Igor Karpenko, the newly appointed chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, told reporters on 13 December that he intends to be as open as he was in his previous role as the education minister.

In her words, two years ago Belarus signed an agreement, within the framework of which information is shared with Lithuania. “We stay in touch with our colleagues from regulatory bodies. We are always open. All the information is provided in full,�...

Five new members of the Central Election Commission are: Vadim Ipatov, Yelena Baldovskaya, Denis Duk, Sergei Kalinovsky and Aleksandr Yuzhik.

The Emergencies Ministry staff keeps patrolling the logistics center. No emergencies have been reported so far. The refugees have understood the rules that must be followed: they do not use stoves or open fire. The fire alarm is in good condition.

Igor Karpenko was recommended to this position by Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko.

More than 4,600 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 10.00 on 13 December, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The pilot went on his last flight on 24 June 1941. For 80 years, the pilot was considered as missing.

“The Republic of Kenya demonstrates obvious achievements in its development and enjoys deserved attention of the international community,” the head of state remarked. “Traditionally friendly and mutually respectful relations create a good found...

“We have created stocks to keep the shelter going for two weeks. If we compare the amount of aid, Belarus provided about four times more aid than foreign organizations. This help came from domestic organizations, companies, and ordinary people,” ...

“Guided by this principle, Turkmenistan makes a significant contribution to ensuring international stability and security, is an example of peacefulness and good neighborliness,” the head of state remarked.

The expert community is convinced that only in unity it is possible to defend the interests of the EAEU and ensure the growth of the member countries' economies.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed two new governors, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo.

Speaking about the results of the business mission to Belarus, Head of Russia's Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov said that a number of agreements were signed.

The Belarusian finished 4.1 seconds behind the winner, Norway's Marte Olsbu Roeiseland who clocked 30:04.1 (one penalty). Sweden's Elvira Oeberg with one penalty finished third, 23.3 seconds back.

“My whole family is in Germany. Even my children and husband, they left with their grandparents a few years ago, and I didn't make it. I really want to be reunited with my family. Here, in Belarus, I am all alone, and I still hope that I will be ab...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 674,723. A total of 665,432 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

According to the Bellesbumprom chairman, Belarus is also implementing several investment projects in the woodworking sector. A German company is setting up a new production of upholstered furniture in Ivatsevichi.

“Well done, guys! The most important victory for Dinamo,” the resource cited Aleksandr Lukashenko as saying.

Viktor Lukashenko said: “The Olympic movement of our country has a rich and glorious history. In the early 1990s the Republic of Belarus became a worthy member of the world Olympic family."

The book focuses on the crimes the Nazi committed against civilians during World War Two. The presentation was organized in the Russian Science and Culture Center in Bucharest.

In line with the document NAIP and KOTRA intend to assist each other with the organization of meetings and exchanges of delegations of business circles, with establishment of direct contacts between companies, which are registered and operate in Bela...

More than 3.896 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 3.110 million have been fully vaccinated.

State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Belarus Batsukh Bayarsaikhan in Minsk on 10 December.

Taking part in the competitions are more than 150 athletes from 16 countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Cyprus, Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Poland, Chile, Estonia and Russia.

All in all, Belarus performed 10,626,257 tests, including 25,388 tests in the past 24 hours.

In January-October 2021 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $75.722 billion, up by 30.6% year-on-year. Import amounted to $36.25 billion (up by 29.1%). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $3.222 billion, up from $1.83 billion in Januar...

Mutual trade in the EAEU reached $52 billion in January-September 2021, up 32.5% from January-September last year. “The level of the pre-COVID period of 2019 was exceeded by 16.5%,” the EEC official representative stated.

Hanna Sola of Belarus won the Women 7.5km Sprint at the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon 3 in Hochfilzen, Austria on 10 December.

Iya Malkina said that the so-called second big protocol had been signed. Work on the protocol began in 2017. The document includes a total of 139 amendments designed to fill legal loopholes, address existing limitations, and give additional powers to...

According to her, plans are in place to continue cooperation with Vietnam, Serbia, Singapore and Iran under preferential trade agreements and with China under a trade and economic cooperation agreement.

The interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran has been extended until 2025, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina told a briefing for the press.

During the summit the EEC reported to the EAEU leaders on the progress made in the implementation of the Strategy 2025 this year. “In general, the pace of its implementation corresponds to the plan.

In November 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 October 2021 and 109.1% as against December 2020.

"My father once had a shop. Now there is no opportunity to do business, there is no work. It has become unsafe to live there," the teenager said. He hopes that the situation will be resolved safely for his family.

The WANO MC team included representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The purpose of the prelaunch peer review was to evaluate the readiness of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant for safe and reliable launch and conseque...

The Belarusian shot clean to finish 20.5 seconds behind the winner, Johannes Kuehn from Germany.

Vladimir Putin called his Belarusian counterpart. They discussed topical issues of Belarus-Russia cooperation, the bilateral agenda as well as emerging challenges and threats around the two countries.

“Several options are being considered. For example, video lessons or lessons by educators-psychologists; we are looking for teachers among the refugees,” Igor Gedich said. According to him, the final decision will be made taking into account the ...

Igor Petrishenko said the agreement had been long in the making, its adoption will allow accelerating transit shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union from abroad.

The president of Uzbekistan deems it necessary to keep removing barriers and restrictions in mutual trade. He declared his readiness to join the work to create the most favorable conditions for increasing trade with the EAEU countries.

We need to increase the use of national currencies in trade between the EAEU countries, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said when speaking at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council summit.

Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez confirmed his firm commitment to active participating in the EAEU as an observer state.

Vladimir Putin believes that interaction within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union has been developing in a productive manner recently. Even in the current complicated period of time the Eurasian Economic Union countries managed to increase...

‘Germany, help us', ‘No deportation', ‘No returning home' - read the posters held by the children. ‘Help us! Germany, help us', they chanted.

Iraqi Airways' Boeing 747-400 has already landed in Minsk National Airport. Boarding is underway.

“We know that the West and the United States have already started asking you to join the pressure on Belarus. You know, they have already issued a fifth package of sanctions against Belarus. There will be a sixth, a seventh and no one knows how man...

The head of state noted that his colleagues in the Eurasian Economic Union are well aware of the situation in Belarus and the country's relations with the West.

"One thing is clear: the true goal of the West is the systemic elimination of competition. This situation clearly demonstrated that we have no friends there," the head of state emphasized.

“I really hope that this will be the last year when we are communicating via video conferences. Our honorable chairman [Nursultan Nazarbayev] was right. Not only do we miss in-person meetings, it is also high time we started seriously responding to...

In spite of the persistent difficult situation on the global market, in 2021 the countries managed to produce rather good results in foreign and mutual trade, the head of state remarked.

There are plans to conduct a kind of census of the child population at the refugee shelter together with UNICEF. This will help accurately determine the children's age, native language, educational and other needs.

A flock of white swans has recently been spotted in Miyun District of Beijing.

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 ...

The scenery on the Jiankou site is very picturesque at any time of the year. In winter, when everything is covered with snow, the Great Wall of China seems even more majestic.

"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...