In Q1 2021, resident companies of the free economic zone (FEZ) Vitebsk exported more than $163 million worth of goods, which was up by almost 30% year-on-year.

This year Spring in Gomel is running in a hybrid format: the Business Spring digital platform and the Gomel Spring national artisans festival (21-23 May).

In the round of Last 16 the Belarusian needed two and a half hours to see off Spain's world number 172 Cristina Bucsa 6-4, 5-7, 6-0.

We must stay ahead of people's needs or respond quickly, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the social, economic and political siutaiton of Minsk.

Before hosting a meeting to discuss social, economic and political situation in Minsk, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko commented on the military aircraft crash that took place in Baranovichi on 19 May.

Spring crops in Belarus have been sown on 2.2 million hectares, which is 90.6% of the target area, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

“Our country preserves and honors historical memory, it shows other countries in the post-Soviet space that the feat of Soviet people has not been forgotten, the price for the Victory has not been forgotten. The name of the law “On the prevention...

The current five-year plan prioritizes innovative and regional development, Deputy Economy Minister Anzhelika Nikitina said as she visited Francisk Skorina Gomel State University and the Belarusian State University of Transport.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated President Paul Biya on the National Day of Cameroon on 20 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

BelAZ Trading House took part in the All-Russian Interdisciplinary Conference “Mechanical Engineering: Development Strategies” in Kazan, BelTA learned from the press service of BelAZ, the Management Company of BelAZ Holding Company.

The conference has been organized in pursuit of the integration of integrations initiative put forward by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. The initiative provides for building up mutually beneficial horizontal cooperation between regional inte...

The message reads: “All of us mourn today. We've lost heroes, who placed lives of their compatriots ahead of theirs. By demonstrating unequalled courage, Major Andrei Nichiporchik and Lieutenant Nikita Kukonenko steered the falling aircraft away fr...

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance is considering setting up an additional production facility to make COVID-19 vaccines for animals at the Belarusian company BelVitunipharm.

The Belarusian government expects the parliament to adopt the bill “On the rights of people with disabilities and their social integration” by the end of 2021.

The situation in Belarus has returned to normal, but risks remain, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko told reporters after he presented president's Ordinance No.2 “On protecting the sovereignty and the constitutional order...

“I am happy I have successors in my sport. I was rooting for her. Tatsiana did really well and secured the Olympic berth. I hope she will perform well in Tokyo too,” Ekaterina Karsten told the media at the event to launch the photo exhibition �...

Members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus took note of the president's Ordinance No.2 “On protecting the sovereignty and the constitutional order” of 9 May 2021.

“Yes, of course, the president is aware, he was promptly informed about the accident. He gave all the necessary instructions regarding the investigation of the catastrophe, is keeping an eye on it and is waiting for the results,” the press secret...

Small business contributed 16%, medium-sized business contributed 7.3% and individual entrepreneurs contributed 3.1% to the country's GDP.

The project is expected to take about two years, the preliminary investment is estimated at $2 million. The investor plans to build several hospitality facilities in the town of Yezerishche. They will have a different purpose but will be united by a ...

The official said: “Results of the first quarter indicate that the economy is past recession and has reached a growth trajectory. The main goals of the five-year term as determined by the head of state are being fulfilled. First, social stability h...

According to the source, the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council has decided that diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states will step up efforts to cover the organization's work.

The president's Ordinance No.2 “On protecting the sovereignty and the constitutional order” of 9 May 2021 does not contradict the Constitution but complements it, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said.

Competing are athletes from Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.

In his speech, the minister of foreign affairs of Belarus gave his take on the state of international and regional security. He pointed to persisting military and political tensions in Eastern Europe and the increased external pressure on sovereign s...

According to Stanislav Zas, the CSTO foreign ministers see the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling 0f Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons (BTWC) as a pillar of the international security architectur...

Members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus took note of the president's Ordinance No.2 “On protecting the sovereignty and the constitutional order” of 9 May 2021.

In 2020, Belarus produced 276,000 tonnes of cheese, of which 230,000 tonnes were delivered abroad. In the first quarter of this year, 60,100 tonnes of cheese were exported (up 11.4% in kind year-on-year). There are plans to increase the export.

Stanislav Zas said: “The situation virtually along the entire perimeter of the borders of the CSTO member states remains tense. More efforts are being poured into building up military presence and military activity of NATO countries near the border...

Speaking about his work as the head of the NOC Athletes Commission, the outstanding canoeist said that one of the main tasks of the commission is to popularize the Olympic movement in the country.

"The first dose was given to 356,000 people, the second to 256,000. Now we have about 460,000 people on the COVID-19 vaccination wait list. We will go on with it and we hope that by the autumn we will have vaccinated five million people,” Igor Petr...

“The document calls the preparation and conduct of the Nuremberg Process as a unique experience of professional cooperation of the international community,” Stanislav Zas said

Speaking about the state of affairs in branches of the Belarusian economy, Yuri Chebotar said the pandemic continues having an effect. More than half of the economy demonstrates growth. Those industries are the production sector, wholesale trade, inf...

Yakub Kolas' poems will be translated into Persian for the first time, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Saeed Yari told BelTA on the sidelines of a ceremony to launch the literary exhibition "Yakub Kolas and Omar Khayya...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 380,089 cases. A total of 370,135 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The analyst reminded that there was no need to safeguard against attempts to justify Nazism after the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 ended. The words “fascist” and “Nazi” were some of the most offensive ones. The society had a strong moral ...

As resorts that are popular among Belarusians shut down due to the pandemic, rural tourism in Belarus has continued thriving. Belarusians have not stopped traveling inside their own country. The number of guests at rural tourism estates has decreased...

The step-up transformers were delivered to the construction site in February. Their installation is nearing completion. Siemens Company has recently delivered the first gas turbine unit and a generator.

“The pandemic has made adjustments to the preparations for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The main thing was to continue preparations for the Olympics while keeping track of the health of the athletes and the staff,” said Igor Petrishenko.

“The prestige and quality of national education is also evidenced by the growing export of educational services. At the same time, modern changes pose new challenges to the education system and require its continuous development to meet the nation...

On 18 May, the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee opened a tax-fraud investigation against senior executives of TUT BAY MEDIA under Article 243 (Part 2) of the Criminal Code.

"The cornerstone of the country's state policy is the comprehensive systemic support for families with children, including child allowances, the family capital, housing construction and additional pension guarantees,” said Igor Petrishenko.

Around 75,000 citizens received their coronavirus test results via the app in the past month. The project is running in four countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. Kazakhstan will join it on 24 May.

Belarus needs to create conditions to promote a longer working life, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said during a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic in Minsk on 19 May.

The goal for the current year is to bring the average retirement pension to 40% of the average wage in Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the Nati...

Igor Petrishenko stressed that pensions, benefits, scholarship allowances are all paid on time. There are no arrears of wages in the social sector.

Mikita Tsmyg did not make it into the final finishing 15th with the time of 25.36 seconds. Grigori Pekarski placed 30th in 25.69.

"Job seekers and employers of the EAEU countries will be able to choose one or more countries and get access to information on vacancies and resumes,” said Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina.

The Belarusian, who was in the top three in the first half of the distance, clocked 58.01 seconds.

It was stressed at the opening of the exhibition that Yakub Kolas and Omar Khayyam are strong dominants of Belarusian and Iranian cultures.

The Belarusian will next play Spain's world number 172 Cristina Bucsa.

The Belarusian reached the final with the sixth best result and clocked 58.75 seconds to finish fourth.

Participants of the session of the Ecology, Nature Management, and Emergency Management Commission mentioned the importance of joint Belarusian-Russian efforts to shape an economic model that will be geared towards preserving natural assets and reduc...

There are 15 items on the agenda. The heads of state are expected to discuss approaches to setting prices and tariffs on the Eurasian Economic Union's common market of natural gas. The establishment of tariffs on gas transportation from third countri...

The official noted that Belarus has an effective and well-developed metrological infrastructure, which includes the state metrological service (the National Metrological Institute is part of it), 16 organizations of the State Standardization Committe...

In Q1 2021, trade between the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) went up by 16.7%, Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina said.

Aliaksandr Bahdanovich was elected Chairman of the Athletes' Commission, Mikhail Grabovski was elected Deputy Chairman. Katsiaryna Halkina was appointed Secretary of the Athletes Commission.

Products sold by Gomel-Raton resident companies are export-oriented. Export accounted for 70% of the total sales

Ilham Aliyev emphasized that Belarus and Azerbaijan demonstrate a high level of cooperation today.

Ten Belarusian teams will compete in the final of the Beginner Farmer business game due in Mytishchi in Moscow Oblast on 19-20 May.

Belarus' world number 91 Ilya Ivashka beat world number 105 Fernando Verdasco of Spain 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to reach the Geneva Open round of Last 16.

“The assembly of the new batch of 45-tonne haul trucks was carried out by specialists of the certified service center of the BelAZ distribution network in Ukraine. The trucks have already been assembled and launched operation,” the press service ...

The Economy Ministry expects construction and investment to grow in the first half of the year, Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar told the media.

The Belarusian clocked 28.33 seconds to finish 14th at the preliminary stage of the competitions.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 378,711 cases. A total of 368,832 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Roman Golovchenko said: “Four out of the six most important targets of the social and economic development forecast have been hit. Q1 2021 saw a foreign trade surplus of $828 million or 5.9% of the GDP. It is a record high figure of the last ten ye...

The first item on the agenda was the preparations for the upcoming meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government due in Minsk on 28 May.

During a working visit to Tajikistan to attend a meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council on 18 May, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Mukhriddin.

The 27th two-day edition of the International Cyril and Methodius Readings kicked off in Minsk on 18 May.

The vaccine has been developed by the China National Biotec Group, a division of China's pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm. In February China gave Belarus 100,000 doses of this vaccine. This time it donated 300,000 doses for 150,000 people.

Belarus' GDP growth rate totaled 102.5% in January-April. “The production sector demonstrated a good result – 111%,” Roman Golovchenko said. “Positive dynamics gradually takes shape in agriculture – 99.7%, 0.2 percentage points up from Janu...

The Healthcare of Belarus/ BelarusMedica exhibition demonstrates new trends of the healthcare sector, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters.

All the Belarusian players tested negative for coronavirus. Thus, nothing prevents the national team from starting their training sessions.

“We now need to vaccinate all people who applied to a jab at polyclinics, giving a priority to older adults. Another priority group are people with multiple health conditions. At the second stage we might resume vaccination at exhibition centers an...

The Vaccination by Law forum, which will be held online, will unite leading experts in various fields of law.

The intensity and the number of events and exercises taking place in the neighboring countries cause certain military risks, the official said. Not only deep in the neighboring countries but close to Belarus' borders.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about Ordinance No. 2 “On the protection of the state sovereignty and the constitutional order” which was passed on 9 May.

The State Secretariat of the Security Council will be given the status of a government body. This is envisaged in the new wording of the regulation on the Security Council.

This time the expo will focus on interregional contacts. The program of events includes online meetings in the R2R format (Region 2 Region) involving representatives of government agencies, chambers of commerce and industry, business associations, an...

For the successful conduct of such a prestigious event, the Belarusian side, represented by organizations and government agencies concerned, fully complied with all the IBU requirements for the organizers of such international sports competitions.

The Healthcare of Belarus 2021 exhibition is running in Minsk on 18-21 May.

This is a completely new topic for Belarus that has come into prominence recently, after the European Union adopted the resolution backing the introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism in March.

Those who are responsible for the future of the country and its people should not relax their guard, because special services with a wealth of experience are acting against Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Security Council meeting ...

“We were quite fast in developing our own three effective vaccines against the coronavirus infection,” the Russian leader said.

Domestic extremism is doubly dangerous, therefore we need new forms of antidote to this threat, national security expert Aleksandr Tishchenko said.

According to the source, the oil refinery operates and makes products in normal mode in accordance with the business plan. About 300,000 tonnes of oil was processed in two weeks in May. Raw materials are delivered in line with the approved schedule.

Over the course of one week the Nigerian firefighters will complete four programs. They will be trained how to use breathing apparatuses, do rescue work in an emergency zone, investigate fires, and respond to incidents involving chemicals, radioactiv...

Ivan Mamaiko, a member of the Standing Commission on National Security of the House of Representatives, commented on the main provisions of the law “On the amendment of laws on ensuring national security in the Republic of Belarus” in an intervie...

“The program of the visit envisages a number of meetings and negotiations of the head of the Belarusian military delegation with the political and military leadership of Azerbaijan,” the press service of the ministry said.

Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko will make a report on the development of the social sector of the Republic of Belarus and will take questions from MPs.

Visitors to the Healthcare of Belarus 2021 exhibition will be able to get a Sputnik V vaccine

According to the president, the Security Council meeting was convened to continue discussing a bigger role of this collegial body in the life of the state. “This also pertains to protection of independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty and co...

The whole process will take less than an hour. It includes preliminary examination by a doctor, preparation of the vaccine (defrosting), administration of the vaccine and observation of the vaccinated for 30 minutes after vaccination.

“Two components cost approximately Br52. If you multiply it by 5.5 million (the number of people who are to be vaccinated by the end of the year), you will get the total amount. This is just the cost of the vaccine, excluding consumables,” Aleksa...

The Belmedpreparaty pharmaceutical company is running three projects that have to do, in one way or another, with vaccine development. “The first one is partial localization of the Sputnik V production, or the so-called vaccine bottling," the compa...

China provided 300,000 doses of the vaccine free of charge. The vaccine is being delivered by a jet of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Belarus with the assistance of the Emergencies Ministry.

here are 16 items on the agenda. They focus on tariff regulations, the provision of tariff preferences, the application of navigation seals, and other things. Participants of the videoconference session will discuss the completion of the project mean...

The International Army Games 2021 will take place on 22 August – 4 September. This year's Army Games feature a number of new competitions. Meridian will test skills of army topographers. Tactical Shooter is meant to test firearm skills. Army of Cul...