Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova met with Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev of Russia.

Today is the 33rd day since the refugees arrived at the Belarusian-Polish border. They are staying in a temporary shelter in the Belarusian transportation and logistics hub Bruzgi. The people still hope for a positive resolution of the situation.

“I am an old man already. I hope to get to Germany. I have relatives there. I was a sailor, I saw probably half the world, and after all that I had to set off on such a journey,” Mehrdad said.

“We intend to work with our colleagues from Russia on refinancing some of the debts. We are working with the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. Apart from that, we have foreign currency leftovers, which will be used for these purposes...

Belarusian households and enterprises will not feel the impact of the counter-sanctions, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting with MPs,

Taking part in the summit are the heads of state of the Eurasian Economic Union, Honorary Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidents of the observer states (Cuba and Uzbekista...

Roman Golovchenko said: “We've spent virtually $2 billion on foreign debts this year. We will spend another $280 million on it by the end of the year. Thus, all the foreign debt payments will be made in full.”

"Last year we had a significant outflow of household deposits and, accordingly, the purchase of foreign currency. The situation has actually been reversed. I have already mentioned the figures where households and businesses were not net buyers, but ...

"We have assessed the losses in the Western markets, we will make up for them by expanding our presence in Russia, Asia and Africa. Russia and China remain our strategic partners. We plan to grow exports in these markets by the average of about 6%. W...

“The budget has been drafted keeping in mind more cautious estimates of economic growth and taking into account the maximum impact of all possible risks,” said Roman Golovchenko.

The Arena circus studio in the Orsha Community Center will mark its 40th anniversary in 2022. The studio has won numerous awards at national and international circus competitions.

“Over 10 months this year, the country's GDP grew by 2.4%. The forecast for the year is 1.8%. In other words, we are beating the forecast so far. It is important that the growth is attributed mainly to the export,” said Roman Golovchenko.

The Belarusian economy is showing resilience to new economic challenges, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting with members of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic in the Oval Hall.

The Summit for Democracy under the auspices of the United States has sent a serious signal to all independent states of the world. It heralded the start of a new Cold War. Preparations are underway to ideologically justify a geopolitical offensive on...

Taking part in the summit will be the heads of state of the Eurasian Economic Union, Honorary Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidents of the observer states (Cuba and Uzbek...

“The task is to disintegrate, to muzzle, to make it obey Strasbourg, Brussels, Washington. Everything is used for that, including information war, sanctions,” Dmitry Mezentsev noted.

Dmitry Mezentsev said that the Union State is approaching a new milestone that prompts the parties to rethink the integration processes.

NAIP Deputy Director Aleksei Pushkarev stressed that the idea behind the brief list of investment projects is to show investors options for business development in Belarus and give them food for thought. Investors are always interested in balancing p...

The official said: “We've repeatedly drawn the attention of civilized Europe, which constantly speaks out as an adherent of principles of humanism and human rights, to the extremely harsh treatment of migrants by Polish border service personnel and...

Gross domestic product is planned to grow by 2.9% year-on-year, real disposable household income is to increase by 2%, fixed asset investment is projected to expand by 3.3%, export of goods and services is expected to grow by 6.3%.

Control over the growth of money supply will stay in place. The average broad money supply will rise by 7-13% year-on-year, with the ruble money base expected to expand by 8-13%.

The head of state said: “Over the course of one year ten attempts to commit terrorist attacks against people, enterprises, and military installations were made by our fugitives, who are now under the protection of Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine.”

“Apparently, some of the initiators of this project in Poland have run out of money. Therefore, they want to replenish their wallets using this project. If we talk about the wall, it will cost neither $400 million nor $500 million, as they plan, bu...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Deep reasons behind pressure on Belarus are connected to the USA. I am not going to recount all the reasons. I will try to specify the key ones. The key reason is that we happened to be the key link in the USA's and NATO...

The decision by the World Health Assembly is historic in nature, vital in its mission, and represented a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen the global health architecture to protect and promote the well-being of all people.

The 2022/23 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round draw was held in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon to set 13 groups that will begin the road to the eight-team finals in Malta

The cargo includes food for a week for 1,500 people. IOM representatives also talked with refugees and discussed their situation with them.

Natalya Kochanova inspected the accommodation conditions and the way food provision and medical assistance have been organized. She also talked with refugees, gave the children sweet boxes and toys on behalf of the upper house of the Belarusian Parli...

The handling of appeals of corporations and individuals in Grodno Oblast was high on the agenda of the session. Representatives of executive authorities of the region and members of various councils of deputies also took part in it.

The previous program provided $10,000 to large families upon the birth or adoption of the third and subsequent children in the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019.

Aleksandr Lukashenko wished Ignazio Cassis good health and productive continuation of his political career as the head of state.

According to the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo, the interview touched upon the migrant crisis among other things. An answer to accusations and popular fake news was given. The head of state said why Belarus is being pressured and whether he holds the ...

The agenda will also include the coordination of priorities of the EAEU international activities for 2022.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 669, 631. A total of 659,224 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The Belarusian diplomat called on Chinese partners to make a full use of the potential of interregional trade, economic and investment cooperation to increase the supply of Belarusian food products, set up more joint ventures, including in the Chine...

The armored fighting vehicles will enter service in one battalion of the 6th Independent Guards Mechanized Brigade. The battalion's specialists have already been trained at the 72nd guards joint educational center for training warrant officers and ju...

Sergei Mityansky said: “The development of the regions, search for ways to explore their full potential have been of current interest for years. All of us understand that the economy is formed at the local level. An important task for the regions t...

Director of the Aviation Department of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry Artyom Sikorsky called the material of the New York Times about the Ryanair aircraft landing in Minsk fake news.

According to the source, official trials, including those involving live firing, are in progress to check and maintain combat, technical, and operational characteristics of prototypes of the combat vehicle 9P140MB and the transporter-loader vehicle 9...

Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Belarus, Russia and Moldova Ikhtiyar Aslanov.

"We, adults, can get used to everything: to living in the open, to hunger, and even war. But we do not want this for our children, they have not deserved it,” the refugee said.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev to discuss the bilateral cooperation in construction, urban planning, industry and agriculture.

Belarus and Armenia are great friends with shared history, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said during a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Belarus Razmik Khumaryan.

The interviewer is Nisa Efendioglu, a journalist and presenter of TRT Haber TV channel. The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation TRT was founded in 1964 to broadcast on behalf of the Government of Turkey and was the only broadcaster in Turkey unt...

The Brest team finished the first half slightly behind, 17-18. Soon after the break the Brest team took the lead and held it for a long time. Four minutes before the final hooter the visiting team took to the front, but Meshkov managed to restore par...

"My grandson is 12 years old. He often asks me why we are called refugees and why we are not allowed into the country where we want to live, why we are here and what will happen to us next,” the tearful woman said.

During the meeting, Sergei Rachkov noted that Belarus highly appreciates friendly ties with the Sultanate of Oman. There are no disagreements and contradictions in politics between Belarus and Oman.

The parties discussed topical issues of Belarusian-Russian cooperation as part of the Union State.

At our meeting we discussed the challenges and prospects for economic development, the preparation and execution of the national budgets for 2021 and for 2022 and the medium term, said Vitaly Vasyukov, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Commission on Bu...

Belarus has extended the licenses on number of goods from Ukraine. The Belarusian Council of Ministers issued resolution No.702 on 7 December 2021.

A regular meeting of the permanent ministerial commission on state programs took place under the chairmanship of Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov on 8 December.

The parties emphasized progress in trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Rostov Oblast over the expired period of 2021.

According to the source, Belarus' trade with Altai Territory grew by 23.2% to $62.5 million in January-September 2021. The volume is expected to get close to $100 million according to results of the year.

Participants of the session discussed challenges and threats to military security in collective security regions as well as matters of further development of the collective air force and the organization of aerial defense of coalition forces during t...

The website sb.by quotes the expert as saying: “It is important to understand it bearing in mind the import substitution decisions that have been made and have been contemplated by the government. There are plans to implement about 47 relevant prog...

The parties discussed the bilateral cooperation within the framework of the Union State program to set up the common electricity market. Special consideration was given to the key aspects of the draft interstate agreement on the formation of a common...

The decision to include the centenary anniversary of the National Library of Belarus in the List of Commemorations and Anniversaries was taken at the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference.

The major goods supplied are products of wood deep processing - furniture worth more than $1.6 million. Among the supplies are also wood-fiber boards, paper, cardboard, containers and other types of wood products.

We have been in Belarus for exactly a month and are not losing hope that the European Union will accept our families. We are all tired, women and children are exhausted. We are not certain about our future but are still hoping for a better outcome," ...

“The parties exchanged information within the current agenda of Belarusian-Kazakhstani relations and discussed the state and prospects of cooperation for the near future,” the ministry said.

The exhibition consists of several exposition zones. One of them presents a selection of books published in different years, which reflect all stages of development of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 667,893. A total of 657,109 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Plans are in place to expand the Museum of Gifts in the Palace of Independence beyond the hall on the third floor into other premises, Press Secretary of the Belarusian President Natalya Eismont told the participants of the excursion around the Palac...

In terms of retaliation to the Western sanctions Belarus is in lockstep with Russia, political analyst Aleksei Dzermant said in an interview with the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper.

According to the Ukrainian online newspaper Korrespondent.net, in response the Belarusian government introduced licensing for certain Ukrainian goods, including traditional import groups: ceramic tiles, wallpaper, radiators, refrigerators, paper, par...

BC Horizont Minsk kicked off the new season of the European Women's Basketball League (EWBL) with a 66-64 win over Piestanske Cajky on 7 December. BC Horizont Minsk won the tournament last season for the first time.

The official said: “We primarily focused on protecting western borders, the borders with Poland and Lithuania. Today our southern neighbor Ukraine is starting to show an unfriendly attitude towards Belarus although Belarusians and Ukrainians have a...

"Many of our products outdo European ones both in terms of quality and price. The same pertains to beef. We have enough of beef, we export a lot of it. We also sell over 250,000 tonnes of poultry all over the world,” the senator said.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev.

A monument to Persian poetry classic Nizami Ganjavi has recently been erected in a park near the Azerbaijani embassy. Finishing works are underway to prepare the site for the official opening.

Apartments in Minsk World are the perfect holiday gift for you and your loved ones!

“The fifth round of sanctions can only benefit the countries that introduced them. And we understand that the U.S. sanctions have no direct jurisdiction in the EU,” Andrei Strunevsky said.

Belarus is aware that the West may nominate a spoiler candidate specifically to disrupt the course of the election campaign.

The official said: “All the facts of illegal actions of Polish law enforcement personnel and officials are being combined into one criminal case. The investigation continues. New outrageous facts that resulted in deaths of the victims are being det...

No political, economic or military sanctions against Belarus will be effective, member of the Standing Commission on Budget and Finance of the House of Representatives Sergei Stelmashok told reporters.

The IAEA experts are in Belarus as part of a follow-up mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS). The experts visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant while accompanied by employees of the Nucle...

The mercury is forecast to dip to as low as -23°C in Belarus on 8 December.

Representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the CSTO Joint Staff are visiting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on 5-9 December.

The bill was brought into the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament by the Council of Ministers on 8 September. It was developed for the sake of ratifying the Belarusian-Russian intergovernmental agreement, which was signed in Moscow on 19 Febru...

8 December is the 31st day for the refugees at the border. They are living in a temporary accommodation facility in the transport and logistics center on the Belarus-Poland border. All this time, Belarus has been trying to provide them with comforta...

The first group will live in Beijing that will host speed skating, figure skating and short track competitions. Another group of athletes will stay in Zhangjiakou that will stage skiing and biathlon events. Yanqing will house the third group competin...

Belarus' law enforcement fully controls the situation in the country, Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told reporters prior to the National Coordination Meeting on Combating Crime and Corruption.

Russia supports Belarus in its efforts to counter Western sanctions that are aimed at triggering new protests in Belarus, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Pankin told RIA Novosti.

In January-September of 2021 the export of services by the High-Tech Park resident companies surged by 25% and exceeded $2.3 billion.

Belarus and Bashkortostan would like to cooperate in the field of land and property relations. This matter was discussed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Property Committee of Belarus Dmitry Matusevich with Minister of Land and Property Relati...

The decision to impose food embargo on a number of products from Western countries in response to the sanctions is absolutely right and reasonable, member of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidu...

“At 08.24 Cham Wings Airlines Airbus A-320 with 96 passengers on board took off from Minsk National Airport and headed to Damascus,” the message reads.

According to him, these goods can be roughly divided into three types. “Goods that are fully replaced by domestic producers or manufacturers from friendly countries. Goods that are locally produced, but in insufficient amounts, and the so-called cr...

The citizenship was granted to persons who applied for it following the instructions that Aleksandr Lukashenko gave during the Big Conversation with the President, a big press conference held on 9 August 2021.

The head of state believes that thanks to the joint efforts, the CIS will keep effectively responding to the challenges and threats of our time remaining an important factor in international life.

Gomel is hosting the final stage of the 18th edition of the Music of Hope international children's competition (drums and horns) on 6-10 December 2021.

Mikalai Barysevich and Janitha Abewickrema Liyanage discussed prospects of invigorating Belarus-Sri Lanka cooperation in specific areas and coordinated approaches to joint efforts meant to enhance the bilateral relations.

The diplomat said: “I will answer the key question right away: the migrant crisis at Belarusian borders emerged through no fault of Belarus. People leave their homes in war-torn countries in search of a better future. Belarus didn't force them to d...

According to the source, the Belarusian government has taken measures in response to continued attempts of the collective West to use sanctions to pressure the country. In line with the Council of Ministers' resolution a food embargo will be introduc...

We all want a speedy resolution of the situation. I'm tired of the West's lies. They've promised us one thing, now they say another. We read the news and do not understand what is happening, what the future holds for us," a refugee said.

More than 3.002 million Belarusians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Belarusian Consul General in Guangzhou Andrei Popov took part in the annual conference of the Guangzhou Office of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, Zhejiang Province.