its specialists. They are so professional that they can answer any question,” he emphasized.

“You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, the head of the country’s Central Election Commission, told a news conference in the early hours ...

Swedish authorities boarded a vessel suspected of being involved in an earlier underwater sabotage of cables in the Baltic ...

Norway and Sweden -- saluted "the tireless efforts of the Belarusian democratic forces led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya".

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling site during voting in presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, January 26, 2025. PAVEL BEDNYAKOV / AP Belarus ...

Norway and Sweden -- saluted "the tireless efforts of the Belarusian democratic forces led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya". Tikhanovskaya's allies in Belarus are held in harsh prisons -- often ...