I intend to visit the newly commissioned cardboard factory in Dobrush, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov, Belarus President's Aide Aleksandr Kosinets and Energy Minister Viktor Karankevic...

Belarus' world number 16 Victoria Azarenka defeated 18-year-old world number 90 Clara Tauson of Denmark 7-5, 6-4 to move into the Roland Garros third round.

The head of state remarked that the capacity of the Belarusian energy system exceeded 10,000MW. Its “blood” system includes more than 280,000 kilometers of electric networks and 7,500 kilometers of heat networks. The energy system generates about...

A western provocation has become the most likely explanation of the Ryanair plane incident, Aleksei Dzermant, a political analyst and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, wrote in his Telegram ch...

The relations between Ukraine and Belarus are a test of professional competence for the Ukrainian political elite, Russian political analyst Sergei Mikheyev told the Belarusian TV channel ONT, BelTA has learned.

“No one in the European Union cares about Belarus (no offense, my dear Belarusians). The only thing they want of Belarus is to turn it into ‘Anti-Belarus'. Russia is, of course, the main goal in the fight against Belarus and Ukraine,” said Niko...

"The EEC believes that we need to seriously consider the idea to set up a universal Eurasian mechanism for assessing the quality, effectiveness and safety of medicines," Mikhail Myasnikovich said. "I am talking about an Eurasian medical agency simila...

On 23 May, at 12:25, when the plane was still over the Ukraine, Minsk National Airport received an e-mail with a bomb threat. Five minutes later, air traffic controllers passed the information to the pilots - the plane had just entered the airspace o...

Gomelagrokomplekt and Omsk Oblast have been cooperating for more than 15 years, Minister of Agriculture of Omsk Oblast Nikolay Drofa said.

“Belarus intends to expand economic relations, cultural and human ties that closely link our countries and peoples,” the message of greetings reads.

On 2 June the vice premier paid a visit to a summer camp in secondary school No. 1 in Dubrovno. The all-day camp in the area will begin its work on 5 June, while school health camps opened their doors on 1 June.

Belarus' world number 4 Aryna Sabalenka reached the Roland Garros third round after beating fellow Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (World No.103) 7-5, 6-3.

Participants of the session will discuss the status of the television and radio broadcasting organization of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. They will also discuss other matters concerning the Union State budget's funding of the work meant to ...

Deputy Agriculture Minister of Tajikistan Zevarsho Zevarshoyev remarked that the visit was part of the delegation's work at the international forum Belagro 2021. In his words, over 70% of the tractors and equipment Tajikistan uses have been made in B...

The draft memorandum provides for the joint development of innovative projects, information sharing, and other measures meant to step up manufacturing cooperation. The document will be signed on the sidelines of the international agricultural expo Be...

In line with the document the size of the export duty on crude oil, furnace oil, oil bitumen, petrolatum, paraffin, and waste oils now is $58.8 per tonne ($54.9 previously). The export duty on straight-run gasoline has been set at $32.3 per tonne ($3...

The performing artists will include Alena Lanskaya, Zhanet, Irina Dorofeyeva, Aura band, Pesnyary, Byaseda, Belarusy art group. The hosts of the gala concert are Polina Shuba and Ruslan Chernetsky.

We should rejuvenate the Kupala Night Festival in Alexandria while preserving its national element, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said.

The new tourist route has been registered in the National Tourism Agency. It has been recently presented to the representatives of the tourist industry.

Currently, the observation group is being formed from among representatives of the national parliaments of the CIS IPA member states, officials of the CIS IPA Council Secretariat and experts of the CIS IPA International Institute for Monitoring Demo...

Anastasia Kolomoyets set a new personal record of throwing hammer at 72.58m.

The Azerbaijani delegation visited Nesvizh District of Minsk Oblast to get familiar with the Agrokombinat Snov agricultural enterprise and the construction of social and cultural facilities in local agro-towns.

The Eurasian Economic Union did not stop working on promoting the integration even during the difficult time of the global coronavirus pandemic, and its economic growth may exceed the pre-pandemic levels soon, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Ec...

In line with the Belarusian-Russian intergovernmental agreement the equivalent of $0.5 billion was transferred to the account of the Finance Ministry on 2 June as the second tranche of the state financial loan.

As of late May, export accounted for almost 37% of total sales. Diesel engines were the most popular product, accounting for over 78% of the sales in monetary terms.

“It is a very important, historical decision. It is a result of lengthy work relating to equipment trials, expert evaluations, oversight over the readiness of the systems. A new age is coming – the age of commercial operation of the Belarusian nu...

Top managers of Egyptian companies representing various businesses, from agriculture and light industry to construction and energy sector, came to Belarus to study the theory and practice of exchange trading and to discuss possible areas of cooperati...

The 38th Airborne Assault Brigade hosts a patriotic sports camp in summer. On 1-10 June the camp is set to welcome about 4,500 school students.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 395,990 cases. A total of 387,338 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Wizz Air CEO Joszef Varadi has criticized European governments for banning flights over Belarus in response to the forced landing of a passenger plane. Such moves make aviation “a toy of politics”, he told Reuters.

Igor Konashenkov added: “The Russian Defense Ministry will closely follow preparations for and the actual Ukrainian-American exercise Sea Breeze involving NATO countries. If necessary, the Defense Ministry will respond adequately to safeguard the m...

Delegations from Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan plan to take part in the forum.

Young people should be at the vanguard of society, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Lutsky told reporters on the sidelines of the 9th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Belarusian BRSM Youth Union.

The Prosecutor General's Office continues investigating a criminal case, which was opened in accordance with Article 127 (genocide) of the Criminal Code. The investigation team is looking into what the Nazi, their accomplices, and armed gangs did dur...

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia is working to launch flights to new destinations and to update flight itineraries, BelTA learned from Belavia's Facebook account.

We hope you will tell us how sport can make an even greater contribution to making the world a better place, Thomas Bach said.

“Belarus intends to ask the ICAO Council to assess the legality of the actions of Ukraine and other states that unilaterally, in violation of international obligations, have imposed bans and restrictions on the use of their airspace for Belarusian...

Belarus allowed a goal 36 seconds into the game after Nikita Nesterov's shot from the blue line. The Russians continued to attack and Emil Galimov doubled the lead on the fifth minute.

During the flight from Hurghada to Minsk, the crew of the aircraft detected a fuel system malfunction. In order to ensure passengers' safety, they decided to land the aircraft at a reserve airfield in Krasnodar.

Belarus and Pakistan have built candid and trust-based relations, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad H...

Ukraine's elites led by the president are not independent, Aleksei Dzermant, a political analyst and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, wrote in his Telegram channel.

Belarusians should clearly understand that they should not make excuses to anyone for their past and present, Deputy Head for Research of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Professor Nikolai Buzin told the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspape...

“Today we are presenting a line of dump trucks designed for agricultural producers. The carrying capacity of these machines ranges from 6 to 20 tonnes. These dump trucks have a yellow cabin and a dark graphite platform. Yellow is the color of a rip...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the national day of Italy, Festa della Repubblica.

The parties discussed trade and economic relations, in particular, ways to boost bilateral trade, expand the assortment of agricultural supplies, as well as cooperation prospects in the field of animal identification, veterinary control, crop product...

A festive event to mark Children's Day took place on Pobedy Square in Vitebsk on 1 June within the framework of the nationwide campaign of the Emergencies Ministry “Do not leave children alone!”.

According to the source, Gomselmash hits all the output and export targets. Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine account for most of the sales. The company also cooperates with Zimbabwe, with 20 machines sold there so far this year.

According to the source, in Q1 2021 oil shipments from the Russian Federation to Belarus were steady and prices for the products Belneftekhim makes kept rising. As much as 400,000 tonnes of oil was extracted in Belarus in Q1 2021.

Bellesbumprom reports an increase in export of virtually all kinds of products. Those include furniture, plywood, paper, pasteboard, wallpaper, cellulose, various kinds of wood-based panels, wooden structures, doors, windows, and forest chemistry pro...

Belarus is set to play a friendly against Azerbaijan on 2 June.

Troops and cargoes will be airdropped as part of the exercise. The troops will also have to practice dealing with water obstacles, direct deployment (without parachutes), and live firing.

The parties focused on expanding the range of products. They discussed the main goals and the first steps to study the technological capacities of Tirotex.

On International Children's Day, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomats from foreign countries donated their gifts to several children's homes.

Leader of the Belarusian national table tennis team Vladimir Samsonov has qualified for the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.

On 1 June Vileika hosted an event dedicated to Children's Day. It was arranged by the National Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals and UNICEF. During this event Vileika signed an agreement to join the Child-Friendly City initiative.

More than 83,000 residents of Minsk Oblast, which is 5,8% of its population, have already received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

A delegation of Uzbekistan led by Uzbekistan's Minister for Information Technologies and Communications Shuhrat Sadikov visited the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) on 1 June.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kenya and concurrently to Ethiopia Pavel Vzyatkin presented his credentials to Ethiopia President Sahle-Work Sevda.

The State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus and the National Agency for Research and Development of Moldova have announced a contest of joint R&D projects for 2022-2023.

The CIS observation mission at the snap elections to the National Assembly of Armenia began monitoring the election campaign on 31 May, following the invitation of the country.

The expo took place in the exhibition center Crocus Expo. As many as 340 manufacturers and dealers from 16 countries, including Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Finland, and Singapore, presented their products at th...

TIBO is an event for everybody, Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan said at the opening of the 27th installment of the international information and communication technology forum TIBO 2021.

Due to the bans on flights through the air space of Ukraine and some other countries, Belavia was forced to change the itineraries of its charter flights to avoid these territories.

The fest “City of Childhood” was held in Sovetskaya Square in Grodno on 1 June.

Roman Golovchenko said: “The state is interested in the accelerated development of the IT sphere, in the integration of state administration processes with the latest technological solutions. The government and government bodies will always provide...

Belarus and Russia will consider a possibility to launch flights to Crimea, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss cooperation with Russia on 1 June.

The match was initially slated for Saturday, 5 June, at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino. At the request of the Cyprus Football Association and in agreement with UEFA the match was postponed to 1 June 2022.

“Belarus has a lot to be proud of. We have doubled milk production and nearly tripled meat production compared to 1995 level. The country has become one of the top five exporters of dairy products, and also become the leader in beef and poultry exp...

More than 2,200 haulers are queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 14.00 on 1 June, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 395,075 cases. A total of 386,088 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

On 1 June, a children's fest was held in the park of extreme sports in Stoletova Street in Minsk to mark Children's Day.

Asked to comment on the situation with sanctions against Belarus, Roman Golovchenko stressed: “Logic is absent so much that it is difficult to make projections for now. Various kinds of statements are being made by different sides. We calmly track ...

The European Union will not shoot itself in the foot by banning transit of Russian gas through Belarus, the president believes. “This will come at too high a price for them. In such a situation, they will be dealing not only with Belarus, but prim...

The 31st international specialized exhibition Belagro 2021 kicked off with an opening ceremony in the Chinese-Belarusian industrial park Great Stone on 1 June.

Belarus and Russia are building a new model of relations within the framework of the common economic space, without compromising the political or economic sovereignty, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told the media.

New technologies are crucial for the development of agriculture, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin said as he attended the 31st edition of the international expo Belagro 2021.

To assess the view from the window, the quality of construction, transport accessibility and infrastructure. All this can be done in the Minsk World multifunctional complex!

“The multi-purpose manufacturing and warehouse complex will feature a high degree of mechanization and automation,” the FEZ said.

The head of state remarked that he did not even raise the matter of the second tranche of the loan during his meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Vladimir Putin did at the end of the meeting.

Belarus and Qatar discussed the state of the bilateral military cooperation and prospects for its development. The Qatari delegation also visited the Minsk Military Commandant's Office to watch a rehearsal and a performance of the guard of honor.

Russia's support is important for Belarus as the West is threatening to impose new sanctions against Belarus, Aleksei Dzermant, a political analyst and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said.

The Belarusian government will provide all possible support to the national airline Belavia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss cooperation with Russia.

“Both President Putin and I understand that certain forces are beginning to unite against us. We understand perfectly well what is going on around our country, and we take the same view of the situation. We are determined to resist all these attack...

Speaking about negotiations with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that the matter of the arrested Ryanair flight passengers had been certainly discussed, but the presidents had spent only a small amount of ti...

According to Konstantin Shulgan, the integration of digital technologies into all spheres of life is a key condition of technological advance. Digital technologies change the structure of the world economy. On the one hand, it requires radical change...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that discussions about the meeting in Sochi had begun with speculations about the content of the black suitcase that can be seen near the head of state in videos. Some mass media even made that point the key news.

The two leaders discussed oil and gas supplies, including compensation for losses resulting from the Russian tax maneuver, cooperation in customs and taxation, and in the defense industry. They also touched upon the recent developments: response to s...

Since 1 June the microbiological laboratory located on the premises of the Minsk National Airport will use an innovative diagnostics reagent for COVID-19 PCR testing, SmartAmp.

According to the president, Valentina Krylovich has made an invaluable contribution to the preservation and promotion of the best traditions of the national choral culture.

The new products and advanced developments of Belarusian manufacturers were presented within the framework of the Made in Belarus exhibition, Belinterexpo said.

“As a good successor of Fizkulturnik Belarusi, the Sportivnaya Panorama newspaper is famous for the professionalism of its team, honest, objective and thoughtful journalism,” the message of greetings reads.

Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan and Minister for Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan Shuhrat Sadikov discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation in information and communication technologie...

The matter was discussed at the meeting between Belarus' Architecture and Construction Minister Ruslan Parkhamovich and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov.

End-of-school exams will be held in all educational institutions from 1 to 9 June.

Belarus attaches great importance to strengthening and developing cooperation with Russia, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotent...

The TIBO 2021 business program comprises 30 thematic events, including the 3rd Eurasian Digital Forum, the 4th Belarusian ICT Summit, the Digital Economy Forum, the International Telecommunication Union workshop “5G (IMT-2020) networks launch and o...

Mikhail Mishustin and Roman Golovchenko exchanged opinions on the priority goals to strengthen integration in the Union State. The two heads of government coordinated approaches to the fight against the coronavirus infection.

Belagro will also become a platform for business negotiations. The exhibition program includes B2B meetings, practical demonstrations, presentations, workshops and contests.

“It was decided to increase the number of flights with Belarus on the Moscow-Minsk route up to 10 times a week on a reciprocal basis from 10 June,” the operational headquarters said.