"It's a peculiar issue. We have launched a visa-waiver program for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. First of all, this is your area of responsibility as you lead the frontier region. What are your impressions, your point of view on this?” ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko raised the issue of Belarus' visa waiver program for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland as he met with Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko set a task to sustain economic growth in the country as a whole and each region as he met with Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik. The head of state noted that he had earlier familiarized himself with th...

Despite the progress achieved in fulfilling the international commitments in the relevant area, in October 2021 Belarus faced a biased and discriminatory attitude and pressure from the governing bodies of the convention.

Hunger and food deficit do not threaten Belarus, economic analyst Georgy Grits said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs.

According to the committee, 134 Ukrainian citizens entered Belarus in transit from the territory from Poland, 36 from Lithuania and 3 from Latvia.

In Round of 32 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (WTA No.35) eased past Germany's Nastasja Schunk (WTA No. 146) 6-1, 6-4. The match lasted 1 hour 15 minutes. She will next take on either Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic (WTA No. 75) or Germany's Sabine Lisicki (WTA No...

The Chinese company China Merchants CHN-BLR Commerce and Logistics Company (CMCB) will help bring suppliers and buyers to the import substitution platform of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), BUCE Spokesman Roman Yaniv told a BelTA ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a law setting forth the new version of the Land Code, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br87.4 billion in current prices or 95.8% as against January-June 2021 in comparable prices. In January-June 2022 the GDP deflator index equaled 116.3% year-on-year.

Vladimir Makei said: “A lot of fake information concerning results of World War Two is being generated today to suit political ambitions of some Western elites. Established historical facts are being distorted.”

In January-June 2022 retail trade totaled Br32 billion, 99.6% in the same period of last year in comparable prices.

Last week, the best Belarusian tennis player did not play and remained sixth with 3,267 points. Former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka is the 220th (2,016 points).

Since the visa-waiver program was launched on 15 April Belarus has welcomed 129,872 people: 84,888 citizens of Lithuania, 10,565 aliens and 33,399 citizens of Latvia.

Vladimir Makei noted that all the partner states are informed about Belarus' stance on events of the Great Patriotic War and the stance is also presented at international platforms and in integration associations.

Vladimir Makei remarked that today the world's durability is being sorely tested, principles of multilaterality are eroding, some countries revise results of World War Two, and attempts are being made to equate rights of victims and butchers, liberat...

Belarus should adopt the best solutions of other countries in a number of areas, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss the state of affairs in healthcare as well as postgraduate training of medical professionals, Be...

"As for our policy, from now on it will depend on the behavior of Western partners. In no way we intend to contribute to escalating the arms race or confrontation. On the contrary, we have an interest in ensuring greater stability and peace in our r...

Vladimir Makei said: “Participation in such conflicts in the capacity of mercenaries is a criminal offence in Belarus. We are getting information about the capture and deaths of a number of Belarusian mercenaries, who are fighting somewhere in Ukra...

Vladimir Makei speculated the Western countries are not acting smart in this regard. In his words, the Belarusian side is now looking into the legal side of the matter.

“Our assessment is unequivocal - these are horrible actions that affect children's mental health. I think if children pull through, this situation will harden them for the rest of their lives,” the diplomat added.

The future world order must ensure peace and stability on the planet, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media.

Anatoly Glaz noted that Felipe Gonzalez Morales and his team entered Belarus on 16 July and went to the city of Grodno where they started working actively as part of the visit on 18 July.

The procedure for obtaining Belarus citizenship for residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland might be relaxed, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media.

The opening ceremony was attended by employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions and consular offices and foreign diplomats accredited in the country.

Felipe Gonzalez Morales met with representatives of the Grodno Oblast administration. The dialogue touched upon matters concerning the migrant crisis that started in November 2021. Over 2,500 people stayed in Grodno District during the first wave. Re...

566 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus over the weekend, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Now is the best time to invest in prestigious real estate in the multifunctional residential complex Minsk World.

In his words, Belarus will pay close attention to cooperation with Kaliningrad Oblast. Belarus intends to increase export to Russia by a third this year and may increase export to Kaliningrad even more than that, the ambassador noted.

The participants of the meeting were to consider a draft decree prepared by the Healthcare Ministry. The draft decree provides for the transition to a new form of postgraduate training of doctors – clinical residency.

Vladimir Semashko reminded that Russia is now trying to resolve serious problems in the automobile industry. The withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market has slowed down the production of cars and trucks in Russia due to the poor local...

The joint creation of energy accumulators for electric vehicles is one of the promising areas. The sides discussed the gradual localization of manufacturing of energy accumulation systems in Belarus using Renera's technology and taking into account r...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that he has recently visited Vitebsk Oblast, Mogilev Oblast and Gomel Oblast to see how things were.

Opening the seminar, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei outlined the current environment that Belarus is operating in and recalled the foreign policy priorities.

The head of state noted that Anatoly Isachenko has been running the region for only six months. Yet, he is not new to the region, he had previously worked there in various roles, and therefore he knows the situation on the ground well.

"On the one hand, in January-May of this year the commodity exports shrank by 4.4% (almost $650 million). The main reason was the reduction in the export of oil and petroleum products, potash and nitrogen fertilizers. But on the other hand, the expo...

Belarusian agricultural workers have harvested winter barley on more than 70% of the area, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

"India has always been and will continue to be our priority partner in Asia. This is the key partner with whom we have developed good relations in all avenues: in politics, economy, and culture," Ambassador Andrei Rzheussky said.

Belarus and Russia have agreed on 14 joint projects as part of the import substitution effort, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk told the Belarus 1 TV channel.

In today's situation the military language is becoming more common than the diplomatic language, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The large-scale hostilities are the result of the West's irresponsible policy that aggravated disagreements in the European region, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates o...

The ongoing developments prompt diplomats to come up with a new response to the policy of the West, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

We are going against the tide addressing our tasks in a new environment, Belarus' Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk wrapped up on 17 July, BelTA has learned.

Taking part in the event were the country's leading producers of makeup products.

Vitebsk hosted the 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to journalists of the Riga Children's Academy of Radio and Television before the opening ceremony of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk.

During the meeting Valery Revenko summed up what Belarus and China had managed to achieve in military cooperation with the current attaché Senior Colonel Li Yong in office. Valery Revenko thanked Li Yong for his contribution to the advancement of Be...

Aleksei Overchuk said: “We already use our currencies as much as possible. Their share was already close to 80% last year. Taking into account the measures unfriendly countries are taking against Belarus and Russia, we expect the share of national ...

Salaries accounted for 64.8% of the total money income, revenues from doing business and other gainful activities – 8.1%, transfers to the population (pensions, welfare benefits, scholarships, and other kinds) – 22.3%, property income and other k...

The future civil engineering specialists visited the demonstration wing of the education and training center of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. The students saw a full-scale simulator of the nuclear power plant control room where engineers practi...

On the night of 15-16 July 2016, attacks were carried out against the parliament building, strategic facilities and infrastructure, an attempt was made to assassinate the president of Türkiye. As a result of the clashes, more than 250 people were k...

Judging by the pace of bookings for the flight to Vnukovo we can say that the flight will be much in demand, Director General of Belavia airline Igor Cherginets told BelTA

State-run enterprises manufactured Br8.8 billion worth of products or 97.2% over the same period of last year in comparable prices.

Over 148,800 teenagers aged 12-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 143,200 children have been fully vaccinated.

The award ceremony was held in Tashkent that hosted the CIS Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification. The awards were presented by Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Ilkhom Nematov. ...

According to the Finance Ministry press service, the ministry terminated contract relations with Moody's in 2018. Moody's actions with regard to the country's rating have not been requested by the Belarusian side.

According to the State Border Committee, from 6.00 on 24 February to 6.00 on 15 July, 39,056 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus: 15,845 entered Belarus from the territory of Ukraine, 19,616 people passed in transit through Poland, 3,015 through ...

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the draft agenda of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting which is due in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan on 25-26 August.

The exhibition is a joint project with the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer Troops and Signal Corps of St. Petersburg which has loaned the photographs narrating about the Battle of Stalingrad.

The parties confirmed their interest in cooperating in retraining and advanced training of specialists who are responsible for ensuring the uniformity of measurements, technical regulation, accreditation, conformity assessment and quality management.

An award ceremony and a gala concert of the participants of the International Children's Song Contest are taking place during the Slavianski Bazaar festival on 15 July.

Natalya Kochanova said: “I always say: listen attentively to the president and do as the president says. And you will always be in the right. All the decisions have to be made for the benefit of the state. If it is statesmanlike, then it has to be ...

The 31st edition of the international festival of arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk has kicked into gear. The city is humming with fun and exciting activities.

Today is the best time to invest in prestigious real estate in the multifunctional entertainment, business, sports and residential complex!

For Belavia, Vnukovo will become the third airport in Moscow. The airline operates flights to the Domodedovo Airport and Sheremetyevo Airport.

An open championship of Belarus' Armed Forces is taking place in the Karolino airfield near Grodno. Over 100 people in 16 men's and 10 women's teams are taking part in the championship.

Interest in selling their products at BUCE was expressed by a number of companies from Voronezh Oblast who participated in the Belarusian-Russian business forum at the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova is taking part in a meeting of the Verkhnedvinsk District Executive Committee.

Belarus has formally applied to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member, SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming said at a briefing for the press.

"Let them rest assured: our Slavic soul will endure everything and face our lot bravely and the ideas of goodness, peace and justice will triumph again. No matter how hard the West tries to draw the Iron Curtain on us, guests from Europe and other c...

“No matter what it cost us, the Ukrainian language was spoken at the opening of the Slavianski Bazaar festival. And it will be spoken, including today. Moreover: it will always be spoken here!” he said.

According to the head of state, when the festival was founded in the 1990s, no one could even think that the single Slavic world which strength lies in its thousand-year history would be put to the test politically and culturally.

“Of course, this festive, creative atmosphere is not the best time to talk about politics. Yet, politics has played a role in the history of Slavianski Bazaar from its very first day. And we did the right thing to retain and preserve our festival t...

The award is designed to acknowledge the most impactful works of literature and art that made a meaningful contribution to strengthening brotherhood, friendship and cooperation between Belarus and Russia.

On 15 July the participants of the Vitebsk 2022 song contest at the Slavianski Bazaar festival will learn their running order, BelTA learned from the directorate of the festival.

The Belarusian contestant performed the song The Sky is on Fire written by Valery Shmat. The young artist got the maximum score of 70 points.

Slavianski Bazaar has become a source of creativity and new achievements, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the opening ceremony of the 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk on 14 July.

Aleksandr Lukashenko presented the award to the artists during the opening ceremony of the 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk on 14 July.

“Dear friends, I congratulate you on the festival! I declare yet another Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk open,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The realization of the agreements will contribute to the expansion of bilateral cooperation that relies on principles of friendship and mutual respect, the National Marketing Center press service told BelTA.

Improving the competitive ability of higher education on the international scale is one of the main tasks of development of Belarusian vocational education as part of the government program “Education and youth policy in 2021-2025” and the concep...

Olga Petrashova said: “We demonstrate that we are open to any country and the entire world. We have nothing to hide. We advocate a peace-loving policy. We don't want a war, we broadcast no aggression. This is why I believe opening our borders for r...

Evgeny Korolek from Grodno clocked 49 min. 55 sec to win the 40km individual time trial. Silver went to Mark Grinkevich from Grodno was 19 seconds behind the winning time. Yevgeny Sobol from Brest Oblast was third (+1.53min).

The second international weaving competition is running as part of the artisan fair The Town of Artisans in Vitebsk.

According to the State Border Committee, 177 of them came to Belarus from Poland, 30 from Lithuania and 4 from Latvia. Two people crossed the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

“We are working on an amendment to grant Ukrainian children the right to study in our educational institutions. Now work is underway to amend Decree No. 420, which will take into account and regulate these issues."

Irina Akulovich said: “Created by BelTA in association with the Belarusian State Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War, the exhibition has gathered very touching stories. Stories from Vitebsk are among them. I reread these letters one more t...

Lilies, roses and daylilies are in bloom in the Central Botanical Garden in Minsk.

The Slavianski Bazaar festival is a solid foundation of international friendship; it highlights and celebrates the commonality of cultures of Slavic nations, Belarusian Information Minister Vladimir Pertsov told journalists.

The photo exhibition is located in Military Glory Alley in Pobeditelei Park. These are 18 stories of frontline soldiers, a collection of scanned soldiers' letters. They are full of hope and pain, thoughts and stories about combat and other ordeals.

Slavianski Bazaar has become an important platform to see the development of Chinese-Belarusian relations, reads a message of greetings to the 31st International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk from China's Minister of Culture and Touri...

In furtherance of the agreements reached during the official visit of Samara Oblast Governor Dmitry Azarov to Belarus, a delegation of the Industry Ministry and a number of industrial enterprises of Belarus (BelGEE, BATE, MAZ, Belkommunmash, Mogilev...

The Russian government has approved the details of the experiment to give Belarusian banks access to Russia's public procurement system, BelTA informs citing the website of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to the people of France as the country celebrates the national holiday - Bastille Day.

As of 1 July 2022 the broad money supply in Belarus amounted to Br53.870 billion, up by 2.5% from 1 June, BelTA learned from the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). Broad money supply includes cash in circulation and bank accounts of ind...

In addition to that, winter barley was harvested from 32,600ha of land (54.6% of the targeted area), with 163,800 tonnes produced. Winter rapeseed was gathered in from 4,260ha of land or 35.5% of the targeted area.

The document introduced corresponding amendments to the Resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 7 dated 18 March 2020. Thus, air travelers holding the Belarusian passport will no longer have to take a PCR test for ...

“In accordance with the 2022 international military cooperation plan, a delegation of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan is visiting the Republic of Belarus on 13-16 July,” the Defense Ministry informs.