All posts tagged "Alexander Lukashenko"

World leaders were reportedly anxious after President Donald Trump's demand for his proposed "Board of Peace for Gaza" signing ceremony ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to reports Monday.

The clock was ticking as the international community was pressured to decide on accepting Trump's membership for $1 billion as insiders revealed confusion over the president's invitation and push, according to a Bloomberg report. Trump sent out the invite over the weekend and has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus's autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko, among others, to join.

"Trump wants the full constitution and remit of the committee signed in Davos on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter. But some elements of the small print have left invitees wondering whether to accept," Bloomberg reported. ...

The tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards were handed to dozens of scientists, including those who confirmed drunk people think they are more attractive and studied the onion enzyme that makes us cry.

MINSK — The mercurial Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko lashed out Sunday at recent sanctions imposed by Europe over his rights record by saying he would rather be branded a dictator than be gay.

Three ex-Soviet states were Friday to agree the first steps towards creating a Eurasian economic union, a project backed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to bind closer the former USSR.

The United States imposed sanctions last Thursday against four firms owned or controlled by a company linked to President Alexander Lukashenko in response to his government's crackdown on the political opposition.

MINSK — The opposition in Belarus on Monday criticised a parliamentary bill that would give Alexander Lukashenko's regime the legal right to crack down on protesters engaging publicly in "non-actions".