The official pointed out the importance of the fact that a national security system had been created in the country, which first and foremost takes care of the country's security and the people's security. “Nevertheless, there are some things in ne...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Yuri Shuleiko Chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee on 26 January.Since May 2017, Yuri Shuleiko served as Aide to the President in Gomel Oblast.

Among the key tasks Igor Lyashenko mentioned the construction of a new nitrogen complex, which, in his words, is not only of global importance for the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim but will have a tangible effect on the entire c...

“I appreciate your efficiency in the recent time. Good job, you should act this way in the future and do your best to protect the interests of the Belarusian state. In accordance with the law,” the head of state said.

The head of state noted that Igor Lyashenko knows Grodno Azot very well as he supervised the company when he was deputy prime minister and head of Belneftekhim Concern.

Until now, Aleksandr Volfovich served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Defense Minister.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments on 26 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved the appointment of Kirill Kazakov as Director General of ZAO Stolichnoye Televideniye.

Since September 2020 Vasily Gerasimov has been acting chairman of the committee. Before that he was First Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee.

Belarus will face further attempts to destabilize the situation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he appointed Aleksandr Volfovich State Secretary of the Security Council.

"Creation of comfortable living conditions, first of all, comfortable housing, is of no small importance here. It is crucial that we do not reduce the pace of construction," Chairman of the Standing Committee on Housing Policy and Construction of the...

Passengers flying from Minsk to Warsaw, including those in transit through Minsk or Warsaw, are recommended to make a PCR or express test for SARS-Cov-2 (antigen or antibody) no earlier than 48 hours before departure from the departure airport.

Belarusian workers expressed their position in an open collective letter to the International Labor Organization, members of the international trade union movement, workers and employers of other countries.

The World Organization for Animal Health reported on cases of high pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in the above-mentioned areas.

The cluster will unite representatives of small businesses from Kobrin and neighboring Malorita, Zhabinka, Pruzhany, Berezф, Drogichin and Kamenets districts.

“Over the past difficult year for all mankind your country has confirmed its status of the world leader in the field of pharmacology, has shown exemplary unity of the nation amid the pandemic,” the head of state stressed.

HC Dinamo Minsk edged the visiting Severstal 2-1 in the KHL regular-season match on 25 January.

The head of state expressed his conviction that the ongoing development of relations between the peoples of Belarus and Australia would make it possible to find new areas of cooperation and launch joint projects.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko is set to meet with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin on 26 January. “The parties will discuss issues related to bilateral cooperation,” the press service said.

Organizations of all types of ownership built about 49,000 apartments. New housing built for citizens on the housing register totaled 1,683,500m2 or 40.5% of the total new housing supply.

The employment-to-population ratio measures the proportion of the country's working-age population (ages 15 to 64) that is employed. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate, which is measured in line with methods of the International Labor Organization, tot...

The MP believes: “The common thing in the West's response is its support of the protests, support of the protest politicians and certainly not because the West is concerned about freedom or democracy, about elections, about Navalny or Tikhanovskaya...

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NAS) and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have announced the 2021 edition of the competition for the Academician Valentin Koptyug Prize.

Participating in the tournament will also be two teams of Kazakhstan and the Olympic team of Russia. Belarus will open the tournament against Kazakhstan on 10 February, face Russia on 11 February and take on the second Kazakhstan team on 12 February...

Specialists of the 52nd search battalion handed over the remains of 600 soldiers of the Red Army, 273 war victims, and 5 resistance fighters for reburial. As many as 49 mass graves of soldiers and 52 mass graves of war victims were added to the state...

The main goal of the draft social and economic development program of Belarus for 2021-2025 is to ensure stable economic growth, Lyudmila Nizhevich, the chairperson of the Standing Commission on Budget and Finance of the House of Representatives, tol...

The voice of every delegate of the Belarusian People's Congress will be heard, First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Maksim Ryzhenkov said at a meeting of the delegates of the Belarusian People's Congress from Grodno Oblast.

The parties discussed bilateral trade and economic cooperation in the trade in services. The Belarusian diplomat and the head of the association reached an agreement on cooperation in e-commerce, transport, logistics, finance.

The General Confederation of Trade Unions, which unites more than 30 million workers, expressed its strong protest against the application of sanctions and sent a corresponding statement to the representation of the European Union.

China's new economic development strategy focuses on the domestic market development and offers more prospects for Belarusian high-quality exports to China, Belarus' Consul General to Shanghai Andrei Andreyev said.

The Russian senators call attention of legislators around the world to the urgency of drafting national legislation "to challenge the unlimited power and abuse of this power by global internet companies."

The Belarusian clocked 34.759 at the 500m distance. Gold went to Russia's Artem Arefjev with 34.459. Second was Dai Dai Ntab of the Netherlands (34.652), with his teammate Lennart Velema taking bronze (34.740).

More than 150 unused or underutilized properties worth a total of Br4.2 million were sold in 2020 on the BUCE-Property platform of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE).

At the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon in Antholz, Italy Dzinara Alimbekava finished 8th in the 15km Individual and 30th in the 12.5km Mass Start.

The main purpose of the event is to check and raise the level of combat readiness and mobilization readiness of army units and their ability to carry out assigned missions.

The aggregate birth rate is supposed to reach 1.32-1.46 children per woman by 2025. The total number of births has been falling in Belarus since 2016. In 2019 the number of births dropped by 25.6% in comparison with 2016. The aggregate birth rate dro...

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 238,635 cases. A total of 224,171 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Это учреждение здравоохранения в конце 2020 года было перепрофилировано под прием пациентов с COVID-19.

The date when the issue of such documents will begin has not been determined yet. It will be specified in a draft decree which will be submitted to the president after the analysis of all nuances.

Belarusian scientists are working on middle-class models, which are intended for the mass market. “I would like to emphasize: it is not a Geely, it is a totally different electric vehicle with only Belarusian components,” Vladimir Gusakov stated.

Pressure on Belarus and Russia will continue. Therefore we need to explain to people what is happening, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations Elena Ponomareva said at an online conference at the ...

Loshanskoye water reservoir is located in Uzda District, 63.7km away from Minsk. It was created on the Losha River almost 50 years ago to ensure fire safety at a local peat extraction site.

The exhibition will showcase works of Iranian arts and crafts, handmade items, exquisite rugs, calligraphy, items from termeh (handwoven cloth), minakari (a unique Iranian technique of painting and coloring the surfaces of metals and ceramic tiles th...

One square meter of new government-subsidized housing in 2021 will not exceed Br1,152, Belarus' Architecture and Construction Minister Ruslan Parkhamovich said.

“We are ready to start handing out ID cards and new passports even tomorrow. We just need to develop necessary legal regulations and sign a corresponding decree,” the head of state said.

The government is creating an enabling environment for Belarusian people and it is important to support these efforts, Anton Lobanovsky, a delegate of the Belarusian People's Congress, a teacher of the Belarusian language and literature at Mezhisetky...

The Belarusian scored a total of 99.78 points. Maxim Burov of Russia won the event after taking 126.26 points in the final.

Winter Vinecki of the United States won the event with a total of 94.11 points.

“The greatest strangeness is the protests without any clear leader, like in our country. Navalny is taken to the detention center as soon as he arrives in Russia, and the protests took place without his participation,” said Andrei Lazutkin.

“Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Valentin Rybakov indicated our attitude towards this action as relevant and complete as possible,” said the spokesman of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Belarusian team of Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Elena Kruchinkina and Hanna Sola crossed the finish line 46.5 seconds behind the winner.

“The center will be set up this year. The task is to organize this kind of toolkit on the basis of a subsidiary of the Development Bank as quickly as possible,” said Andrei Zhishkevich.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 237,611 cases. A total of 223,553 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

On weekends Minskers rushed to skating rinks. One of such rinks was set up in the Dvor urban space in the place of an abandoned production facility that was converted into a vibrant urban area.

On a sunny Saturday on 24 January Minsk residents flocked to the Svisloch River to ice-skate, play ice-hockey and walk along the huge sheet of ice.

Minsk, 23 January (BelTA) - The Day of Health was held by the State Committee of Forensic Examinations of Gomel Oblast. More than a hundred employees and their families gathered for the sporting event and competed in air rifle shooting, tug-of-war, w...

The BRSM office of student groups launched a new work experience project "Winter Route" in Grodno on 23 January

Minsk city hospital No. 11 is disinfecting its premises before it resumes services.

The firefighter rescue team of the Gomel Oblast department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry marks the 25th anniversary of its foundation.

In particular, the sides achieved a positive result in matters concerning electricity transit unrelated to electricity trade on the union's common market. Interstate electricity transfer was also discussed at the session.

According to Valentin Rybakov, the meeting does not match the authority of the UN Security Council as the key body in charge of maintaining international peace and security. Such meetings, even unofficial ones are totally unrelated to the agenda of t...

The discussion was held online in line with the Arria formula. In other words, it was informal. The procedure has been named after the Venezuelan ambassador Diego Arria, who started using the practice in 1992.

Those are MTZ-952.7, 923.7, 1025.7, 1220.7, and 1221.7 tractors with Caterpillar engines. MTZ General Designer Andrei Stasilevich said: “We successfully passed certification trials last year. We will soon get the relevant documents.”

The money will be disbursed by the central state budget out of appropriations intended to cover miscellaneous aspects of agriculture. The subsidies can be used to cover part of the interest on the loans granted to finance routine operations.

The Eurasian Economic Commission proposes coordinated preventive measures as the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union resume rail passenger traffic.

“We are closely monitoring the incidence of coronavirus infection; it is decreasing. Thus, more beds that were taken up by COVID-19 patients are released,” Aleksandr Patseyev said. This is happening all over the country.

Doctors and other employees of healthcare facilities are exposed to COVID-19 more than other people. Therefore, they are the first to receive the vaccine. In addition, this will help curb the spread of the viral infection among the population.

The foreign ministers also touched upon on the issues of international security and arms control. Sergey Lavrov informed his Belarusian counterpart about Russia's approaches to various aspects of these matters.

According to the source, within the framework of the agreements concerning Mozyr Oil Refinery Russian companies have started the process of compensation for the Urals oil blend with a high content of chlorinated organics that was delivered in spring ...

Roman Golovchenko noted that the delayed coking complex is a very complicated installation and its construction was prolonged by several years. Nevertheless, there are reasons to believe that the complex will be commissioned this year.

The Belarusian Embassy in Tokyo has put together a photo exhibition, with the assistance of the Russian diplomatic mission, to celebrate the Soviet diplomat and politician Piotr Abrasimov (1912 – 2009).

The sides will work together on initiatives designed to connect transportation by air with transportation by rail and by road in the industrial park's logistic zone.

Belarus' Ambassador to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov met with Tajikistan's Minister of Agriculture Ziyozoda Sulaymon Rizoi, the chairman of the Tajik part of the Belarusian-Tajik intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation.

According to the source, non-intrusive control technologies allow checking the content of vehicles fast without having to unload them first. While a physical inspection can take up to four hours, the average time spent on scanning a truck and analyzi...

"Supporting large families is the absolute priority for the government. You are a pillar of the sustainable development of our state," Igor Petrishenko said addressing the participants.

Vladimir Norov emphasized that the Republic of Belarus that has an observer status in the organization has always had an active position with regard to the activities of the SCO; the country joined various mechanisms and initiatives and helped materi...

The Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) approved drafts of several important political statements, CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov told BelTA.

A national open dialogue "Large family as the priority of the state family policy" is running in the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve at Nesvizh.

The first out of five Belarusian biathletes to hit the track will be Dzmitry Lazouski who will start 15th. Anton Smolski will start 38th, Sergey Bocharnikov 41st, Maksim Varabei 80th, and Mikita Labastau 84th.

Adoption of a new regulation or a law should be preceded by a more thorough study; experts and law enforcement officers should be actively involved in their development, lawyer Sergei Lapsar, a delegate of the forthcoming 6th Belarusian People's Cong...

Vladimir Gusakov, the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), and Vasily Gursky, Director of the NASB Institute of Economics, wrote an article dedicated to the draft social and economic development program for...

On 5 February, Kazakhstan's Almaty will play host to a face-to-face meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council with the participation of the prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union and to the Almaty Digital Forum 2021.

Sukharevo District of Minsk is a residential neighborhood with a population of more than 315,000.

The complex comprises 19 plants and installations. As many as 12 of them have already been built while operation commencement acts have been signed for some of them.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 234,111 cases. A total of 218,831 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“When you were appointed to this position we agreed that the main task for the Mogilev Oblast governor is to advance the region to a certain level. As I said then, Mogilev Oblast should not lag behind,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

A rare natural phenomenon – an ice disk – was spotted on the Lesnaya River in Kamenets, Brest Oblast.

The minister stressed that last year was not easy for the Belarusian diplomacy, especially due to the epidemiological situation.

The parties agreed to work out a specific cooperation plan for the current year, as well as to share experience in the exchange trade of the most promising commodity positions.

The parties discussed the projects under consideration of the bank, and also promising areas of cooperation.

“Human rights and the humanitarian agenda are used by a number of countries, including the United States, to promote their interests in other countries,” said political scientist Denis Melyantsov.

The parties considered further bilateral cooperation.

The head of state wished the personnel of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign missions strong health and every success for the benefit of the country and people.

The official said: “Indeed, the scope is expanding. We are looking deeper into specific things concerning economic interaction. Then, the heads of the group – Vladimir Semashko and Aleksei Overchuk – have expressed their desire and readiness to...

The official said: “No dates have been specified so far. We've raised the issue and will look forward to an answer. As for the High-Level Group, we intend to meet in two months.”

“We had to adjust the working hours but we kept working through the year. We were affected by lockdowns in the countries that buy our products. We lost about Br80 million in earnings. Nevertheless, we managed to secure a foreign trade surplus and e...

The exposition features works by Vasily Peshkun, Anton Vyrvo, Vitaly Gunaza, Vladislav Petruchik, Mikhail Krot and Roman Korshunov.

The MPZ trademark has earned good reputation on foreign markets. Consumers all over the world know that MPZ stands for quality. Multiple tests have demonstrated that MPZ bearings are as good as those made by the world leaders, for instance, SKF (Swed...