Tag Archives: Central and Eastern Europe

Belarusian leader criticizes West after protests over electoral bans

MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Western criticism on Wednesday after his two main opponents were excluded from next month’s presidential election and police arrested more than 250 protesters. Law enforcement officers detain a man outside the Belarusian electoral commission as people line up to file their complaints …

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Fighting breaks out on the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia

BAKU / YEREVAN (Reuters) – Several Azeri soldiers have been killed and Armenian soldiers and police wounded in border clashes, the two countries said on Monday, accusing each other of invading their territory. The two former Soviet republics have long been in conflict over the separation of Azerbaijan, mainly the …

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