TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they ...

In 1517, Belarusian publisher Francysk Skaryna was one of the first in eastern Europe to translate the Bible into his native language. Even speaking Belarusian is seen as a show of opposition to ...

In Belarus, the Native Language Is Vanishing as Russian Takes Prominence TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they ...

In Belarus, the native language is vanishing as Russian takes prominence. Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance ...