Last August, a middle-aged Russian woman with her face covered walked onto Red Square in Moscow and, in the shadow of the Kremlin, scattered handfuls of coloured rubber balls on the cobblestones below ...

Discover the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, a poignant site representing national identity and spiritual devotion through countless crosses. The Best Movies of All Time Wild new study links body ...

Poland is the largest haven for Belarusian exiles, and the country’s pre-1989 history of the anti-communist mobilization resonates well with those struggling for democracy now. Almost five years after ...

Tech has been one of the few relatively liberalised sectors in ex-Soviet Belarus's state-dominated economy. It experienced a ...

The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a red-white-red banner ... wanted the crownless eagle to become the national symbol, but he only enraged the public and the press. The second time ...

Both derived from the same coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but some of their elements differ. Those differences are also highlighted by members of the Belarusian opposition, saying that ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...

The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...

The village was first mentioned in 1424 in the charter of Lithuanian prince Świdrygiełło. It has witnessed many historical events, from the Oprishkiv movement to the national liberation ... the ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...