The official said: “We've analyzed prospects of work in 2021. In line with business plans of the enterprises output is expected to rise by 18.5%, export will rise by nearly 6%, salaries will grow by 10%, and fixed-capital investments will go up, to...

The sides discussed topical items on the Belarusian-Chinese agenda and interaction on international platforms. Close attention was paid to the measures Belarus and China are taking to fight the spread of the coronavirus in the context of COVID-19 vac...

Aleksandr Drozdenko said: “The agreement we've signed has not been balanced artificially but historically: the balance reflects our mutual interests. The new ecological direction is particularly important for us. We are talking about water purifica...

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. People are encouraged to turn off their lights and electric devices for an hour to show that they care about the planet's future. Famous buildings and monuments also go d...

The parties discussed the current agenda of the Belarusian-Cuban cooperation, including interaction within the integration associations and international organizations.

The Belarusian national team that featured students of Belarusian State University won the International Ecological Olympiad of Universities of the CIS Countries, BelTA learned from BSU's press service.

The possibility of scrapping roaming charges in the Eurasian Economic Union has been repeatedly raised by heads of government of the EAEU member states. “Today we are at the stage of practical realization of this instruction,” Arman Shakkaliyev s...

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Ministry supports the aspirations of the American people for a better future, reads the commentary of the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in response to the U.S. Embassy's statem...

Belarus' Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko held talks with Russian Minister of Energy Nikolay Shulginov in Moscow on 25-26 March.

The president said: “He placed explosives inside a waste bin. The explosion would have delivered a devastating impact due to metal or concrete [shrapnel]. He had been detected in advance and had been under surveillance. He placed the explosive and ...

The Belarus-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation plans to convene for a meeting in Brest, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belarus Askar Beisenbayev told journalists on 26 March.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed presidential decree No.105 to establish a constitutional commission to implement provisions of the resolution of the 6th Belarusian People's Congress. The Constitutional Commission shall work out pro...

Vadim Denisenko, Commanding Officer of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, said: “The purpose of the exercise is to practice countersabotage actions in order to eliminate illegal armed groups using all the assets at dispos...

In line with the National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for 2021-2022, at least 60% of the country's population will get access to the immunization program in 2021.

The athletics arena of the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture is hosting a hand-to-hand combat tournament in memory of Viktor Bartash

The official said: “Public private partnership can be implemented in strong regions. Today in Kostyukovichi together with a UNDP team we would like to present an investment platform of the region for the sake of bringing investors for development p...

In today's conditions, given the external pressure Belarus and Russia should cooperate more closely and combine efforts, outgoing Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev, who was appointed the State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, tol...

"First of all, I would like to highlight the high level of political dialogue and the high dynamics of cooperation between our countries. This is commendable," Natalya Kochanova said. “Azerbaijan is a close friend. This is thanks to the good relat...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 316,418 cases. A total of 307,004 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Olivier Durin said: “Nuclear energy may be removed from the list of carbon-neutral industries that can raise investments. The European Union is still working on this list but such a decision is likely to put an end to the European Union's plans to ...

According to Dmitry Pinevich, the production of a vaccine consists of several stages: first, one needs to get a vaccine in vitro in a test tube setting, then scale it up to a pilot production batch, and only after all the trials are over, the mass pr...

According to Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich, new COVID-19 cases had been on the decline till mid March. This week, Belarus saw a tick up in the number of cases, which is linked, among other things, to the spike in cases of seasonal di...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with outgoing Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev, who has recently been appointed the State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

“A decision was passed to increase the number of regular flights to Cuba as from 1 April (up to seven flights a week on the Moscow-Varadero route) and with Belarus (one flight a week on the Kaliningrad - Minsk route, plus one roundtrip flight per ...

"The parties reaffirmed their commitment to continued cooperation on the use of CSTO peacekeeping resources in UN peacekeeping activities, which was one of the most important results of the meeting," the spokesman stressed.

“In light of the switch to the schedule of the summer period, there will be changes in departure and arrival times of flights to some destinations,” the press service of Minsk National Airport said.

The development of Belarus' own vaccine against COVID-19 is a matter of honor for the Healthcare Ministry and the National Academy of Sciences. More than that, this vaccine should be the best, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met wit...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his counterpart Abdul Hamid and the people of Bangladesh, as the country marks its 50th Independence Day.

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova met with students of Minsk Gymnasium No. 24 as part of the information and education project “School of an active citizen”. The event took place in the upper house of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Yevgeny Lukyanov as ambassador to Belarus. The respective decree was published on Russia's Official Portal of Legal Information. Yevgeny Lukyanov will replace Dmitry Mezentsev in this capacity.

Chen Xu said that the resolution “disregards the efforts and achievements of the Belarusian government to promote and protect human rights, and uses human rights as a pretext to exert pressure and to interfere in the domestic affairs of Belarus.

Over the past 20 years, the poverty rate in Belarus dropped almost nine times - from 41.9% in 2000 to 4.8% in 2020. “The poverty rate in the country is comparable to that of Kazakhstan (4.6% in Q4 2020) and is significantly lower than in other EAEU...

A committee in charge of organizing the forum has been set up. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko signed the relevant order on 23 March. Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan has been appointed the committee's chairm...

The draft plan contains ten chapters that list events meant to develop all kinds of sport, support the club-based system of physical training and health promotion, support national kinds of sport of the CIS member states and the high-performance spor...

Participants of the session discussed a report by BelAZ Director General Sergei Nikiforovich as well as preliminary results of the company's operation in Q1 2021.

Stanislav Chepurnoi and Batmunkh Battsetseg discussed a broad range of matters concerning the development of Belarusian-Mongolian cooperation, including the exchange of visits at the top level and the high level.

The meeting is set to discuss a draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government scheduled in Minsk on 28 May and to discuss the status of preparations for the next meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council due in Moscow on 2 April...

Brest Oblast received 10,496 doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. They will be given to employees of educational institutions, social facilities, and residential care facilities.

China voted against the anti-Belarusian resolution at the UN platform, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said as he spoke at a meeting with representatives of the Friendship Society Belarus-China.

We appreciate the high level of cooperation with Primorsky Krai in particular and the Russian regions in general, MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk said.

Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin discussed the current agenda of the trade and economic cooperation, plans to increase the number of flights between the countries, and cooperation within the framework...

Aleksandr Shumilin said: “Belarus submits proposals in favor of expanding cooperation of Belarusian scientific organizations with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the sphere of healthcare, including the development of new medications and...

The International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University is the only Belarusian institution that has made it into the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking. It placed 796th out of 912 educational institutions from 84 countr...

The trade in agricultural products between Belarus and Primorsky Krai doubled in 2020 over 2019 to total almost $3 million. Belarusian food exports to the region totaled more than $2 million, which was an increase of almost 70% as against 2019.

Taking part in the exercise are about 100 personnel of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian army.

“Quality control of this vaccine will be in progress in the next three weeks. The vaccine will undergo comprehensive quality control to check its quality and safety,” Sergei Belyayev said. He added that the quality control will be done at the Gal...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) are set to expand cooperation. The parties discussed the current trends in exchange trading in Belarus and Russia and promising are...

The vote on the anti-Belarusian resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva ended as expected - the majority of the Council members did not support it. Only 20 out of 47 states, or less than a half, voted for it.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 314,993 cases. A total of 305,560 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The ambassador remarked upon the friendly nature of Belarus-Kazakhstan relations. He said he believes them to be an exemplary model of interstate relations.

The unit was disconnected in line with the pilot commercial operation stage program for the sake of carrying out tests and maintenance, the source said.

According to the source, seven programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the space industry have been implemented already. The eighth one Integration-SG is in progress now.

The theater will be part of a large-scale cultural and expo center, which the governor expects to become a true jewel of the entire Asian Pacific region. Oleg Kozhemyako mentioned the Sydney Opera House, Australia as an example.

I invited Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to come to Vladivostok in the autumn and promised him to get a Belarusian trading center open by that time, Russia's Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako said.

When asked about the grounds for an increase in the bilateral trade this year, he said: "This is the willingness to work, the experience that we have accumulated over the years, our trade and partnership relations. These are the challenges of time t...

The forum will feature the final of the national competition “Team of the Future” in the category “Politics”. The main aim of the competition is to find and support youth leaders.

“We have achieved a lot in recent years in terms of integration, especially within the framework of the EAEU, and in terms of bilateral relations, trade and cooperation,” the head of state stressed.

“The bottling of first commercial batches of the Sputnik V vaccine from semi-finished products of Russia's pharmaceutical company Generium, which is part of Pharmstandard, has begun. All the necessary preparatory work has been completed,” the pre...

A joint space program was adopted in the Eurasian Economic Union in 2020. Among other things it provides for creating an orbital constellation of satellites.

The program ‘DNA Identification' is meant to help forensic science and healthcare workers. The Belarusian and Russian scientists have already developed several methods to identify a person's eye and hair color with the help of DNA. Work is underway...

Belarus is one of the most important trade and economic partners for Russia's Primorsky Krai. The region intends to increase purchases of Belarusian equipment in the future, Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako said at a meeting with Belarus Presi...

Belarus and Russia's Primorsky Kraiy have good cooperation prospects, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Primorye Territory Governor Oleg Kozhemyako on 25 March.

Every year, the center welcomes hundreds of children for health improvement programs that are combined with the educational process.

The president reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining a constructive dialogue, expanding interstate relations and enhancing cooperation across a wide range of areas on the principles of mutual partnership.

More than Br35 million will be provided by the national centralized innovative fund in 2021 to finance research, development and experimental projects.

Close attention will be paid to the construction of modern, high-quality and affordable housing. This applies to all regions of the country without exception. Every year we will increase construction pace and by 2025 we plan to build about 4.5 millio...

Belarus and Leningrad Oblast (the Russian Federation) will sign a cooperation agreement in trade, economy, science, technology, social security and culture.

The document makes it easier for owners to alienate their residential property in rural settlements and towns of district subordination. The document applies to houses built before 8 May 2003 (the date of entry into force of the law “On state regis...

Taking into account the epidemic situation in the CIS member states the meeting proceeded in a mixed form: some participants were present in the flesh while some participants joined the meeting online.

According to the source, the queues are caused by a failure of the customs clearance software that border checkpoints on the Lithuanian side experienced in the morning on 23 March.

A meeting of representatives of the Belarusian army and the Russian one is taking place in Moscow on 23-26 March in accordance with this year's plan on cooperation between the Belarusian Defense Ministry and the Russian one.

The official noted that Belarus' GDP grew by 0.8% in January-February 2021. The comparison is particularly telling because the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect the national economy back in January-February 2020.

Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Mikhail Myasnikovich proposed to set up an association of agricultural universities of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as he visited Russian State Agrarian University – Timiryazev Moscow Agricul...

"This is a great opportunity to dive into an incredibly fascinating world of the Olympic movement: from its origins to the present. You will feel like a real winner at the finish line of the educational project!" the NOC said in a statement.

Roman Golovchenko noted that the head of state once again supported a proposal to provide further support to the domestic cinema and the film studio which found itself in a difficult position because of the pandemic as it posted a fall in export rev...

The 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk has been scheduled for 14-19 July. The festival's program will include traditional concerts, an ice show, theater performances, and a street art festival.

The parties took stock of the joint activities in 2020, discussed freight transportation issues, and technological and operational aspects of cooperation.

Among the winners are 11 cluster initiatives and 21 socially important initiatives. They will create about 150 jobs, including for people with disabilities.

According to Rosatom's press service, the number of electric vehicles used for personal transportation and as part of the mass transit system has been rising in Belarus for the last few years. The growth is attributed to the higher environmental stan...

Russian State Duma ratified the protocol on 10 March, the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, okayed the document on 17 March. Thus, Russia has completed all ratification procedures on the protocol.

The bill on countering extremism will be sent to the House of Representatives soon, Valery Shulyak, the head of the security legislation oversight committee at the Prosecutor General's Office, told the media in Minsk on 24 March.

A temporary exhibition of Soviet film posters of the 1940s-1950s went on view in the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War on 24 March.

Volunteers of the Kind Heart movement of the Minsk Branch of the BRSM Youth Union have joined the nationwide interdenominational charity campaign to tidy up and renovate holy places in Belarus.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 313,852 cases. A total of 304,477 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

OMON donated Br13,500 to children's home No. 1, a specialized institution for children with central nervous system disorders.

“Last year was the year of challenges for the banking system. We are sincerely happy that we did not disappoint our clients, shareholders and the regulator. In my opinion, the banking system coped with the challenges of the previous year quite well...

BelVEB Bank Chairman of the Board Vasily Matyushevsky said: “The opening of the office is a serious step in realizing our 2019-2021 strategy with regard to new technological capabilities. The bank branch will provide a broad range of services to ba...

According to the source, suggestions have been made to expand the list of agencies tasked with counteracting extremism to include justice bodies, financial investigation and monitoring bodies, municipal executive and administrative bodies, the Educat...

Проект от Interior Design DANA – это выбор тех покупателей, которые стремятся к индивидуальности и эргономичности своей недвижимости.

According to EVA Timber Group Director for CIS and Ukraine Aleksandr Podgaisky, Belarusian woodworking companies have good prospects on the British market, however, successful work requires a special approach.

The opinion poll in Belarus was commissioned by the BelTA news agency and was conducted by the EcooM think tank with the involvement of the Ukrainian Policy Foundation and in cooperation with the sociological centers accredited in Belarus.

"We are set to increase the output and export of agricultural products this year. We will focus both on crop farming and animal breeding," Belarus Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin told journalists on the sidelines of the Belarus Meat Export F...

It is important to preserve the achievements of sovereign Belarus and historical memory of our people, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said as he met with representatives of railway transport and engineering companies in ...

When amending the Constitution, it is necessary to rely on the country's own experience and best international practices, member of the Constitutional Commission, Honored Lawyer of Belarus, Professor Grigory Vasilevich told the SB. Belarus Segodnya n...

We exported 400,000 tonnes to 24 countries of the world. Moreover, we penetrated six new markets, including Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia. Last year, the export of meat products amounted to $973 million, while this year we are set to hit $1 billi...

“Taking part in the event will be students of the university. Everyone will be able to take a free x-ray, test their knowledge in the field of infectious diseases and healthy lifestyles in quizzes and competitions. All the participants will be offe...

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. The exchange of best practices is believed to help overcome the impact of the pandemic on tourism and travel.

The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and Belarus agreed on the prolongation of price caps for staple products in Belarus. This information was posted by Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina ...

Belarusian investigators most tightly worked with colleagues from Russia. Over 60 people, who are wanted in Belarus, were apprehended in Moscow and the oblast. Those are people wanted for thefts, driving under the influence, alimony evasion, military...