The official said: “If we talk about 2021, the performance was affected by certain pressure of external factors: all the five waves of sanctions affected Belneftekhim enterprises and the concern itself, the oil market demonstrated great volatility,...

Dmitry Mezentsev said: “It makes one happy and it means a lot that the talk about the future economic, social, and political development of Belarus is described as a future together with the brotherly country of Russia, relations with which nobody ...

Stanislav Zas noted that a war is not necessary, however, he stressed that provocations are possible. “Certainly, the risk of provocations is very high. It should be taken into account and avoided,” he noted.

The official believes that the coronavirus will become a classical seasonal virus in the future and it is necessary to be ready for it. It is also necessary to follow the previously chosen tactic, he noted.

The main task of the National Bank and the government is to implement the economic development plans, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report by Chairman of the Board of the National Bank Pavel Kallaur and Aide to the ...

Belarus' banking sector performed very well in 2021, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report by Chairman of the Board of the National Bank Pavel Kallaur and Aide to the President for the Development of the Financial an...

“The head of state drew attention to the intensification of flights of U.S. strategic bombers near the border of the Union State. “According to our estimates, this means that the NATO air forces are testing a possibility to use cruise missiles, i...

"By now, we have built a clear political understanding of ​​where Belarus should go, explained what is valuable to us and what we can no way lose,” the MP said.

The healthcare minister confirmed the rise in omicron cases among children. Yet, according to experts, the situation is not critical, since the disease is generally mild.

“The question was whether or not to participate in the 2020 election. Being then the head of the Belarus President Administration I clearly saw that at that time there was no other person who would be able to take the burden of responsibility for h...

“We will keep our finger on the pulse [in order to prevent an excessive rise in prices]. Food prices continue to rise globally, and there are no signs yet that things are going to change. Naturally, we cannot allow a situation when our citizens can...

Grodno was caught in a winter storm that came from the Northern Atlantic.

Pechersky urban forest in Mogilev is a favorite place for ducks during the wintertime. Local residents often come there to enjoy a promenade and feed birds.

Royal Ball 2022, a ballroom dance competition, took place in Minsk on 29-30 January.

The regional breakdown of people who got the second shot is as follows: over 603,200 in Brest Oblast, over 546,400 in Vitebsk Oblast, over 681,400 in Gomel Oblast, over 528,800 in Grodno Oblast, over 519,600 in Mogilev Oblast, over 583,000 in Minsk O...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 736,299. A total of 727,857 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

he situation with human rights in the CIS should be assessed by the Commonwealth of Independent States itself, not by the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian radio stations in Moscow on 28 January.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Thank god, I didn't walk away from the latest presidential election. [Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya] Kochanova should be credited for it. When we gathered, I contem...

The historical memory is a source of Belarusian values is, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he delivered the Address to the Belarusian people.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “None of the grim forecasts from so-called independent experts and international financial institutions have come true. We've exceeded last year's GDP target. The production sector, which operation we didn't stop, was the...

Two presidential terms are enough, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he took questions following his annual Address to Belarusian people and the National Assembly.

“These are the plight of children, violence against women and killing of animals,” the Belarusian leader said.

If everything is quiet and peaceful, then I can step down any time. Yet, I will be there for backup: if you need my help, I will do what I can. I declare my plans honestly, publicly for the whole country, for the whole world.”

Lithuanians, as a people, have never been Belarus' enemy and will never be, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “All the conditions have been enabled in order to make Belarus a dynamically developing country. Our economic model relies on evolutionary changes, the preservation of a wise level of the state's involvement in the produc...

“It is time for us to learn to live by the law. If we strictly observe the Constitution and the laws that we will adopt in the follow-up to the Constitution, there will never be any dual power. Yet, there must be mutual control (I am telling you th...

Belarus will never be a source of war, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he delivered the Address to the Belarusian peopleю

The head of state noted that there had been misunderstandings in Belarus-Russia relations at times but they are a thing of the past now. “I've always said that Russia needs Belarus as much as we need Russia,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded that Belarus and Russia approved 28 Union State programs in late 2021. The main purpose of the programs is to create new manufacturing facilities and competences in key sectors.

As for the IT sector, Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that he spoke in general terms, and his message mainly concerns those who operate in the Hi-Tech Park. “I created and fostered this park, appointed my aides there. Today, this HTP is a branch of larg...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “When we were considering options for building our first nuclear power plant, the only one, I decided to have it built in Ostrovets. There were two more locations. They had been researched since the Soviet times."

“China has become one of the most important trading and investment partners of Belarus. I will cite just a few figures: the annual trade already exceeds $5.5 billion, 23 investment projects worth billions of dollars have been implemented. By 2025, ...

The Belarusian leader stressed: “Why are you fighting Belarus? Why don't you let our goods reach the port? You are simply bringing about a war: an economic one today, a hot one tomorrow.”

“Last year, we jointly built and put into operation the first Belarusian nuclear power plant, a linchpin of the energy security of our country. And after reaching the design capacity, the facility will produce 50% of electricity. We will purchase f...

“Today they beg the world for electricity. We've recently saved them from a power grid collapse by supplying the necessary amount of electricity nearly to the detriment of our power grid. And they behave in this manner meanwhile,” the president r...

“What shall I do? Their relatives are lamenting as they have property here. We have come close to resolving these issues. What else did you expect? Did you want me to turn a blind eye to the killing and burning of people here? We have sent them a s...

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out: “Peace is an absolute value for Belarusians, the most important one that defines the world outlook. All of us have to exert colossal efforts in order to preserve it. First, we have to preserve the unity of the soci...

The president mentioned the importance and relevancy of the Prosecutor General's Office's initiative to launch a large-scale investigation into crimes against the Belarusian people. New facts of the Nazi occupation are being revealed.

"Their program provided for restructuring, partial and full privatization of large and medium-sized enterprises, in fact, a manageable sale of farmland and industry flagships under the guise of massive privatization and development of the land market...

Prices are rising! The cost of exclusive housing will soar in the very near future! Why do you need to buy apartments in Minsk World now? What people procrastinate with a purchase?

According to the Belarusian leader, the constitutional amendments and addenda meet deep needs of the society. It is also confirmed by results of sociological studies, which indicate that about 60% of the citizens believe that the Constitution is in n...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Preparations for the uprising in 2020 were organized way better taking into account previous failures. We unambiguously view those events as a multistage and coordinated technology.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko warned against getting too overwhelmed or obsessed with the infection: “Today the West and Russia are no longer shy to repeat word for word what I said two years ago. What is needed to overcome COVID-19? First, no panic, and se...

We have strengthened the legal mechanisms for protecting sovereignty and the constitutional order, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

"Belarus is a welfare state. The country has built a reliable mechanism for helping people, providing mutual support and ensuring social justice," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Polish military were instructed to capture our border guard for the sake of exchange. I've already warned the Belarusian border service that there will be no exchange. If, god forbid, we allow the capture of our border g...

The West has done everything to ensure that Belarus ceases to be a source of peace, but we will be persistent and consistent on the way to peace, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Concern about rising tensions in the southern direction is growing. Ukraine is becoming an object of backroom bargaining. Ukrainians are being pushed into the fire of a conflict. Their minds are being broken and groomed ...

Billionaires around the world have significantly grown their wealth, the gap between the very rich and the rest of the population has noticeably increased. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. According to the Davos forum, tech giants and pha...

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.