After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Belarus overtook Ukraine as the EU’s biggest rapeseed oil supplier. But RFE/RL and other media have found that one of Belarus’ biggest exporters of the product sourced rapeseed from Russia-occupied Ukraine before selling the finished goods to Europe.

The European Council, which is currently meeting in Brussels, plans to approve the need for constructing the East Shield project along the borders with Russia and Belarus, strengthening the European Union’s defence infrastructure.

European Union leaders have approved a major spending package on defense, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — a non-EU leader invited to the summit — received a warm welcome.

Border service officers of Belarus detained a Ukrainian citizen at the Latvian border, who planned to conduct "extremist activities" in Russia, the service said on Thursday, adding that several alleged accomplices were also detained.

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko said in remarks published on Wednesday that Moscow and Minsk benefit from how the United States treats Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the rift between Washington and the EU.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko -- a close ally of President Vladimir Putin -- warned that the Kremlin "will never" accept a European deployment to Ukraine.

On 24 February 2025, marking the third year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (“EU”) adopted the 16th package of

After 3 years of full-scale war, EU imposes sanctions on Belarus' Integral micro-electronics producer for supplying Russia with microchips for its missiles. Russia, Belarus confirm they will hold Zapad-2025 joint military drills in September.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Belarus overtook Ukraine as the EU’s biggest rapeseed oil supplier. But RFE/RL and other media have found that one of Belarus’ biggest exporters of the product sourced rapeseed from Russia-occupied Ukraine before selling the finished goods to Europe.

While Europe built the European Union — a remarkable achievement in democracy and cooperation — the remaining post-Soviet nations, with a few exceptions, descended into authoritarianism. This led to the formation of a Russia-dominated bloc of dictators, criminals, and oligarchs masquerading as legitimate leaders.

WARSAW - A ballistic analysis and 3D reconstruction confirm the legitimacy of the charges against two soldiers accused of endangering lives during a border incident in March 2024, when shots were fired to deter migrants near Dubicze Cerkiewne municipality.

In 2021, Riga Mayor Mārtiņš Staķis became a hero and a favorite of many Belarusians in one day. During the Ice Hockey World Championship, he replaced the red-green flag with a white-red-white one with the “Pahonia” coat-of-arms.