Scorned as Europe's last dictatorship, ranked dismally by rating agencies and possessing few natural resources, Belarus has struggled to attract foreign investors. But ...
Hundreds of Belarussians from the opposition gathered Saturday in the capital Minsk for a "European forum" to encourage closer ties with the European ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization had not been damaged by the complications of pursuing membership together with Kazakhstan and Belarus. Russia has been negotiating to join for 16 years and ...
Group honors journalists from Belarus, Cameroon, Iran and Israel for work in harsh conditions Four newswomen from Belarus, Cameroon, Iran and Israel who have kept working in the face of intimidation, threats and attacks were honored Tuesday by an international media group. ...
The presidents of five former Soviet states met Friday to view military manoeuvres by a Russia-led security grouping touted as a counterweight to NATO but plagued by internal tensions. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sat sheltered from the early morning cold with the ...
Peter Crouch made his case for a World Cup starting place with two goals as England wrapped up their qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win over Belarus on Wednesday. David Beckham, winning his 115th cap as a second-half substitute, and Manchester United ...
His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner. With all appeals exhausted and pleas for mercy from rights activists and European officials unheeded, Vasily Yusepchuk ...
John Terry insists Rio Ferdinand is determined to make up for his Ukraine blunder in England's final World Cup qualifier against Belarus. England coach Fabio Capello has told Ferdinand he will start at Wembley on Wednesday despite the Manchester United centre-back's latest ...
Belarusian Gipsy Varvara Yuzepchuk, 52, smokes as a picture of her son Vasily, who is convicted to face execution, lies at a table, left, in her home in the village of Tatarya, 320 km south-west of Minsk, Monday, Oct. 12 2009. Belarus ...
Belarusian Gipsy Varvara Yuzepchuk, 52, smokes as a picture of her son Vasily, who is convicted to face execution, lies at a table, foreground, in her home in the village of Tatarya, 320 km south-west of Minsk, Monday, Oct. 12 2009. Belarus ...
John Terry insists Rio Ferdinand is determined to make up for his Ukraine blunder in England's final World Cup qualifier against Belarus. England coach Fabio Capello has told Ferdinand he will start at Wembley on Wednesday despite the Manchester United centre-back's latest ...
England striker Wayne Rooney will miss Wednesday's final 2010 World Cup qualifier against Belarus after the Manchester United forward picked up a calf strain in Saturday's 1-0 defeat away to Ukraine. The news is a surprise as Rooney got through the entire ...
