In addition to updating the provisions that regulate the operation of the Security Council the decree is aimed at enhancing the Security Council's role in protecting independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty, and the constitutional system of B...

Within the framework of the fight against COVID-19 tight interaction has been established with Rospotrebnadzor. It allows pursuing a coordinated policy in the area of sanitary and epidemic welfare of the population.

The decree gives the park's administration more independence by means of transferring additional functions from municipal authorities with regard to the implementation of administrative procedures.

According to the source, the communist parties of Greece, Hungary, and France have staged events to express solidarity with Belarus. They have reposted and supported the address of the Communist Party of Belarus.

Mogilev Oblast is preparing for the 8th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia. Local enterprises expect to sign export contracts with Russian partners worth a total of over $132 million.

Pole vaulter Iryna Zhuk cleared 4.71m in her first attempt. Anzhelika Sidorova of Russia won the event with 4.91m.

The Information Ministry of Belarus views the removal of the Belarus 24 TV channel from the list of channels allowed for retransmission in the territory of Ukraine as yet another groundless unfriendly move of the Ukrainian authorities towards Belarus...

Aleksandr Lukashenko told Viktor Sheiman: “You've wanted to resign many times. I disagreed with it. But I understand that time has come when you've had enough in your life. Honestly speaking, I am grateful to you for everything that has been done. ...

The meeting focused on issues which are monitored by the Property Management Directorate. Following the instruction of the head of state, Viktor Sheiman analyzed the state of affairs in Orsha District and at enterprises in the region.

The address of senators and MPs to the international community demonstrates the unity and integrity of the Belarusian people, BelTA learned from Nikolai Shchekin, Candidate of Philosophy, Head of the Sociology of Public Administration Department at t...

The winner was a medal designed by Pauli Maronen of Finland, who won the contest announced in January 2021. He decided to incorporate a theme with Tampere's new Deck Arena and a hockey player.

“An agreement was reached to organize a visit of Ibrahim Adam El Dukheri to Belarus,” the embassy said.

Trading on BUCE can give an impetus to the trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Pskov Oblast. Pskov Oblast enterprises plan to use the mechanism of transit transactions to supply their products not only to Belarus but also to third coun...

The Belarusian Women's Union has called on all women's organizations of the world to speak up for fair treatment of the Belarusian nation.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The Council of the Republic and you personally will have to take care of it. We don't want any blunders or someone incorporating what life doesn't need today into the legislation. There are experienced people, people fro...

For Belarus and Russia, the memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred, the head of the representative office of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Minsk Marianna Shchetkina said at an event to welcome the Victory Tra...

The commission is set to consider the proposals on the judicial system.

According to Vadim Borovik, work is in progress to bring to account those, who call for sanctions. The first meeting within the framework of the Roundtable of Democratic Forces think tank has already been held.

The president wished the staff of the Grodno State Agrarian University strong health, happiness, creative success and new labor achievements for the benefit of the Fatherland.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 403,845 cases. A total of 396,650 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus expects to completely switch to unpaid blood donations. According to experts, this type of donations is practiced all over the world. Unpaid donations in Belarus will not imply non-remunerated donation, as those who will donate blood will be ...

Some colorblind politicians in certain countries of the West have forgotten what color the flag hoisted over the Reichstag was, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Yevgeny Lukyanov said at an event to welcome the Victory...

One of the topics on the agenda was the improvement of the institute of administrative procedures. According to the head of state, the quality of regulation is very important: the operational efficiency of services, the investment appeal of the count...

The official said: “Inflation is accelerating in Belarus, this is why there are certainly difficulties. They happen because in the past we've lived through very brief periods of low inflation and unfortunately we remember lengthy periods of high an...

“Can such revision cause excessive formalism and, what is even worse, red tape and chicanery at the level of agencies or the local level? We must prevent it. We must do our best to debureaucratize all systems and schemes which are used in the count...

It is our sacred duty to preserve the historical truth, the memory of the victory over Nazism and pass it on to future generations, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Lutsky said at an event to launch the exhibition project Vict...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has convened a meeting to discuss legal aspects of economic activity. At the beginning of the meeting the head of state noted that the agenda of the meeting covers a wide range of matters related to economic and...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt and concurrently to Sudan Sergei Terentiev visited Sudan's capital Khartoum on 7-9 June.

The event brought together representatives of the border service of Belarus, as well as representatives of the border agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops of the CIS Me...

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the CIS Executive Committee.

Belarus just wants to live peacefully and follow the path chosen by the majority of the population, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Council of Deputies Vladimir Terentyev said in an interview to the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper as he commented on th...

The Vytoki cultural and sport festival kicked off in Kobrin with an excursion program and a round table on “Promotion of historical and cultural heritage” in the Suvorov Military and Historical Museum.

The club won in the category “Best Digital Project for Work with the Viewers during the Season” for promoting Zubrik as part of the KHL Talismania and the morning show “In One Link”.

More than 2,000 foreign students receive education at the Belarusian State Medical University. The number of foreign students is on a constant increase.

Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that the program of the festival celebrating the Year of People's Unity this year would once again attract the attention of a large audience with new interesting projects and contribute to the strengthening o...

Seventy-nine school leavers received Certificates of Completion of Secondary Education. Thirty graduates were presented with gold medals and two – with silver medals for academic excellence.

During the presentation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Ruslan Yesin hosted a master class on cooking traditional national dishes. Apart from that, Japanese guests had a chance to sample chocolate-glazed curd bars and...

In January-April 2021 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $27.461 billion, 26.5% up from the same period in 2020. Import amounted to $13.272 billion (24.4% up). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $915.9 million, up from $361.4 million ...

The decision to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant was made in 2008. A lot has been accomplished since then. A significant event happened today: the certificate, which states the first unit of the nuclear power plant has been accepted for comme...

The CIS plenipotentiaries will summarize the results of the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council which took place in Minsk on 28 May and will outline the tasks for the implementation of the adopted documents and agreements.

Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich met with non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia to Belarus Bala Chandran Tharman in Moscow on 10 June.

Almost all laboratories accredited in Belarus have switched to the new version of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories”.

In May the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 100.7% as against April 2021 and 104.5% as against December 2020.

The cup visited three arenas in the Belarusian capital on 10 June. From 10:00 to 12:00 it was on display at Chizhovka Arena. Then it was showcased on the indoor rink in Gorky Park, and then the Palace of Sports.

Russia considers the EU's policy of pressure against Minsk as unacceptable, spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told a briefing for the press in Moscow on 10 June.

Belarus will find allies and support in the world and will emerge as the winner from this situation, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly Andrei Savinykh said.

The ambassador explained that foreign trade contacts between Belarus and Russia would be adjusted “taking into account the impact of the sanctions”. According to him, more detailed information on specific types of goods will be determined by the ...

Russia does not intend to reopen the land border with Belarus yet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Yevgeny Lukyanov told journalists on 10 June.

The ambassador is convinced that the situation the interview described warrants an additional investigation and explanation. “Moreover, we are probably talking about an interstate problem,” he said.

"On 17-18 June, at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian minister of foreign affairs will pay a working visit to Moscow," Maria Zakharova said.

The consul of the Russian Embassy has unhindered access to detained Russian citizens Sofia Sapega and Egor Dudnikov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Yevgeny Lukyanov told the media.

The official said that the system of missions offers a set of tools for the International Atomic Energy Agency to evaluate compliance with nuclear and radiation safety requirements. Belarus has hosted a large number of missions.

In any financial transactions it is extremely important to reduce risks of foreign currency fluctuations, to make settlements as transparent and comfortable as possible, and centralized trading attractive for market participants.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 402,819 cases. A total of 395,463 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

We, members of the House of Representatives and members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus - the authorized representatives of the Belarusian people - ask the international community to assess the situa...

The ambassador stressed that the implementation of such a large Belarusian-Russian project as the construction of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets proceeds successfully and on schedule. The necessary test and permission procedures are being carri...

The expo highlighted several themes: telecommunications and online infrastructure; Television, multimedia and gaming technology; Digital publishing and printing; Internet technology and services; Robotics; Smart city and region technology Security s...

The Belarusian Belpochta postal service and the Russian online retailer Ozon have signed an agreement to deliver goods from the Ozon marketplace across Belarus.

The commission's decision relies on positive conclusions of oversight bodies and the provisional commission of the Belarusian nuclear power plant as well as the first unit commercial operation license granted by the Emergencies Ministry.

He admitted that he was shocked to learn about the incident and the people involved in it. “It can be compared to a brain cramp,” Yevgeny Lukyanov said.

Asked to clarify the spheres of integration, the ambassador specified that the Union State program on the tax policy had been reconciled as a whole. Belarus and Russia have yet to reconcile the roadmap relating to energy resources, mutual payments, p...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange and the St Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry also intend to arrange joint seminars, business forums, presentations, and other informational and practical events meant to popularize exchange trade ...

The construction of a new school is underway in the Khutor neighborhood of Grodno. The foundation was laid in the spring of 2021 and the school is set to be commissioned by 1 September.

At present, Russia is finishing the procedure to check the quality of the vaccine produced at the Belarusian pharmaceutical company Belmedpreparaty. It is expected that the vaccine will be made available by end of the week.

It is time to overhaul Belarus' education system, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko said at the parliamentary hearings to discuss the state and prospects of the national education system.

Western pressure is escalating the situation around Belarus, adding to the rising tensions in the Eastern European region, said Sergei Rachkov, Chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission of the upper house of the Belarusia...

“I hope that the year 2021 will be marked with concrete results of cooperation between Belarus and Portugal with a special emphasis on trade ties. Our previous agreement, including the one on the establishment of the joint economic commission, will...

Plans are in place to finish one of the stages of the renovation of the ruins of the Novogrudok Castle, which provides for the construction of a drainage system, by the end of 2021.

More than 1,200 haulers are queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 10 June, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The CIS Economic Council session is scheduled for 18 June. It will be held in the Space pavilion of VDNKh in Moscow, Head of the Press Service of the CIS Executive Committee Svetlana Malinina told BelTA.

School is the best time of our lives. We will always cherish these great memories that cannot be relived or recreated anywhere else.

Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Belarus Mustafa Ozcan to discuss cooperation in communications and information technology.

Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel that the calls to introduce sanctions against Belarus' industry giants are an act of extraordinary wickedness.

National interests are at the heart of the policy pursued by the Belarusian authorities, a member of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Evgeny Shevchenko told the ONT TV channel.

“The sanctions the Europeans have imposed on us are like a ‘toothless bite'. It feels unpleasant and disgusting, but not painful,” Artyom Sikorsky emphasized.

The tug is designed to tow aircraft with the takeoff weight of up to 150 tonnes. The testing of the prototype is supposed to be finished by the end of 2021. A compliance certificate will be issued.

According to Stanislav Zas, people, who live on the Eurasian continent from the English Channel to Vladivostok, remain concerned about the development of the security situation.

The parliament speaker believes that the countries have good cooperation prospects in absolutely all areas, including economy.

A delegation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) led by Chairman of the EEC Board Mikhail Myasnikovich will visit Belarus on 21-22 June.

“The Asian market is crucial for the companies affiliated with the Industry Ministry. This market holds a lot of promise, since Asian countries are experiencing solid economic growth. And we see that the products of our enterprises can be in great ...

In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings that was published on 9 June, Belarusian State University (BSU) ranked 295th, climbing up 22 positions. This is the highest the BSU has even placed in the rankings.

Aleksei Bogdanov added that in January-April this year, the export of Belarusian foodstuffs to Russia increased by 4.9% year-on-year to reach $1.4 billion. In the same period food imports from Russia increased by 8.1% and amounted to $495 million.

The official said: “Russia is traditionally our main trade partner and the main partner as far as manufacturing cooperation is concerned. The existing situation when many European countries have declared they intend to enforce sanctions once again ...

Members of the Grodno Oblast branch of the Belaya Rus public association toured the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 9 June.

Belarusian food exports to the Asian region have increased 13 times in the past five years, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksei Bogdanov said at the Belarusian-Asian Forum.

A bird's-eye view of the streets of Minsk in the sunlight.

Speaking about the preparations for the tournament in Bratislava, the Canadian specialist said that he would rely on the opinion of the national team leaders.

A meeting of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) took place in Russia's Saint Petersburg on 9 June.

The strawberry harvesting season has begun in Luninets District. Due to the protracted and cool spring, the harvesting season began later than usual.

When asked about the threat of sanctions from the European Union, the official said: “We haven't lost any market, thank god, everything is good for us for now. The share of the European market is small. We can easily replace it with supplies to mar...

The official made a few comments in response to a recent statement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko, who said Russia was discussing the possibility of buying potatoes in Belarus in order to stabilize prices on the domestic market...

In January-April 2021, Belarus' export to Russia went up by 17.4% year-on-year, Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko said as he attended the Belarus-Asia Forum in Moscow on 9 June.

Similar aspirations, including on the international agenda, are the basis for the development of cooperation between Belarus and the countries of the Asian region, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said as he spoke at the Belarus-Asia...

“Of course, we are examining possible risks and considering product diversification, while our manufacturers are looking for new suppliers of components and materials. Thus, the situation is under control, and I think that we will be able to avoid ...

“The pandemic has divided our timeline into pre and post COVID eras. Not a single economy has been able to avoid losses, almost all countries of the world saw a decline in GDP last year,” Vladimir Semashko said.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 401,853 cases. A total of 394,272 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

MAPIC Russia is the largest retail property exhibition in Russia and the CIS bringing together all market players. This year it opened at the Crocus Expo and is being held for the 18th time.