Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a 37-year-old English teacher, is standing in, after authorities barred her husband from running and then jailed him; vote widely expected to be rigged

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, 37, emerges as unlikely challenger to dictator's 26-year rule, holding largest opposition rallies since Soviet era; says she is 'symbol of change'

Lukashenko has previously disputed seriousness of the infection and said fear of the disease is 'psychosis'

Anatoly Grakovich, 91, brushes off concerns about taking part in Belarus Victory Day commemorations, as 'our president says that we don’t need to be afraid of the virus'

Born Issur Danielovitch, Hollywood movie star's Yiddish-speaking Jewish parents came from the Mogilev region

Auction for dilapidated 19th century building in village of Porazava draws zero bids in two months

Olympic medal hopeful also wins two silver medals in Minsk competition, adding to already large haul

Vitkija holds plaque ceremony for Zenonas Ignatavičius of 12th Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalion, whose troops were responsible for killing over 15,000 Jews in October 1941

Bones and personal items re-interred after unearthed by construction workers in city of Brest; building on site of former Jewish ghetto to restart despite protests

Protests against a Belarus restaurant have turned violent and anti-Semitic, challenging local Jewish population and the country's authoritarian government