Bloomberg Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, facing the biggest protests of his 26-year rule, will gather a convention of his supporters in February in an effort to break the gridlock that has paralysed his country’s political life since August. A two-day Belarusian People’s Congress will start on February 11, state-owned news agency Belta reported on Monday, citing Lukashenko at a meeting ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson said major changes are coming in the UK as the result of the trade deal his government negotiated with the European Union (EU), completing the country’s separation from the bloc, the Telegraph reported. “We can’t sort of suddenly decide that we’re free and then not decide how to exercise it,” Johnson told the Sunday Telegraph ...

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said the trade deal reached with the European Union (EU) should reassure people worried about the economic damage of Brexit and can be an “enormously unifying moment for our country.” London will continue discussions with Brussels over access and equivalence for financial services, the chancellor said after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ...