Rights groups, relatives and state media reported 123 people were freed, including foreign citizens, after a US envoy said that Washington was lifting some sanctions on Minsk.

Belarusian authorities have freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition ...

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights ...

A wave of street protests against ruling class graft is destabilizing Bulgaria just weeks before the Balkan nation is set to join the euro.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing high-profile opponents into exile hours after a US envoy announced that Washington will lift sanctions on ...

Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were shot dead during three days of protests over elections on October 29 that the ...

France is posing a last-minute challenge to a major trans-Atlantic trade deal between the 27-country European Union (EU) and ...

Nadya Tolokonnikova, a co-founder of the group, said the verdict aims "to erase Pussy Riot's very existence from the Russian ...

Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, following an agreement under ...

Mass protests have filled the streets of several Romanian cities for a fifth day in a row against alleged judicial corruption ...

The resignation of Bulgaria's government on Thursday puts an end to an increasingly unpopular coalition but is likely to ...

Chile’s ultra-conservative opposition candidate, José Antonio Kast, has secured a thumping victory in the presidential runoff ...