...state council of the Russia-Belarus Union State scheduled for today has been cancelled, although Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was expected to arrive in Moscow to attend. The planned signing of a Russia-Belarus agreement on a unified antimissile...
...obstacle to organizing such a meeting in the near future." Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko last met on October 25 in Moscow. They discussed bilateral ties, energy issues and the global financial crisis. Before...
...nations to thwart a U.S.-dominated "uni-polar" world. Venezuela has entered into economic agreements with President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, who has been called Europe's last dictator, and signed contracts worth $4.4 billion to buy assault rifles,...
...gas prices and transit fees. Shocked with the doubling of gas prices charged by Gazprom in January 2007, the government of Alexander Lukashenko reacted erratically, oscillating between defiance and attempts to renegotiate the terms of a previously privileged...
...of Belarus lifted a ban on two regime-critical newspapers after almost three years, the advisor to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday in Minsk. The decision was taken out of domestic interests, but the country hopes for better relations...
...others in Lithuania. The two papers concerned are now printed in Russia's western town of Smolensk. President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has long been accused of flouting fundamental rights but for the last year has been calling for improved...
...attending the meeting. The country of 10 million sandwiched between Poland and Russia, led by the authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, retains many features of the Soviet past. High-ranking Belarusian government officials were until recently barred...
...favor, and without considering the resources needed to do that. It is at its root a non-profit activity. President Alexander Lukashenko has passed a new media law, despite accusations that it is restrictive. The new legislation means that the Council...
...- Rebel jets bomb Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing 35 people and wounding 140 others. 1996 - Supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko break away from Belarus' Parliament, setting up their own assembly. 1997 - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invites foreign...
...and investment possibilities. Today’s edition included a four-page section on Belarus, home to Europe’s last dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. Yes, you can learn a great deal about the city of Grodno, and Belarus’s dependence on Russia’s gas, and its thriving...