Belarusians do not want war, the head of state noted. "Peace is the absolute value for Belarusians, the most important one. We all need to make tremendous efforts to preserve it," the president emphasized.

This already happened in history 80 years ago, when Poland, together with Nazi Germany, participated in the division of Czechoslovakia. They have experience. Today Poland has Belarus in its crosshairs. They need ‘the whole of Belarus!' not just the...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The West has achieved an opposite effect: our citizens, including those, who believed in the West, are now resolutely opposed to it. Last year's large-scale sociological studies demonstrated that the society does not tol...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Attempting to try to sell these political escapades at a profit, Lithuanians have gone overboard to the detriment of their own interests. They've even challenged great China for the sake of the United States. They've bec...

The head of state believes that no fences would be able to hold back huge flows of migrants, since the problem remains fundamentally unresolved. “Belarus is just a transit point in migration routes,” he noted.

He stressed that sanctions are an element of hybrid war. "In fact, they are working according to the algorithm: sanctions - internal rebellion - military invasion," the head of state noted.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We've gathered in order to sincerely discuss problems of our state and honestly and sincerely answer all the questions. So, will a war happen or not? Yes, it will happen. But only in two cases.”

It is important that we not only survive a new redivision of the world but also build our future, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he delivered his Address to the Belarusian people.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said it is necessary to take the system designed to ensure national security to new heights, particularly defense. It is necessary to better equip army units with weapons and materiel, train the personnel how to use modern method...

"Border incidents, local conflicts, cyber attacks, vaccine battles - all these are the realities of today, and they emerged literally in recent years. Being at the crossroads of civilizations, Belarus is in the epicenter of these processes,” Aleksa...

The head of state noted that the offensive military infrastructure is being reinforced in the West, and NATO is building up its troops near the borders of the Union State, flights of U.S. strategic bombers have intensified, to up to 30 sorties per ...

The established system of the world order is actually a thing of the past, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he delivered his Address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly.

The Year of People's Unity has showed the whole world the cohesion and perseverance of Belarusians, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he was delivering the annual Address to Belarusian People and the National Assembly on 28 January, BelTA has le...

The development of the draft action plan was prompted by the increasing antimicrobial resistance, which poses biological and economic threats to the CIS countries.

The fifth meeting of the expert group on the establishment of the Human Rights Commission of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held via videoconference on 27 January.

In Belarus, the Russian military will perform tasks related to delivery to and mounting of engineering equipment at field camps and military vehicle parks. In addition to that, the military involved in testing the Union State response forces are to p...

The dairy industry will be represented by Bellakt, Molochny Mir, Primemilk, Slutsk Cheese-Making Plant, Lida Milk Plant. The meat industry will be represented by Veles-Meat, Volkovysk Meat Processing Plant, Grodno Meat Packing Plant, Slonim Meat Proc...

"Osh State University is one of the largest and oldest universities of Kyrgyzstan and is among the top universities in Central Asia. It has about 20 faculties, institutes. They have programs that correspond to the programs of each of our four faculti...

Close attention was paid to the mechanisms the Eurasian Economic Commission had suggested for implementing joint programs and projects within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union for the sake of raising investments and securing the innovation...

Mikhail Myasnikovich and Sergei Aleinik discussed key matters concerning international activities of the Eurasian Economic Union, including progress in negotiations on establishing free trade zones with priority partners such as Iran, Egypt, and Indi...

By addressing representatives of all the regions, the head of state conveys principled evaluations of ongoing events and processes, justifies the government's political stance, and mobilizes the society towards the realization of the most important d...

Over 30,200 teenagers aged 12-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 1,900 children have been fully vaccinated. Thus, 56.7% of the population of the Republic of Belarus has received one dose of the vaccine, 47.3% has been fully v...

Roman Golovchenko said: “Belarus and Syria are connected by solid relations of friendship and cooperation. We've never been indifferent to what is going on in Syria and we were always close and expressed support to the Syrian people in the most dif...

Natalya Kochanova said: “The events that happened in Belarus and abroad in the last few years teach us to appreciate sovereignty and independence of our country, to be united, to live in peace and accord, remember the past trials."

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 734,078. A total of 725,935 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus. As many as 5,992 COVID-19 patients have died since the infection outbreak in Belarus.

During the meeting Aleksandr Volfovich and Stanislav Zas exchanged opinions about topical events concerning international and regional security.

The parties discussed the interaction of Belarus and China in the UN and other international organizations on topical issues of the global agenda.

"The parties discussed the participation of Belarusian business in the Eurasian integration. Mikhail Myasnikovich noted that the EEC looked into the issues raised during the meeting with the Belarusian business community in Brest on 21 June 2021," t...

The sides discussed promising avenues of cooperation in civil engineering. Close attention was paid to the experience of Belarusian specialists in building quality and comfortable homes.

The Address will begin at 11.00. It will be broadcast live on TV and radio. The televised version of the Address will be presented by Belarusian TV channels in the evening.

Grodno Oblast sent a delegation of 245 people to Minsk for the president's address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly on 28 January. The delegation includes representatives of local authorities, public organizations and trade unions.

Belarus will take part in UzFood 2022, the International Exhibition on Food, Ingredients and Food Technologies, due in Tashkent on 29-31 March.

Viktor Gulevich said: “The test is going on in conditions of a complicated military and political situation. The recent events in Kazakhstan demonstrated the increased role of collective military and political unions in ensuring the national securi...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange is ready to ensure uninterrupted supplies of Belarusian agricultural products to China, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of BUCE Andrei Novikov said during a meeting with representatives of the China CAMC...

Representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps, international and public organizations, and religious communities laid flowers at the memorial. It was here that the Nazis killed about 5,000 prisoners of the Minsk ghetto on 2 March 1942.

I am happy to see you here today in the run-up to the important political event – the Address to the Belarusian People and the National Assembly, the Belarusian leader said addressing the participants of the ceremony.

Construction of 157 facilities will be financed in accordance with the state investment program for 2022, Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar said.

The referendum provides everyone the right to determine the future of Belarus, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said at the special session of the House of Representatives.

The parties analyzed the measures taken and in the pipeline to treat and prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. Special attention was paid to the issues of rapid tests at home and the tactics of treatment of asymptomatic patients.

The politician noted that in Europe the United States of America has two "puppets", namely Poland and Lithuania. Today, these countries are the sources of the most bellicose rhetoric.

The parties discussed ways to promote Belarusian products with high added value to china and launched the inclusion of Belarus in the project "ICAC Platform for the Best Foreign Products".

Brest Oblast Days took place as part of World Expo 2020 on 25 January. Heads and employees of nine companies presented the Belarusian region. In particular, Brest Oblast's economic, investment, and tourism potential was presented by Santa Bremor, Bar...

The document stipulates projects that envisage the implementation of international humanitarian law by government agencies and organizations of Belarus, support for capabilities of Belarus' Red Cross in ensuring preparedness for emergencies and respo...

The executive said that despite external difficulties and the geopolitical situation the company's performance was decent in 2021. The output grew by 130% while the export growth rate demonstrated a similar increase.

As a result of the deal ¥1.8 million or $287,000 worth of square-sawn softwood timber was sold. Transactions that use Chinese yuans reduce forex exchange risks of the seller and the buyer and greatly reduce the monetary transaction completion time.

Over 28,200 teenagers aged between 12-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 1,400 children have been fully vaccinated.

All in all, Belarus performed 11,535,887 tests, including 26,596 tests in the past 24 hours.

Meetings of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Regional Study Groups for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia will take place alongside with the forum.

Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich met with Executive Director of the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) Charles Gore at the Permanent Mission of Belarus to the UN Office in Geneva.

In 2021 consolidated budget revenues totaled 101.5% of the target assigned to tax agencies, with the growth rate at 109.4% as against 2020. Small and medium private businesses accounted for one third of the revenues. According to Ella Selitskaya, Bel...

The Belarusian Emergencies Ministry and the State Committee of Industrial Safety of Uzbekistan signed an agreement on cooperation in industrial, nuclear and radiation safety in the use of nuclear energy, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry.

Taking into account investment capabilities of the central state budget, the program provides for concentrating resources on the facilities and installations, which are to be commissioned in 2022, and on projects with a high construction completion p...

"Big advances have been made in the development of integration in the Union State of Russia and Belarus," Sergey Lavrov said. "This work is done literally every day."

Belarusians care about the future of their country, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told reporters. On 26 January the speaker met with representatives of the banking sector, BelTA has learned.

According to the source, Vilnius has already received the corresponding letter with a warning. Belaruskali believes that Lithuanian Railways has to pay off all the parties, who will incur losses, including Belaruskali's partners in other countries.

The palette of comfortable upscale new houses of the Minsk World multifunctional complex has been complemented by another architectural gem. Happy newcomers receive the keys to luxury apartments in the unique house Vienna!

Aleksandr Konyuk said that life has demonstrated that the Collective Security Treaty Organization is necessary for ensuring security in the region. In his opinion, the involvement of CSTO peacekeepers was the factor that helped stabilize the situatio...

According to him, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is a unique organization in terms of its status in the country, tasks and competences. It takes projects from idea to production, has its own manufacturing facilities, collaborates with al...

“The CSTO responded swiftly to Kazakhstan's request and sent peacekeeping forces to help it stabilize the internal political situation following massive external attacks. This has become a vivid evidence of the maturity and high reliability of this...

According to the source, Belarus has signed agreements with the relevant authorities of Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia. The agreements specify how many vehicles every border crossing is supposed to process.

"This vaccine prototype is now undergoing extensive preclinical trials. They will be followed by clinical trials, and by the end of the year we believe our vaccine will be ready for use,” said Vladimir Gusakov.

Poland and Lithuania still fail to honor the bilateral agreements on the throughput capacity of border checkpoints. Personnel of the Polish border checkpoints cleared only 54% of the normal number of semi-trailer trucks in the last 24 hours.

According to Valentina Matviyenko, during the spring session the senators will continue to work on inter-parliamentary ties. For example, the upper house will host the seventh inter-parliamentary forum Tajikistan - Russia and the ninth Forum of the ...

Belarus-Cuba cooperation relies on a solid foundation, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Juan Valdes Figueroa.

The parties discussed the state of the Belarusian-Egyptian cooperation in the field of science, interaction between the national academies of sciences within the framework of the current joint projects.

In memory of the Holocaust, the Belarusian National Library is screening the inscription "27 January - International Holocaust Remembrance Day! We Remember!"

The head of state noted that this year Belarus and Australia celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, but the chronicle of good partnership relations between the two countries goes much further back.

“Given that new variants keep emerging, the vaccine will be adapted to those of them that will be circulating at the time of the vaccine production. The production technology allows constantly upgrading the vaccine to deal with viral mutations,” ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko's meeting with scientists on 25 January discussed, among other things, whether a massive COVID-19 testing campaign makes sense.

“For almost three decades, the relations between our friendly nations have been an example of beneficial and sustainable cooperation. During this period, the bilateral cooperation has made appreciable progress in the political, economic, humanitari...

Sergei Aleinik and Ante Jozic discussed matters on the bilateral agenda. They reaffirmed mutual interest in invigorating Belarus-Vatican cooperation, the press service said.

The subordinate federal archives have been instructed to provide assistance to the investigation team of the Prosecutor General's Office in matters concerning the detection and collection of information and copies of archive documents.

Thus, 56.2% of the population of the Republic of Belarus has received one dose of the vaccine, 46.6% has been fully vaccinated.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 730,207. A total of 722,295 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The agreement aims to make transportation between Belarus and China more attractive. According to the document, the companies shall interact logistics support in Belarus, customs clearance services, Belarusian-Chinese railway transportation, and fac...

The Siberian husky nursery "Snezhnaya Zaveya" is located in Minsk suburbs, on the grounds of the farm stay "Visiting the Gray Wolf" in the Glebkovka biological reserve.

The migrant problem is far from being settled, and refugees keep trying to get to the EU countries via Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarusю

“It is a demonstration of our strength. They should see that we are not alone and that we will defend ourselves if we have to,” Aleksandr Lukashenko added.

Belarusian people will have the final say on whether or not the amendments to the Constitution will be adopted, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Oleg Dyachenko told BelTA.

“We kept fighting for this piece of land in a bid to be masters on this land and live a decent life here. Therefore, it did not happen with ease and by accident,” the head of state stressed.

“My demand is that the academician has to be a reliable person, he or she has to be dedicated to the state. If you are an academician, you have to work for the country's benefit. Otherwise, what kind of an academician are you?” the president said...

"Both Russian and Belarusian are our languages. We do not want to force the Belarusian language on anyone, but we will strive to encourage every Belarusian to be able to speak it. And there is nothing anti-Russian here,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The document was signed by Chairman of the Svetlogorsk District Executive Committee Dmitry Aleinikov and Baoding Mayor Yan Jihong. The agreement provides for the development of mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields: economy, trade and hum...

The ceremony took place at the Palace of Independence on 25 January.

“In this terrible world it is nearly impossible to survive and even resolve problems when you are alone. We need to band together in a union and so on. We need to hold out. Time chose us, we didn't choose it. And we need to retain the statehood and...

The roller ski track in Vesnyanka is hosting the Snowy Sniper biathlon competitions for the prizes of the Presidential Sport Club on 25-27 January.

Speaking about the peacekeepers' preparedness, he said: “Exercises have been held many times, including in Belarus. Certainly, Belarusian peacekeepers did great. They demonstrated excellent training standards."

“The dialogue was open and constructive. I would like to add that our key task is the development of breakthrough technologies and their commercialization. We need these breakthrough technologies. Believe me, we will find ways to support and reward...

Any discussions about possible deployment of the CSTO collective forces to the Russia-Ukraine border are speculations, former CSTO State Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha said at a press conference in Moscow on 25 January.

Bilateral trade in goods and services has a potential for further growth.

The heads of government reviewed bilateral trade and economic cooperation in 2021 and outlined plans for 2022. It was noted that despite the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic downturn Belarus and Azerbaijan managed to significantly ramp up...

Grigory Rapota noted that such exercises are held alternately in Belarus and Russia every year. They are always criticized by neighbor countries and by NATO representatives, he said.

The move was prompted by a drastic increase in patrol flights near the Belarusian border and in the number of NATO aircraft, which are located in the direct proximity of the Belarusian border.

Belarus is providing electricity upon Ukraine's request from 11:00 till 18:00 on 25 January within the framework of the bilateral agreement on emergency aid, the source said.

At the same time, Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that Belarusian scientists have never been afraid of difficulties, they have always been motivated to solve the allegedly impossible tasks.

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that there has been a lot of talk lately about the alleged inevitability of a war, which is likely to alarm a lot of people.

According to the president, at first he doubted that the country would be able to produce its own vaccine, that this challenge would be too much for Belarusian scientists. However, they were determined to rise to this challenge, the head of state not...

One of the strategic tasks for science and manufacturing industry is the creation and widespread assimilation of technologies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with representatives of the National Academy of Sciences.

The head of state emphasized a big role of scientists which is much wider than the field of academic research today. “Every one of you is a persona in history. To a large extent, you are shaping the worldview of the nation. It is very important tha...