Belarus' trade with Saint Petersburg exceeds the country's trade with a number of European states. Saint Petersburg is ranked 4th or 5th in the list of Russian regions trading with Belarus.

The official said: “Belarus' CEC have sent invitations for representatives of the central election commissions of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In other words, the CIS states...

The economic cooperation between Belarus and St. Petersburg bounced back. The trade in January-November 2021 already surpassed the trade of 2020, the head of state said.

Work to set up polling stations for the national referendum on constitutional amendments is nearing completion, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko told BelTA.

“In the face of frequent attempts to rewrite our history, to downplay the feat of the Soviet people, we believe that the time has come to give truthful assessments of many events and their participants (by the way, that is what we are doing now),�...

Belarus has a high level of nuclear instrumentation, Aleksandr Lobko, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University, said.

The delegation of Saint Petersburg led by the governor is in Belarus on a working visit. The delegation will hold talks with senior officials of the Belarusian government and the municipal administration of Minsk, visit industrial enterprises, cultur...

“This is because omicron causes milder symptoms. At the same time, older people and people having certain underlying medical conditions are at greater risk of developing serious illness from COVID-19,” the first deputy healthcare minister emphasi...

In addition, this document provides for an increase in rates for oil transportation within the country in the amount not exceeding the projected industrial producer price index in Belarus for 2022.

“The Belarusian people are sincerely happy that under your leadership in 2021 the Chinese nation achieved the First Centennial Goal despite all the challenges - eliminating poverty and building a moderately prosperous society,” the message reads.

The meeting was held as part of the 2021-2022 Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP) “Digital transformation of Belarus' economy: Implementation of the best practices of business and state cooperation in digital transformation of the industrial sector”.

Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said that since the first unit was connected to the power grid, it has generated 6.9 billion kWh of electricity. It has allowed substituting about 1.8 billion m3 of natural gas, which is roughly what the country's p...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 742,953. A total of 733,526 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The Main Media Center of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing has excellent conditions for the work of media representatives, press secretary of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee Victoria Mennanova told BelTA.

Proceeds from value added tax came at Br14.9 billion (100.4% of the target), income tax – Br5.1 billion (102.9%), excise duties – Br3.7 billion (100.6%). Revenues from foreign trade operations totaled Br5.1 billion (102.7%).

The law establishes the foundations of state policy in education and formalizes the provisions aimed at improving the efficiency, quality and accessibility of education, taking into account the trends in the development of modern education and the pr...

Pavel Kallaur said: “The world expects inflation to slow down by the end of the year. Virtually all the central banks expect that. We also expect a substantial slowdown of inflation and our target (it has already been mentioned) is close to 6%."

Tourism is another promising avenue of cooperation. “Sanatoriums of Grodno Oblast are very popular with Russians. Yet, there are many other places where joint investment can give a boost to domestic tourism,” Vladimir Karanik noted.

“If, for example, Lithuania does not want to let our cargo into the port and transship it in the port, well, it is up to them. Yet, if this happens, we should take retributory action against Lithuania literally within a few days as we agreed on,”...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The sanction policy of the West is the core of our conversation today. Certain time has passed and I've warned everyone that it is up to the government to take care of counteraction of this entire sanction policy. Nevert...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 24 "On Increasing Pensions" on 31 January.

As of 1 January 2021, Belarus' public debt totaled Br58.3 billion, Br0.5 billion or 0.9% up since the beginning of the year.

A unique promo from the developer of the Minsk World multifunctional complex has been extended until the end of this week! Hurry up and seize your chance!

Pavel Kallaur said: “The situation on the deposit market is calm. We see an increase in deposits in the national currency and foreign ones. The deposits grow by roughly 1.5% per month.”

Vladimir Makei congratulated Ambassador Boris Gryzlov on the beginning of his diplomatic mission to Belarus and expressed hope that the new ambassador's active work will further the strategic relations between Minsk and Moscow.

The document shall coordinate multilateral cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture, information and mass communications, book publishing, book distribution and printing, sport and a healthy lifestyle, tourism, and youth affairs.

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."