EU Salutes Journalists in Belarus
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The Belarusian Association of Journalists received the European Union's human rights prize Tuesday for providing accurate and independent reports despite increasing intimidation and tightening government restrictions.
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Newspapers in countries bordering on Belarus respond cynically to President Lukashenko's referendum victory.
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Police on Wednesday freed seven young people who were detained the day before during protests against a much-criticized referendum that cleared the way for Belarus' authoritarian president to stay in power indefinitely, Russian media reported.
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The European Union Tuesday hailed recent legislative elections in Togo as peaceful and democratic, which could open the way for resuming aid after a 14-year suspension to this west African nation.
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Friday's European papers reflect on the tsunami aid summit in Indonesia and the disappearance of a French journalist in Iraq.
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Belarus officials say President Alexander Lukashenko handily won the right to seek a third term after a weekend vote questioned by the West and slammed by opponents of the authoritarian leader as a &quot;farce&quot;.
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The European Union hailed backing from the diplomatic quartet on the Middle East for an EU proposal for a temporary mechanism to funnel aid to the cash-strapped Palestinians.
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European leaders on Friday hailed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free travel zone to nine mostly ex-East Bloc nations as a landmark moment for the continent's integration.
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Papers across Europe reflect on the main themes covered by the EU's end-of-year summit in Brussels.
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The EU's landmark summit on Turkish accession talks dominates the European press on Thursday. Elsewhere, Spanish dailies applaud the criticism of a parliamentary commission investigating the Madrid bombings by the mother of one of the victims.
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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko, branded Europe's last dictator, says there will be no people's revolutions in his country.
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The president of Belarus, confident of  victory in a referendum on Sunday to extend his rule, promised  to serve his people better if they voted "yes" and told the  West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Pavel Sheremet, head of special projects at Russia's Channel One television station, was in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to cover Sunday's referendum on the presidential ambitions of Mr Lukashenko - described ...
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The people of Belarus know oppression. They know hardship and misfortune on a scale far beyond most corners of the world. So it should be no surprise to learn that an entire countryâs great
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Voters in Belarus approved a referendum that will scrap term limits and allow the country&#39;s authoritarian leader to seek a third term in office.
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The European Union congratulated US President George W. Bush on his re-election and pledged to overhaul transatlantic links strained to breaking point in his first term.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, seen in the West as Europe's last hard-line leader,  expressed delight Monday at an endorsement of his plan to stay  in power and said he saw no reason to alter policy.