During the meeting the Belarusian head of state thanked his Azerbaijani counterpart for supporting Belarus in the delivery of crude hydrocarbons.

The meeting is taking place against the background of the pandemic and all kinds of other events. “However, true friends do not postpone the things that should be done on time. No pandemic can prevent this,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The Board of the National Bank made these decisions following the latest session to discuss monetary management policy on 14 April taking into account the whole range of external and internal factors affecting the current and future dynamics of consu...

At first the negotiations will be held one-on-one, with participation of the foreign ministers. Then the meeting will be joined by the delegations to discuss substantive issues.

Nuclear safety is the highest priority for the Belarusian nuclear power plant, the head of the team of experts of the Moscow center of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) Dmitry Chichikin said.

With a fourfold increase in sales and the market share at 18.3%, MAZ retained its leadership position in the Ukrainian market in March.

Thanks to the airport's well-developed route network, flights to the United States via Minsk can become attractive not only for citizens of our countries but also for passengers from the Baltic states, Aleksei Avramenko said.

The parties discussed the current situation in the Middle East, topical issues of the Belarusian-Iranian trade and economic cooperation, and interaction within the framework of international organizations.

Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovey and Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz will talk about the further development of inter-regional ties.

Aleksandr Lukashenko went to meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart immediately after he arrived in Baku. The presidents met at about 19h00. The informal talks continued until midnight.

The sides exchanged opinions about topical problems relating to international and regional security. They discussed matters of bilateral interaction and mentioned positive dynamics across the board. Interest was expressed in advancing mutually benefi...

The helicopters will be sold as part of Orsha Air's liquidation. The air carrier has been recognized as bankrupt by the Vitebsk Oblast Economic Court. VitYurkom has been chosen the emergency manager and will have to repay nearly Br600,000 in debts to...

Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko met with Chairman of the Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan Goshgar Takhmazli and Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Inam Imdad oglu Kerimov in Baku on 13 April.

Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) Pavel Kallaur has been appointed plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Belarus in the Council of the Interstate Bank.

Director Elem Klimov's famous war film “Come and See” about the Nazi atrocities against the Belarusian population during the Great Patriotic War will be released in Russian theaters again. The film was restored by the Russian film studio Mosfilm.

Belarus has created favorable conditions for a decent life and self-fulfillment of ethnic minorities, Vladislav Kadira, Chairman of the Vatra Ukrainian association, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Shirokov Institute of Modern Knowledge, told...

The permanent representative of Belarus to the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat) highlighted the important role of UN-Habitat in promoting urban green infrastructure technologies and achieving sustainable development goals.

"In Q1 the national budget received Br5.617 billion in revenues, which was up by 9% over January-March 2020. Expenses were higher, at Br7.385 billion. We are within the planned parameters, the budget was initially approved with a deficit," Yuri Seli...

Aleksandr Lukashenko was welcomed by an Azerbaijani government delegation and the Belarusian officials who arrived in Baku the day before. After a short ceremony, the head of state got into a car and is headed to a meeting with Azerbaijan President ...

Since 2007 Ganja Automobile Plant has assembled over 11,500 Belarusian tractors as well as about 3,500 vehicles and machines made by the Belarusian companies MAZ, Amkodor, Belkommunmash, and Gomselmash. Both countries are interested in the developmen...

“Plans are in place to buy one million tonnes of oil. The supplies have been steady. So far, Azerbaijan has delivered 270,000 tonnes. An oil tanker with another 90,000 tonnes is on its way,” Ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan Andrei Ravkov said.

The official said: “We are working on a loan from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development and on a government loan from the Russian Federation in accordance with previous arrangements with Russia.”

Viktor Gulevich and Stanislav Zas exchanged opinions about the challenges and threats in the Collective Security Treaty Organization's responsibility area. They discussed results of the CSTO's work in 2020 and the tasks the organization faces in the ...

Due to the incident on 13 April a defense attaché of the Polish embassy in Belarus was summoned to the Belarusian Defense Ministry. The defense attaché was told that the fact of trespassing must be investigated and the Belarusian side must be infor...

The hygiene and epidemiological service has identified a number of violations, in particular the sale of products without documents certifying quality and safety, the sale of expired products and lack of manufacturing supervision on the part of busi...

“All regions of the country will strengthen control over the observance of safety measures. It is wrong to disregard recommendations regarding masks and social distancing,” the press service noted.

“We are recording another surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. We believe this is the start of the third wave,” Inna Karaban, the head of the department for hygiene, epidemiology and disease prevention at the Healthcare Ministry, said.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 337,635 cases. A total of 327,848 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Overall result: positive expectations of business are growing. The industrial confidence index has moved into a positive territory for the first time in 12 years. Positive answers prevail than negative ones, Aleksandr Chervyakov said.

Grassroots initiative is very instrumental in achieving the development goals of any democratic state, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Valery Mitskevich said during a roundtable “Belarusian Women's Union and Youth Initiative” in t...

In Baku the Belarusian head of state of state will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. The presidents will discuss major avenues of Belarus-Azerbaijan cooperation and strategic issues of bilateral interaction.

Spring is a time of renewal. Not only air temperature and grass on the lawn are growing. So are prices for new homes in Minsk. What are the reasons and why so sudden?

The MP said: “The nationality of a person does not affect life in the country, personal and professional growth, and their career. If a citizen of the Republic of Belarus whatever his or her ethnicity may be observes laws, neither the state nor peo...

Public life and legislative activities have changed in many ways since the law on mass events was adopted in 1997, said Viktor Nikolaikin, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Housing Policy and Construction of the House of Representatives.

Belarus will play Hungary at the Uruchye Sport Center. The match will start at 18.00 local time and will be broadcast live on Belarus 5 TV Channel.

Alla Tuzhilkina, Chairperson of the regional non-governmental organization National Cultural Autonomy of Belarusians in Moscow, was honored with the medal for her services to the Belarusian-Russian cultural ties and popularization of Belarusian cultu...

Cooperation with China is a priority avenue of Belarus' foreign policy, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Belarus Xie X...

For the achievement of significant results in the quality and competitiveness of manufactured products, rendered services or performed works, introduction of innovative technologies and modern management methods the Quality Excellence Award went to H...

Registration for both events opens on 15 April.

Changes were introduced to paragraph 21 of the comprehensive safety plan, approved by Decision of the Minsk City Hall No.1069 of 7 April 2020.

BC Tsmoki Minsk extended their losing streak in the VTB United League to 11 matches losing to BC Lokomotiv Kuban 75-101 at Minsk Arena on 12 April.

The program is designed to improve the transport and operational condition of public roads through increased investment in transport infrastructure to meet the needs of the economy and society in transport links.

The source specified that the unemployed include able-bodied citizens, who do not have a job and salaries and are registered with labor, employment, and social protection agencies for the sake of finding an appropriate job. These citizens have to be ...

The program is aimed at creating a new area of economic growth on the basis of forming a branch of the mechanical engineering industry that will make electric vehicles. The program will also enable conditions to encourage broader adoption of electric...

According to the source, the Austrian company makes municipal vehicles and has reached out to MMZ via its Russian partner to suggest using the Belarusian engine instead of an Italian one as part of a suction sweeper the Austrian company makes. The ve...

Borisov has the status of a child-friendly city. This is another initiative supported and developed by UNICEF in Belarus.

The parties took stock of Belarus-Uzbekistan cooperation in various areas, reviewed the state of international and information security and discussed promising avenues of bilateral cooperation in responding to current threats to the countries' nation...

"Union State MPs will discuss the results of the Union State projects to create a sculptural composition for the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier in Tver Oblast and to overhaul, restore and preserve the Brest Fortress structures in the memorial ...

The bust of Yuri Gagarin is a gift from Russia. It was made by famous sculptor Alexei Leonov. The project was implemented with the financial support of the international charitable foundation Dialogue of Cultures - One World.

The international agriculture expo Belagro 2021 will take place in the Belarus-China industrial park Great Stone on 1-5 June, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Food Aleksei Bogdanov said in an interview with the STV TV channel.

In the context of the International Day of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, Aleksandr Shpakovsky noted that in Belarus this topic is not only about Nazi death camps and Stalin's repressions, but also about the crimes of the Polish occupat...

On the way to the victory the wrestler from Minsk defeated Turkey's Emre Kutalmis Atesli, Mahama Cho of the UK, and Spain's Ivan Garcia.

The Belarusian scored 197kg in the snatch and 227 kg in the clean and jerk to combine a total of 424 kg. Gold went to Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze combining a total of 485 kg (222kg + 263 kg).

The Belarusian Information Ministry struck the foreign TV channel Euronews off the list of mass media outlets allowed to operate in Belarus on 12 April as the channel's permit to broadcast in Belarus had expired.

More than 22,000 people in the capital city have already got their shots, including 73% of employees of care homes for children and adults, 32% of health workers, 13.8% of social workers and 9.8% of employees of educational institutions.

During the presentation Amkodor outlined capabilities of its own road grader Amkodor G160, the backhoe loader Amkodor 732 with a telescopic arm, the skid loader Amkodor 211E-02, the self-propelled twin-roll vibration roller Amkodor 6223V, and other v...

Trostenets, one of Europe's largest death camps, was located in Belarus. It was not the only one in our country. It is sometimes forgotten that in 1934 the then Polish authorities set up one of Europe's first concentration camps in Bereza-Kartuska in...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 336,881 cases. A total of 327,087 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei commented on destructive actions of some pseudo-patriots, including those based abroad, who are trying to mar cooperation between Belarus and other countries and who are calling for sanctions.

The Belarusian duo scored a total of 1,440 points to finish just behind Kazakhstan duo of Vladislav Mishchenko and Yelena Potapenko (1,442 points). Third were representatives of South Korea Seo Changwan and Kim Inju (1,415 points). A total of 20 mixe...

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei ridiculed the recent proposal of Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group Leonid Kravchuk to relocate the Donbass peace talks from Belarus to Poland.

For a good mental health psychologists advise to remember the happy moments of your life more often. Buying an apartment in Minsk World will sure be one of them! Especially when terms are that attractive!

"The relations between our countries are based on trust, friendship, mutual respect for the interests. Bilateral political ties are being developed, economic contacts are growing stronger, including at the business level," the minister said.

The tests included two stages (8 and 11 April) and provided for disconnecting all the interstate power lines between Belarus and Lithuania for the sake of analyzing how Belarusian energy installations operate in these conditions.

From the first days of space exploration, Belarus did not stand aside, and with the launch of its own satellite, the country gained the status of a space power.

Mikalai Barysevich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, met with Honorary Consul of Belarus in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Walid Mushtaq.

The Belarusian diplomat and the head of the OSCE Secretariat exchanged views on the current state of affairs in the OSCE and discussed possible ways to strengthen the OSCE's role and increase its influence on the processes taking place on the Europe...

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei commented on the ‘amazing metamorphosis' in the rhetoric of the Ukrainian authorities regarding cooperation with Belarus as he gave an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 10 April.

The two-day visit has an intensive agenda. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to have two meetings. One of them will take place right after Aleksandr Lukashenko's arrival in Baru. Official negot...

“We have never said or done anything to undermine our relations with other states, first of all, with our neighbors. We just have to respond to those destructive statements and concrete actions that are being taken in relation to Belarus by our Wes...

Belarus and India have decided to invigorate cooperation in healthcare, with the focus on the pandemic response, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said. “India has already rolled out two vaccines and has offered Belarus to use the...

The upcoming optimization of the network of diplomatic missions will not affect Belarus' diplomatic presence in the world, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 11 April.

Belarus confirmed 1,175 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 1,379 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

“It is absolutely understandable that diplomats are on the radar of special services in the country of accreditation. There have been attempts in some countries to recruit our diplomats,” the minister said.

As of 12 April early spring crops were planted on the area of 390,000ha. Progress in sowing these crops reached 76.6% in Grodno Oblast, 74.8% in Gomel Oblast, 50.7% in Minsk Oblast, 23% in Mogilev Oblast, and 10.2% in Vitebsk Oblast. The early spring...

“The decree is aimed at reducing the costs associated with the gratuitous transfer, write-off or sale of property incurred by the transferring party and the receiving organization,” the press service noted.

Speaking about promising markets, Aleksei Bogdanov noted that domestic food producers are eyeing the Asian market, mostly China. “We are actively working with China, and last year China overtook Ukraine to become the third biggest market for Belaru...

Some 1.070 million square meters of housing was built in Belarus in Q1 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak told the Belarus 1 TV channel.

On 11 April, Belarus marked the International Day of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.

A terror act in Minsk metro ten years ago, on 11 April 2011, was one of the most tragic events in sovereign Belarus.

State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich and Belarusian Forestry Minister Vitaly Drozhzha took part in Belarus' Forest Week campaign in Stankovo Forestry.

The city-wide subbotnik (voluntary labor day) was held in Mogilev on 10 April.

Transport integration of the Eurasian Economic Union was on the agenda of the meeting. The sides discussed the implementation of the intrastate procedures in Belarus for the sake of enforcing the agreement on waterborne traffic.

Vladimir Semashko met with Orenburg Oblast Governor Denis Pasler. The sides outlined the current state and the nature of mutual trade. They confirmed the interest and the need to advance and enhance social, economic, and humanitarian ties.

It is important for all of us to realize that political parties should be mandated by people and work for people. Unfortunately, in the course of the past 30-40 years the political party system became corrupt in the world, the expert said.

Belarus was represented by 692 people. Daniil Dengalev, a second-year student of the BSU Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, placed third in the Code category of the Eurasian competitions in the field of ICT Huawei Cup 2020.

As of the beginning of 2021 Belarus was home to 9,349,645 people while the figure was at 9,410,259 in early 2020 and at 9,429,257 in early 2019. The average annual population number totaled 9,419,758 in 2019 and 9,379,952 in 2020.

The heads of government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will discuss joint efforts to combat COVID-19 at a meeting in Minsk, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Viktor Guminsky told the media...

Belarus is keen to advance investment and industrial cooperation and set up joint ventures in various fields with South Korea. These matters were in focus of a meeting between Belarusian Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov and Ambassador Extraordin...

The participants demonstrated their first aid skills, went through an obstacle course, and took part in a rescue relay.

Over the two months of 2021 the trade in goods and services exceeded $12.145 billion, up by 13.3% year-on-year. Import totaled $5.69 billion, up by 10.3%. Foreign trade surplus in goods and services equaled $756.1 million vs. $396.4 million in Januar...

Belarusian meat processing enterprises bought almost 5,500 tonnes of meat and semi-finished products worth a total of Br28.2 million at BUCE's trading sessions in Q1 2021. Their purchases of meat products soared by 7.8 times in natural terms and by 8...

In March, the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 101% as against February 2021 and 103% as against December 2020.

In 2021, the year of Belarus' presidency in the CIS and the 30th anniversary of the CIS, representatives of the CIS Executive Committee planted coniferous and deciduous species of trees at a plot of one hectare in the Zhodino forestry unit of the Smo...

Over the past five years, the export of goods from Gomel Oblast to China soared 5.8 times, or by $75.5 million. In 2020, the trade between Gomel Oblast and China amounted to $157 million, up 8.8%. The export to China is estimated at $91.1 million and...

Enterprises of Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno and Mogilev oblasts took part in the first seminar. Similar events are scheduled on 13 and 15 April, with the participation of enterprises of Brest Oblast and Minsk Oblast, as well as the city of Minsk.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I simply want to warn you, the developers and other ones: if we tolerate even the slightest mistakes in the course of formation of political parties while citing some foreign experience, we will destroy the country, we w...