The meeting focused on the efficient usage of the lands of the Polesie state radiation and ecology reserve and its surroundings. This matter was raised by the president during his visit to Narovlya District on 24 April.

The participants will discuss military issues, exchange opinions on challenges and threats to military security of the CSTO member states and appropriate response measures.

The possible involvement of the United States in plotting a military coup in Belarus is being investigated, Director of the Russian Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said.

The head of state stressed that in the next five years, withstanding all attacks and pressure that Belarus is facing, it is essential to work out a program for the development of Chernobyl-affected areas, it is essential to restore these lands.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in a commemorative meeting on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the town of Bragin on 26 April.

The Chernobyl accident changed the fates of millions of people. For the Belarusian people it became a national ecological, economic and social disaster,” the head of state said.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in the ceremony to lay the Alley of Memory in Bragin to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.

The head of state drew attention to the need to clearly determine the land plots that could be in demand for private housing construction and landscaping around them.

According to the head of state, the conspirators had several scenarios. Initially, they planned to eliminate the president at the 9 May parade. However, it is difficult to imagine how this plan could be implemented in Belarus, so they abandoned the i...

The head of state will be briefed on the progress made to landscape the public garden in Bragin. Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to take part in the ceremony to lay the Alley of Memory and install a memorial sign in memory of the 35th anniversary of...

“We are ready to have normal relations with all partners, including representatives of the collective West. But if someone does not want that, we have to look for more reliable allies in other regions. Russia remains our main ally and partner,” s...

A week ago, during the nationwide subbotnik day, Aleksandr Lukashenko announced the signing of an important decree. According to him, this document is to be one of the most important decisions of his presidency.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 352,950 cases. A total of 343,557 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Aleksandr Lukashenko demanded a complex approach and ordered to think it over and write it out in a new program, similar to the one developed for the southeast part of Mogilev Oblast.

The Palace of Sports in Minsk hosted the two-day Belarusian dance sport championship that brought together participants aged 6-60.

It took about four months to assemble the twenty 55-tonne haul trucks or about 4-5 days per truck. Specialists of OOO BelTransLogistic, BelAZ's official representative in the region, took care of the supervised installation.

The purpose of the public hearings is to notify the general public about progress and results of an expert evaluation of safety and conformance of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant with license requirements and terms.

The Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research continues a series of presentations to introduce the results of the study "Values of Modern Belarusian Society”.

It is important to implement regional development programs properly, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova said at a meeting of the Council for Cooperation of Local Self-Government Bodies at the Council of th...

The minister noted that the theaters enjoy popularity in the society. "However, in 2020, due to objective reasons, number of productions at theaters decreased by 41% over 2019, The attendance fell by 66%,” he said.

In order to ensure the protection of national interests, taking into account the unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people, the government has announced a list of goods prohibited for import and sale in Belarus.

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has approved the draft agreement on auditing activities in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina said.

The official said: “Not more than 3% of the winter crops has died. It is very good considering the winter was cold, just the kind of winter one would expect. The outlook on the harvest is positive for now. Staying on the agricultural technology sch...

"The commission has launched its own information resource to compile the Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union," Iya Malkina said.

The Novgorod Oblast administration has plans to restore air traffic with Minsk and Gomel, Novgorod Oblast First Deputy Governor Veronika Minina said answering a question from BelTA.

Two classrooms of the Belarusian heavy truck manufacturer BelAZ “Hydraulics. Hydromechanics” and “Vehicle Operation” have opened at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), BelTA learned from the press service of ...

Plans to equip the CSTO collective rapid response forces will be discussed as well as plans for the joint training of the collective security system forces and assets. A schedule of consultations about foreign policy, defense, and security in H2 2021...

On 23 April, the international exhibition of pet products and services MirZoo kicked off in Minsk.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 350,221 cases. A total of 340,660 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The events unfolding around Belarus and Russia are attempts to subjugate these countries to Americans, Russian public figure, publicist, blogger Nikolai Starikov told the ONT TV channel on 22 April.

Six out of 20 candidates were elected at the forum. Four more will be named after the NOC Executive Board meeting. The new commission will vote for its chairperson. Only athletes who participated in the event cast their votes for the candidates.

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Russia's Novgorod Oblast is mulling over involving Belarusian construction organizations in building housing and social facilities in the region, Novgorod Oblast First Vice Governor Veronika Minina told journalists, BelTA has learned.

During the ceremony held to present keys to drivers of the new vehicles Central GOK Director Dmitry Shevchik said: “Modern mining vehicles always help with production. They increase effectiveness and performance, particularly when driven by our pro...

It is important to help athletes who have retired from sport choose profession and adapt to a new life, two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Svetlana Khorkina, a guest of honor of Belarus' first National Athletes Forum, said as she addres...

Natalya Kochanova together with other officials laid flowers and wreaths at the commemorative sign and observed a minute of silence to honor the memory of people who gave their lives to save other people and territories after the Chernobyl disaster.

Belarusian manufacturers have everything in place to make competitive products, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova said as she toured the Krasny Pischevik – Slavgorod company.

Speaking about the area of the future cooperation, the representative of Russia added that the emphasis would be made on the socialization of athletes, whose adaptation to life after their career is one of the most important problems of modern societ...

Andrei Kartun went on saying: “The government is now considering cancelling this Council of Ministers resolution and making the transition to more liberal measures. I think in the near future we will say when exactly this resolution will be cancell...

The championship is a qualifying event for the 2021 European Aquatics Championships (in Budapest, Hungary; 17-23 May), the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the FINA World Championships 2022 in Fukuoka and the World University Games in Chengdu, China.

The event has brought together about 170 people: champions and medalists of the Olympic Games, well-known Belarusian athletes, coaches, leaders and representatives of physical education and sport organizations, which is running in the form of an int...

The second stage of ticket sales for the Slavianski Bazaar kicked off in Vitebsk on 23 April.

The conspiracy and the new configuration of forces near Belarus' borders pose an unprecedented challenge for the Belarusian statehood and sovereignty, reflecting the main trends in international politics in the region, Aleksei Dzermant said.

The International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad is an annual event and is the successor of the All-Union Chemistry Olympiad that was first held in 1967. The olympiad is named after great Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev.

Since the beginning of the year, prices for unrefined rapeseed oil exported via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange have increased by an average of 28%.

The conference will highlight a wide range of issues related to theory, history and research practices of source studies, archival and museum source studies.

The Belarusian athlete, who qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Games in March, defeated Norway's Iselin Maria Moen Solheim 5-4 and Anastasia Shustova of Ukraine 11-5.

The main focus of the forum is to discuss the features and prospects for the development of universities in the 21st century and to study their potential.

Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that, despite all the challenges of the time, the contest has not only been preserved but has also been filled with new content, with the number of nominations increased and the range of musical genres expanded.

A separate issue on the agenda was the possibility of exchanging information about the forecasts of social and economic development of the two countries on a permanent basis.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the CIS Executive Committee, the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center, and the secretariat of the Council of Heads of Penitentiary ...

The event has been organized by the Education Ministry of Belarus, the Sport and Tourism Ministry of Belarus, the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association, and the Belarusian Student Sports Association.

The Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater presented a premiere of Alexey Rybnikov's legendary rock opera Juno and Avos.

After reading the resolutions PACE passed on 21 April 2021 in response to David Blencathra's report “Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus” and Alexandra Louis' report “Human rights violations in Belarus require an international investiga...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the end of another presidential period, I'd say, a very difficult and intense one. The annual address by the president is always a great deal of work. A work of very many...

We are ready to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists during the meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Moscow on 22 April.

Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded that President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the then president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had initially contacted him with a request to organize a negotiation platform in Belarus.

The development of a centralized information system in healthcare has entered an active phase, Viktor Sidorenko, head of the software and information support sector of the Healthcare Ministry.

Belarus and Russia have made substantial progress in reconciling the Union State programs, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

The Interpolitekh forum to discuss collective security issues will have a busy agenda that will include a scientific program, a business program, exhibitions, presentations, competitions, cultural and sports events.

Vladimir Putin said: “Our relations are developing successfully. Despite the pandemic and a certain decrease in trade turnover, the trade volume is still nearly $30 billion today. I am convinced that everything will be restored in full.”

The two heads of state will discuss the Belarus-Russia agenda, with a focus on trade and economic cooperation, including the matters that were raised at their previous meetings and telephone conversations.

Starting from 22 April trains from Kaliningrad, Russia will be making additional stops in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Railways.

Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Olympic champion in canoe, has been re-elected chairman of the Belarusian Association of Student Sports. He said his main goal is to further develop student sports in the country and improve the performance of the association...

“We are now actively working on a vaccine against the coronavirus infection. By the end of August we will be able to report on the development of a Belarusian prototype vaccine,” Vladimir Gusakov said.

By joining the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Belarus has committed to neutralizing all waste containing polychlorinated biphenyls by 2028.

“Your creative life is inseparably connected with the Belarusian television,” the head of state remarked. “Millions of TV viewers in Belarus and abroad know you as the host of landmark cultural events, and the International Festival of Arts Sla...

The aim of the tournament is to develop the culture of the Japanese chess game in Belarus as well as to strengthen the bilateral relations in sports by means of attracting shogi amateurs to the tournament.

Taking into account the lockdown, closed borders, prohibitions against exporting the most popular goods and rising prices across the globe, including food prices, it is of utmost importance for the economy to protect the home market. It is a complex ...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 348,486 cases. A total of 338,927 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“Now threats of an energy lockdown are coming from all sides. These are dangerous threats. This matter was in focus even of the so-called protesters and those who discussed elimination of the president. This will be a catastrophe of a global scale,...

Both events will be held in the format of continental championships, with participants able to earn ranking points for participation in the 2024 Games in Paris.

The official said: “Over 900,000 digital signatures have been issued in Belarus so far. Today you can use a digital signature to get various digital services and digital administrative procedures via the universal digital services portal. But it is...

Strategic partnership represents a different, much higher level of cooperation. This kind of relationship has been established between two well-known players on the construction market – the Belarusian Cement Company (BCC) and the Dana Holdings dev...

The main goal of the international forum #GBC (government, business, citizens) is to present accomplishments and projects in the area of digital government, search for new ways of digitization and interaction between the state and the private sector ...

The discussion to change the motto began at the 137th session of the IOC in March 2021 after Thomas Bach was reelected IOC President.

Belarus intends to expand opportunities to use family capital ahead of due time. The relevant draft decree has already been drawn up and submitted to the government.

The official said: “One can state that today the digital government operates at full capacity. Every day we receive new challenges to ensure comfortable provision of state services and administrative procedures for citizens and the private sector. ...

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to Lithuania's statement about possible accreditation of U.S. Ambassador Julie Fischer in Lithuania.

On his way to the podium, the Belarusian athlete defeated Dzhemal Rushen Ali of Bulgaria 6-0, Gheorghi Pascalov of Moldova 11-1.

The solo exhibition of artist Valentina Lyakhovich went on display in the Marc Chagall Art Center in Vitebsk on 21 April.

As of 21 April, more than 211,000 Belarusians had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and over 75,000 had already got both shots, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

This time the commission will consider the proposals to amend the constitutional provisions on the functions and powers of the President and the Government of Belarus.

Belarus' world number 111 Ilya Ivashka lost to world number 3 Rafael Nadal of Spain, 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, in the round of Last 32 of the Barcelona Open.

As of 22 April early spring crops were planted on the area of 673,100ha. Sowing was complete in Brest Oblast, Gomel Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Minsk Oblast. Progress in sowing these crops reached 80% in Mogilev Oblast, and 57.8% in Vitebsk Oblast.

The talks between Aleksandr Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart will take place in Moscow on 22 April. The two heads of state will discuss the Belarus-Russia agenda, with a focus on trade and economic cooperation, including the matters that were r...

A meeting of the Academic Council of Tashkent State Technical University was held as part of the visit.

The official said: “The development of entrepreneurship in Belarus is one of the priorities of the economy. It fosters competition on the home market, contributes to the creation of high-performance jobs, to higher living standards of the nation, a...

Before starting the main drilling process workers of OAO Trest Shahtospecstroy completed a number of preparations: they installed the sinking platform of a 2KS-2U40 sinking machine and increased the metallic sectional encasing with the diameter of ni...

Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister, member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Igor Petrishenko will take part in an online session of the EEC Council on 22-23 April.

Attending the meeting were representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee.

A ceremony to award the winners of the international exhibition and competition Days of Design 2021 and to open an exhibition of their works will take place in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Art and Graphics of Masherov Vitebsk State Universit...

Today's meeting highlighted a number of issues related to the impact of COVID-19 on the promotion of gender equality, experiences and best practices, and legislative and other measures needed to recover from the epidemic.

The draft law aims to combat the spread of fake news and the introduction of the journalist's responsibility for such actions.

The 17th International Bibliological Readings will be running in the National Library of Belarus on 22-23 April, BelTA learned from the library.

The exhibition project "The Abandoned Land" dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant will open at the National Historical Museum in Minsk on 26 April, BelTA learned from the museum.

During the pandemic, the safety of healthcare workers and their financial support have come to the forefront of trade unions' activities.

The official noted that state support for agriculture is a hot-button topic for all countries and the European Union is the leader in terms of the volume of state support. He reminded that according to WTO rules domestic support for agriculture is di...