The official said: “Aid from the International Red Cross to the refugees may be close to €6 million. It is too early to talk about the final figure. Extraordinary fund raising has been declared. Germany's Red Cross has also confirmed the intentio...

EEC Board Member (Minister) on Technical Regulation Viktor Nazarenko reported at the meeting on the implementation of a comprehensive plan of measures in healthcare and epidemiological welfare against COVID-19.

One pregnant woman had a risk of miscarriage. She received medical assistance. Now 11 people are undergoing inpatient treatment. As of today, there are no refugees in sanatoriums.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is giving an interview to Dmitry Kiselyov, Director General of the Russian state news agency MIA Rossiya Segodnya.

As of 1 November 2021 Belarus' external state debt totaled $18.3 billion, down by $0.3 billion or 1.6% since the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates),

There are also a lot of trucks waiting to enter Poland. “Due to the closure of the Kuznica Bialostocka checkpoint, Poland has significantly reduced throughput capacity along its border. Despite the fact that transport entered the EU through the Lat...

The clinic has an ICU team that includes a doctor and two paramedics, as well as a paramedic team consisting of two paramedics. If necessary, a pediatric team comprised of a doctor and a paramedic will be sent to the shelter.

"There are internal divisions in the European Union. The EU structures seem to support Poland, but in fact many in Europe condemn Poland. They use this situation to ‘say: see what the Poles are like. We told you they are impossible to work with on...

They want us to succumb to their demands in matters concerning the refugees. But we remain unshaken and calm. We are analyzing possible scenarios. Unfortunately, the number of available options is dwindling, the expert said.

“This is already very close to fascism. Getting rid of a corpse, dumping it on the other side of the border - this exposes the disgusting face of another of your neighbors [Lithuania],” Viktor Baranets said.

An interstate agreement on the establishment of a unified electricity market is currently in the works. Formats of collaboration, terms of interaction for electricity sellers and buyers, and infrastructure development matters are under discussion.

“The situation is really paradoxical. It has a certain purpose. A special operation developed by special services of Western states is underway. This issue can be easily resolved by opening a humanitarian corridor,” Igor Khlobukin said.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin took part in the international conference “30 years of independence: peace, harmony, a nation of a common future” held in the capi...

The heads of state discussed the situation around Belarus and Russia, as well as the schedule of joint work and upcoming meetings.

The official reminded that the knowledge sharing program has been implemented by the Belarusian Economy Ministry and the Korea Development Institute since 2018 with assistance of the Economy and Finance Ministry of the Republic of Korea. The seminar ...

The ongoing exhibition is entirely dedicated to tigers - the symbol of 2022.

The Righteous Among the Nations Avenue was created in the Pit Memorial in Minsk in the late 1990s upon the initiative of former Minsk ghetto prisoners when the first few trees were planted and plaques with names of righteous people were installed.

"In terms of the growing flow of illegal migrants from the Middle East and Asian regions to the EU via Belarus, the EU displays a twisted logic with regard to the causes and ways to settle this problem," the senator said.

"Today we visited the office of the Belarus Red Cross to give the funds collected in the Office of the Council of Ministers to help the refugees," Arina Savenchuk said. These funds were raised as part of the campaign launched by Belarus Red Cross to...

More than 3.548 million people in Belarus have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, of them over 2.805 million have received their second jab.

“The parties discussed a possibility of holding a number of bilateral events, including the upcoming session of the Joint Committee of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Korea and ministerial consultations of the two countries, as well as ...

“We call on the entire world to pay attention to the need to implement international resolutions on Palestine, and also urge to convene an international conference to resolve the existing conflict,” the diplomat said.

Natalya Kochanova said: “We cannot be silent. Our truth is the key weapon in this madness. And we have to deliver it to the world. Our duty is to preserve sovereign and independent Belarus, peace and tranquility in our country.”

The Talaka dance, music and song company of the regional philharmonic society was honored in Vitebsk on 29 November.

The sides discussed the next year's Belarusian-Chinese planned military cooperation events. A memorandum on establishing twinning relations between the defense ministries of Belarus and China in the area of international military cooperation was sign...

In January-September 2021, foreign trade amounted to $88 million, with Irkutsk Oblast posting trade surplus. Belarus increased supplies of its mechanical engineering products and consumer goods to Angara Region.

Vladimir Andreichenko expressed confidence that through the collective efforts the CSTO countries would be able to effectively protect their common interests in the international arena and “most importantly, to reliably ensure the right of our peop...

Today, international observation has gone beyond the designated framework and has become an instrument that international organizations or groups of states use to exert political pressure, Vladimir Andreichenko said.

The mission will last from 29 November through 10 December. The WANO MC experts will carry out a prelaunch peer review of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant while focusing on operation, engineering support, radiation protection, op...

Viktor Khrenin remarked that Belarus and Russia do not intend to stage a large-scale army exercise like the Zapad exercise or the Shchit Soyuza [union shield] in 2022. But the troops intend to carry out a set of medium-term events and measures in ord...

"We are not carrying out any additional measures to bring the Armed Forces to the highest degree of combat readiness," he stressed. "But our commander-in-chief has set a clear task: to make plans how we respond to any of their unfriendly actions, and...

Attempts to undermine the sovereignty and independence of Belarus do not stop, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said during the joint meeting of the Council and the 14th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly...

According to the speaker, Western European officials only pay excursion visits to the border area, take pictures and help no one at all.

Food should never be subject to Western sanctions. For its part Belarus is exploring all markets, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin told the media.

The unique offer of Minsk World will be valid for one more day! Today you can buy a property at super bargain prices of Black Friday! Hurry up to seize this opportunity!

Today is the 22nd day for the refugees at the border. They are living in the temporary accommodation facility in the transport and logistics center near the Bruzgi border checkpoint.

A dead man with Afro-Asian appearance was found in a sleeping bag near the border guard station Vidzy of the Polotsk branch of the Belarusian border service in the evening on 27 November. An investigation team was dispatched to the site.

The chairman of the State Duma pointed to Belarus' assistance to refugees. “Belarus has lent them a helping hand. Then why is the EU that provoked these processes not bearing any responsibility?” he asked.

The lifeless body of a migrant with bodily injuries was found by a border patrol in a forest near the village of Ivache, Shchuchin District, Grodno Oblast on 28 November 2021. The bodily injuries indicate that violence had been used against the refug...

A border patrol found the dead body of a beaten-up and exhausted man with non-Slavonic appearance at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border on 28 November. The border patrol determined that the body had been dragged from Lithuania across the border to Bela...

In 2021 Belarus' exports of agricultural products and food are expected to exceed $6 billion.

Aleksandr Subbotin said that although Belarus ensures its food security, it has prospects of increasing the efficiency of its agricultural production. The draft state program Agrarian Business for 2021-2025 has been worked out to solve strategic task...

The delivery of humanitarian aid to the refugees continues. A total of 135 tonnes of humanitarian aid has been received so far. The refugees were handed out 109 tonnes of aid, including 85 tonnes of food, Viktor Liskovich noted. The handing out of wa...

The senator said: “Medical aid is provided in full. About 100-120 people apply for consultations and outpatient care every day. About ten people are hospitalized daily on the average. For instance, four people with acute appendicitis were hospitali...

“We have discussed several times that there is a hybrid war. I warned you at the end of 2020 that a hybrid war had been launched against us in almost all directions. We are on the verge of hot confrontation,” the president said.

“The General Staff need to know in which direction these scoundrels will act against us and how we will respond,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Viktor Khrenin said: “Results of the evaluation indicate that the measures Western countries are taking to militarize the region lead to a substantial change of the balance of forces. The offensive potential of the armed forces of the NATO member s...

“They are, probably, concerned that the inflow of migrants has decreased because they are using these people (we already see it) to solve their internal problems and to put pressure on us,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

“I want to emphasize once again: we are not brandishing our weapons. We are fully aware what war is. Many of us went through the hardships of the post-war period [after the Great Patriotic War], when we had nothing to wear and lived in dugouts. Now...

"The Americans do not need partners who can rival them," the Belarusian leader stressed.

“We have gathered together today to discuss issues connected with the national security of our country. Look at the map. All of you understand what is going on around our Belarus,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

During the meeting at the strategic control center of the Defense Ministry on 29 November, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko condemned the killing of people during the migrant crisis.

“Once again our ‘partners', as Russia call them, our rivals, as I said, enemies are trying to bring Russia to order. That is why they came up with an idea that Russia is going to attack Ukraine. If it is true, present evidence,” Aleksandr Lukas...

Belarus' agricultural industry looks set to outperform the five-year average in 2021, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin said at a joint meeting of the Belarusian Parliament.

"Considerable results have been achieved in recent years. The basic criteria of food security have been guaranteed. The production potential is growing, and the geography of exports is expanding,” Aleksandr Subbotin said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is hosting a meeting on military security in the strategic control center of the Defense Ministry on 29 November, BelTA has learned.

Refugees are prepared to wait, as long as necessary, for a positive outcome and for the opening of a humanitarian corridor to Germany. They do not want to return to Iraq, a refugee named Halo told BelTA.

“Belarus opposes any escalation of the conflict, responsibly fulfilling its international obligations. We provide refugees with shelter, food and medical care, and help those who want to return home. In return we get another package of sanctions fr...

“NATO is redeploying its hardware to the border with Belarus. We do not need this confrontation. Neither do Germany and Austria. Poles, Lithuanians and Ukrainians do not need it, either,” the MP said.

“Belarus will continue to support Palestinian efforts for peaceful development. I am convinced that in the future we will be able to realize the full potential of our bilateral cooperation in the economic, political and other sectors for the benefi...

28 November marked the 21st day for refugees at the border. They continue to stay at the temporary accommodation facility in the transport and logistics center near the Bruzgi checkpoint.

“We have learned a lot of lessons after 2020. It was an unleashed information war. We made a bit of a mistake then, turning a blind eye to Telegram channels, chats which published appeals, dirt, lies and fake news,” said Aleksandr Volfovich.

According to Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko, the work on the updated version of the Basic Law of the country was quite intense.

The two heads of state discussed the development of bilateral relations. Ilham Aliyev updated Aleksandr Lukashenko on the results of the recent trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

The exhibition showcases 52 lithographs from frescoes made in 1866 by the outstanding German artist and engraver Ludwig Gruner in cooperation with Nicola Consoni.

Sergei Aleinik also informed Xie Xiaoyong about the efforts the Belarusian side is taking to resolve the migration crisis at the Belarusian-Polish border.

According to the Information and Public Relations Office of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, participants of the session reviewed the economic situation and progress in implementing the monetary policy in Belarus and Russia in 2021.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the state has no other way out but to buy electricity from Belarus. He also accused Ukrainian mass media of waging a media war around this issue.

Polina Golovina has joined the EOC Sustainability Commission, Irina Malevanaya – EOC Medical and Anti-Doping Commission. Kseniya Sankovich will continue her work in the EOC Gender Equality in Sport Commission.

Vladimir Andreichenko will speak on the standards of democratic elections in the CSTO member states and their protection from foreign interference.

The medications will be distributed to inpatient facilities across the regions of Belarus and will be used to treat both coronavirus patients and patients with other diseases, including children.

After the season opener in Doha, Qatar on 13 May, athletes will the chance to show their best in Birmingham or London (England), Eugene (the USA), Rabat (Morocco), Rome (Italy), Oslo (Norway), Paris (France), Stockholm (Sweden), Monaco, Lausanne (Swi...

Events of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly took place over the course of two days. The work was very intensive because a number of events were organized, during which pressing and important matters for every participating state were discussed.

The assistance was provided in line with the agreements reached during the visit of WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge and the WHO mission to Belarus to assess the situation on the border of Belarus and the EU.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 648,472. A total of 634,653 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus beat Turkey in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers opener, 84-70, on 25 November.

Gomel marked the 78th anniversary of liberation from the Nazis. A rally and a ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers were held in the city's main square.

“The communication with Belarus' president offered hope that the situation will be resolved. There are many thoughts in my head now, but my spirits are up,” the refugee said.

The refugee, who also took part in the meeting with the head of state, noted: "We all liked the visit of the president. We appreciated it very much. We will be looking forward to the resolution of our issue."

“Scoundrels [in Poland and the EU] don't want families to reunite. These are peaceful, normal people. Well, they will end up having a bigger problem. If Afghans rush here and to Ukraine (as you know, they will let anyone in for a penny), Europe wil...

This is the assistance to migrants who are currently living in the transport and logistics center on the Belarusian-Polish border, Deputy Healthcare Minister Boris Androsyuk noted.

Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Don't listen to those fakes that claim that it is profitable for us, that we've invited migrants to come here, that we bring them here, that [the Belarusian flag carrier] Belavia transports them. Total nonsense.”

The senator noted that many of those, who are now stranded on the Belarusian-Polish border, have families in the EU. These people seek to reunite their families.

"They call Lukashenko a dictator in Europe, but he came to see us, talked to us and he helps us. Meanwhile Europe, which considers itself democratic, has not given us a single chance," a refugee said.

Belarus' parliamentary delegation headed by Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova took part in the 53rd plenary session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Europe does not need yet another little war and conflicts. It cannot swallow Ukraine as it is. Who needs it? Those, who have started falling. Americans. There is no monopolar world. There is China, Russia, India, and oth...

"As you can see, I am honoring my obligations: more than 1,000 people have already left, 400 are about to leave. They are at the airport today. They should pay and charter the planes as they promised," the Belarusian leader stressed.

In line with the established procedure interior troops of the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry will be deployed to guard the second unit of the nuclear power plant.

After my yesterday's statement, they coughed up a paltry $260,000. We counted three days earlier that we spent a total of $12.6 million [in aid to refugees]. They transferred $260,000 to our Red Cross. You see, they are so disgusting," the Belarusian...

Aleksandr Lukashenko also talked with the refugees. The head of state asked them whether there is enough space in the center, whether things are ok in terms basic essentials. "In general, everything is fine," the refugees replied to the president.

The press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry quoted Leonid Kasinsky as saying: “We continue evaluating in detail the situation evolving around our borders due to the buildup of military activities of Poland and the Baltic states."

"It's very important to us," one of the women said. "If all the presidents in Europe were like you, we would have no problems, we would be welcomed everywhere."

Reporters wondered what Aleksandr Lukashenko thinks about why certain representatives of the West and international organizations are so reluctant to talk to reporters.

“I would like to address the people of Germany: most people here are the ones who want to reunite with their families, find their loved ones who live in Germany. Please take these people in,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Black Friday is in full swing at Minsk World! We offer our clients the most attractive conditions for the purchase of residential and commercial real estate!

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The truth is that we are in no way going to toy with and make politics out of your fates. We know and understand you well. You are intent on getting into Europe. You've been invited to go there and you want to go there."

The president stressed: “I'd like to say that my task and the task of all those working here upon my instructions are to help you, the people in distress.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Instead of simply hoping we will work with you to achieve your dream.”