MINSK, 12 May (BelTA) – Belarus celebrates National Flag and Emblem Day on 12 May this year. The holiday was established by a decree of the President of Belarus in 1995 and is celebrated on the second ...

Belarus flags flying during the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Riga have been replaced by versions used by the opposition movement in the country, prompting criticism ...

Belarus moved first, expelling all staff at Latvia's embassy in protest at opposition flags being hoisted at an ice hockey tournament. Minsk is currently the focus of ...

MINSK -- Holding a bamboo pole with a red-striped white banner, the banned flag of the first independent Belarusian state, she faces a line of black-clad police officers staring down from a flight of ...