I thought: even if the public utility services wiped and painted over everything, nothing would change. Because the white-red-white flag and “Long Live Belarus” are not on the walls. They are in the ...

MINSK, 25 May (BelTA) – Flying the flag that is considered unacceptable in Belarus is a pro-fascist act, Deputy Chairman of the Belaya Rus public association Aleksandr Shatko told the SB ...

Mikita Losik, the younger brother of imprisoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Ihar Losik, has fled ...

The Belarus authorities are now punishing not only those who fly the opposition red-and-white flag but even people sporting socks in those colours.

“The flag was invented in 1915, and was supposed to resemble Belarusian folk costumes in white, with a red girdle,” said Per Rudling, a research associate at the Centre for Baltic and East ...

Belarus' historic white-red-and-white flag emerged as a protest symbol this summer Credit: Yevgeny Maloletka/Bloomberg Nataliya Vasilyeva Russia Correspondent, Moscow ...

The flag, which has two white stripes and one red one, is packed with history and symbolism. It was flown by the short-lived Belarusian People’s Republic, which was overthrown by the Bolsheviks ...

The March of Justice will start at 14.00 today in Minsk and other towns and cities of Belarus. In many towns and cities, people have been raising white-red-white flags everywhere since early morning, ...

A woman who has become famous for wearing a white-and-red wedding dress during protests against longtime Belarusian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has fled to Ukraine with her children, fearing ...

This flag used to be the official state flag of Belarus from 1991 to 1995. Following the controversial referendum of May 14, 1995, ... Belarusian LJ users lysaye-dzyaucho and ml_forever took turns ...

TOL's Belarus Blog reports about the white-red-white flag of Belarus being used in Roland Garros tennis tournament broadcasts instead of the official flag. Global Voices stands out as one of the ...