Within the past six months, the share of transactions with goods that are not included in the list of mandatory products for sale on exchange trading sessions under Decree No.714 of the Council of Ministers has reached 52%.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to Minsk on 30 June, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing for the press in Moscow on 22 June.

“I strongly believe that this event will help create an effective platform to discuss national security, mechanisms and terms of industrial, scientific and technological development, international cooperation and interaction,” Aleksandr Volfovich...

The area of the land plot under development exceeds 20 hectares. The reserves are estimated at 1,626,570 cubic meters.

The parties discussed cooperation prospects in the petrochemical industry, namely oil exploration and production, and the safety of oil pipelines.

To implement the president's instruction, the Healthcare Ministry prepared a draft resolution to introduce a new additional bonus for all healthcare workers on 1 July 2022. This bonus will vary depending on the complexity and intensity of work.

The National Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People is observed all over the country.

“On the National Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People, we, Belarusians bow our heads before the sacred feat of the victors who liberated the world from Nazism and we raise our voice in ...

On 22 June Belarus marks the National Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People. On this day, the country remembers those who sacrificed their lives to defend the Motherland, those who were mu...

Many local residents traditionally spend the night of 22 June in the Brest Fortress. People come to pay tribute to the citadel defenders and all defenders of the Motherland.

The Russian-Belarusian project The Train of Memory was launched on 21 June in the Ceremonial Square in the Brest Hero Fortress memorial complex.

The photo exhibition “Destinies Folded in Triangle” is based on the joint internet project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.

According to Yevgeny Bureiko, Western sanctions have substantially reduced the geography of export of Russian metal products, this is why the redirection of export shipments to other markets is a burning issue. The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exch...

The message reads: “The flight on a Russian spacecraft Soyuz-MS is scheduled for autumn 2023.” The candidate will be selected out of 29 people shortlisted by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

The twinning agreement was signed on 21 June. The cities will build ties on the principle of partnership and mutual trust. The agreement was signed by Baranovichi Mayor Yuri Gromakovsky and Head of Kuznetsk Administration Sergei Zlatogorsky.

Belarus and Iran intend to cooperate in ensuring food safety and developing biopesticides, the National Center for Marketing told BelTA commenting on Belarus' participation in the Iran Agrofood International Agriculture and Food Exhibition.

The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held in Kyrgyzstan in August.

As of 21 June as part of the first cutting farmers cut down grass on 45.5% of the targeted area in Vitebsk Oblast, 93.1% in Gomel Oblast, 81.6% in Grodno Oblast, 90.1% in Minsk Oblast, and 78.6% in Mogilev Oblast. Brest Oblast farmers have hit the fi...

The head of state reaffirmed Minsk's interest in deepening political relations with Bogotá based on mutual understanding and respect. “I hope that your election as the head of state will give a new impetus to bilateral contacts, which will help ma...

Yuri Ambrazevich said: “We can incessantly argue about the term ‘multivectorness' and see obvious and hidden meanings and ideas in it. But the so-called collective West is not going away on its own, it is our neighbor. And today nobody knows in w...

The political elites of Western countries are dragging the expert community into a deceitful, destructive and radicalizing game for world domination, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich said.

According to Aleksandr Chervyakov, rising bilateral shipments of materials, components, and ready-made products for the sake of substituting lost imports from unfriendly countries will help keep the Belarusian economy and the Russian one stable in th...

The time has come for a global process involving all leading international players to reach clear agreements on the rules of a new world order that will provide security guarantees to all, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevic...

“In fact, the main topic for the Belarusian-Russian expert community could be the analysis of the so-called pivot to the East. This is true not only about our countries, but many others as well. This pivot is in full swing already, its intensity is...

Today is the time when overarching, creative and unifying initiatives are important like never before, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich said as he addressed the Belarus-Russia expert meeting in Minsk on 21 June, BelTA ha...

The deputy minister said addressing the Belarusian and Russian experts that it was very important to focus on the development of common approaches to many issues on the international agenda amid the current situation.

The event was held as part of the international patriotic campaign "Candle of Memory", which is held annually to commemorate the anniversary of th beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The ceremony in the Ceremonial Square of the Brest Hero Fortress...

The EAEU member-states defined the main approaches to the implementation of export regulations for certain types of goods. An instruction was given to develop transport infrastructure in the East-West and North-South directions, including as part of ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “They ran away to foreign countries but now 95% of them want to come back. They already write it openly: ‘If only Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] could pardon us and open the border…' 95% would come back. I don't ...

"If conditions for life and work are good, people will come," the head of state answered a question about what measures need to be taken to keep young people in rural communities.

The head of state was asked whether the government will continue supporting the reconstruction of municipal roads amid Western sanctions and so on. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We will not simply support it. We have to step it up. We have no reasons...

New tenants of Minsk World received the keys to apartments in the houses Polka and Mazurka located in the World Dances quarter of the multifunctional entertainment, residential, business and sports complex. What are their impressions of what they saw...

The heads of government, members of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council laid wreaths at the Victory Monument in Minsk on 21 June.

“Belarus will become a different country, with a different agriculture over the five-year period, if we manage to make the most of this moment when food prices have risen [around the world],” the Belarusian leader said.

“Agriculture has entered a golden age. We should make the most of it this year and next year,” the Belarusian leader emphasized.

According to the Russian head of government, today's priority is to ensure food security, import substitution and industrial cooperation. It is necessary to continue working on creating favorable conditions for business in the EAEU member states.

"We will consider the EEC report today. I believe that we are on the right track. Now it is important to control the effectiveness of the project, the efficient use of the funds allocated from the EAEU budget,” said Roman Golovchenko.

Roman Golovchenko said: “We expect the agreements reached upon Belarus' initiative at a session of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on 10 June with regard to the realization of manufacturing cooperation projects to become one of the ...

The world has entered a period of economic turbulence, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Minsk on 21 June.

"Food security tops the current global agenda. Our country has good indicators of food safety. Thanks to the common market in the EAEU we can solve the issues of food provision, including through mutual supplies of the products that are not produced...

The idea to keep amalgamating agricultural companies holds a lot of promise, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District on 21 June, BelTA has learned.

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission discussed the stability of the internal market of the Eurasian Economic Union, taking into account the food situation in the world.

Taking part in the event will be more than 300 representatives of the reenactment clubs from Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Bulgaria.

An agreement was reached to set up a joint venture that will use innovative technologies developed by the National Research Center for Transfusion Medicine and Medical Biotechnology (Belarus). The parties also discussed registration of plasma-derived...

Discipline and compliance with technology in agriculture will bring results, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District on 21 June.

Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats is well aware of this problem. I need him to make a proposal on how we will proceed with land reclamation this year. We need to determine the sources of financing, the proportion, volumes, the president said.

According to the committee, two people came from the territory of Ukraine, 138 Ukrainian citizens arrived in transit through the territory of Poland, 26 people entered Belarus through Lithuania and three through Latvia.

The head of state will be briefed on the progress in agricultural work, procurement of fodder, and preparation of machinery for the harvest season in Belarus, Vitebsk Oblast and Orsha District.

The meeting is attended by deputy prime ministers of the EAEU countries - members of the EEC Council. The Council is chaired by First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev.

The event was attended by representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, experts from leading energy companies and organizations, and also the CIS Executive Committee.

According to the Belarusian representatives, the forum has proved to be an effective platform for discussing the most topical issues of international cooperation, business, priority areas of joint cooperation.

“The parties discussed in detail the state and areas of the development and strengthening of the bilateral dialogue, including between the regions of Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina, various sectors of interaction,” the Belarusian embassy said...

Yuri Seliverstov said: “Thanks to the simplification of lending procedures and exporter support procedures manufacturers will be able to acquire resources more easily in order to organize shipments. This process will take less time. I'd like to not...

Roman Golovchenko said: “We have to be on the defensive in a global economic war. I am convinced we have everything we need in order to live through this complicated period and make the Eurasian Economic Union even stronger.”

For the sake of further integration of the national transport systems of the Eurasian Economic Union countries into the world transport system and for the sake of increasing trade volumes participants of the session are expected to discuss the develo...

The Belarusian will next face world number 6 Stefanos Stistipas of Greece.

Brest is gearing up to host the tenth edition of the Belarusian-Russian Youth Forum on 20-22 June.

Belarus claimed three gold medals: Hanna Marusava in the women's individual, Anton Kurovkin in the men's event and Karyna Dziominskaya and Raman Nikitsionak in the mixed team.

Aleksandr Lukashenko invited guests to his native house in Alexandria. Only foodstuffs made by the local agricultural company OAO Aleksandriyskoye and dishes cooked in a wood furnace according to traditional recipes were put on the table.

The 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia approved the report of the Council of Ministers of the Union State on the Union State budget 2021.

Trade and economic cooperation between the two countries is developing successfully, he said. Direct interaction between the regions plays an important role in the development of trade and economic relations. “I am convinced that the forthcoming Fo...

There will be more Union State programs to advance the integration of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk.

As of 20 June Belarusian gas distribution organizations had paid in full to OAO Gazprom Transgaz Belarus for the natural gas delivered in January-May 2022 in accordance the contract timeframes.

A week ago the Belarusian was fifth. She moved down one place after an unfortunate performance in Berlin. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is 20th with 2,146 points, Aliaksandra Sasnovich is 34th with 1,411 points.

Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin have visited the Amkodor machinery producer.

Notifications about the resumption of verification activities have been sent to all the OSCE member states today. Belarus will take appropriate measures in the absence of reciprocal steps.

“It is necessary to improve the efficiency of the Union State Parliament. We talked about it at the session today. A number of decisions taken before have been considered and implemented since the moment the Parliamentary Assembly was set up,” sa...

Belarusian-Russian relations have passed a tough test of sanctions, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko told the media following a meeting of the 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and ...

Roman Golovchenko thanked Uzbekistan for supporting cooperation projects. “This applies to MTZ tractors, and special equipment based on MAZ vehicles, and the localization of production of rescue and quarry equipment,” he noted.

Belarus and Uzbekistan have potential to expand bilateral trade, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.

Roman Golovchenko and Abdulla Aripov were made familiar with the operation of the Hi-Tech Park, legal conditions for doing business in the park, and with products of the resident companies.

The parties had an interested and detailed exchange of views on the most pressing issues of the global and regional agenda.

It is high time the Union State built a fully sovereign financial system, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Chairman of the International Affairs Commission of the House of Representatives of the ...

According to him, the states cannot allow the real work to be replaced by the preparation of endless concepts, projects, and be overshadowed by the practical implementation of the reached agreements.

The West should not be allowed to silence our voice on international parliamentary platforms, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said at the 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of...

"Despite the unprecedented political and economic pressure, the Union State is standing tall. Effective steps are being taken to ensure the sustainability of social and economic development, to prevent a sharp drop in living standards," Vladimir And...

Andrei Savinykh said: “Belarus and Russia have already become objects of military threats, economic sanctions designed to destroy our economies, and an information war with absolutely unprecedented underhandedness and cynicism."

The official noted that the nuclear power plant system is designed and built in a way to rule out interference with control systems of the nuclear power plant. “Cyber attacks cannot affect the work of the technological equipment,” he assured.

Abdulla Aripov was greeted by Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko at the airport.

The world is becoming more multipolar and this is good news, Aleksandr Dyukov, director of the Russian Historical Memory Foundation, said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.

“Uzbekistan is eying the Eurasian Economic Union. Work with India and Egypt is intensifying. This suggests that the Eurasian Economic Union is really attractive because of its opportunities and that countries would like to see a more convenient sys...

Decisions on foreign verification checks in the territory of the Republic of Belarus will be made on a reciprocal basis.

The task is to reach a gross grain harvest of 9-10 million tonnes in the near future, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a working visit to Mogilev Oblast on 20 June.

Belarusian checkpoints are operating in a routine mode, the committee said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is starting a new week with a working trip to his native land - the agricultural town of Alexandria, Shklov District - where he will discuss the state and prospects of the country's agricultural industry, Bel...

The real objective of the Western sanctions is to make the entire third world suffer, Stanislav Mezentsev, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Executive Director of the Coordinating Committe...

“We were the first to be targeted by sanctions in 2007, so we have already adjusted to a certain extent. Of course, the level of sanctions is unprecedented now, but we are finding ways,” Belneftekhim Deputy Chairman Oleg Kurilin said.

Belarus accounts for nearly half of mutual trade in foodstuffs in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Artak Kamalyan told BelTA.

Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko held talks with heads of six regions of Russia at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, BelTA learned from the press service of the diplomatic mission.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Belarus-Russia Union State will survive the redivision of the world, there is no other way, Doctor of Economics, Professor Irina Novikova told the Belarusian TV channel STV, BelTA has learned.

There are plans to make up for the closure of Western markets by increased supplies to Russia, Andrei Yarotsky, First Deputy Director General - Director for Economy and Finance at the Amkodor holding company, said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV chann...

A BelTA correspondent took a walk around Donetsk in the evening and learned how the city, which has been under shelling for the past eight years, lives

235 settlements have been liberated in the Donetsk People's Republic, head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin told the media in Donetsk.

Leonid Marinich stated that amid the irresponsible and confrontational policy Western countries and their military political and economic bodies pursue nowadays, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization plays an important role in minimizing threats, ens...

Lengthy and intensive fighting has changed Mariupol beyond recognition. The city is in a deplorable state and its restoration will require considerable time and effort.

According to official statistics, Belarus' GDP growth slowed down to 96.6% in January-May. According to Dmitry Yaroshevich, it was only to be expected because the Belarusian economy is going through active transformation.

The sides also exchanged plans on military cooperation between the Belarusian Defense Ministry and the Serbian Defense Ministry for the year 2022. The documents had been previously signed via diplomatic channels.

Invited to take part in the Games are athletes from Belarus, member states of the SCO, BRICS, CIS and other states. The program will include nine sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, archery, taekwondo, wheelchair fencing, football, draughts a...