EU lawmakers ask UEFA to ban Belarus from Euro 2024

BRUSSELS (AP) — A group of more than 100 European Union lawmakers is urging European soccer's governing body to ban Belarus from qualifying for the 2024 European Championship. MEPs from across the political spectrum wrote in a letter sent to UEFA president Alexander Ceferin that...

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government, the latest move in a months-long effort by the Belarusian government to...

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after trial in absentia

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after trial in absentia.

Belarus seeks lengthy prison terms for opposition leaders

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday demanded lengthy prison terms for the country's exiled opposition leaders, amid a continued crackdown on dissent in the ex-Soviet republic. Prosecutors demanded 19-year prison sentences for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Pavel...

Belarus hands 8-year term to journalist for top Polish paper

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court on Wednesday sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime. Andrzej Poczobut,...