Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced new appointments on 1 August.

The head of state noted that Switzerland is an example of how to preserve and strengthen statehood in difficult historical conditions, create a strong economy, and consistently defend national interests in the international arena.

As of 1 August, grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 20.4% of the planned area (435,800 hectares). Harvesting was completed on 41.2% of the area (142,700 hectares) in Brest Oblast, 4.91% (17,800 hecta...

“Belarus has not exported grain in recent years, as the country has been using a large amount of it in cattle breeding. The production in the agro-industrial complex is expected to grow by about 4.5% this year. We plan to increase milk and meat pro...

The head of state wished Patrice Talon health and happiness, as well as peace, progress and prosperity to Benin.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the CIS Executive Committee and the Coordinating Council of the International Union of the Commonwealth of Public Org...

In Q1 2022 Belarus produced $2.7 billion of import substitution products. The figure is likely to make up $6.5 billion in H1 2022.

Brest is hosting delegations from Poland, Latvia, Slovakia, Germany, Russia's Samara, Kovrov, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Izhevsk, Petrozavodsk, Ryazan, Astrakhan and Malgobek, as well as representatives of diplomatic missions.

24-year-old Dmitry Sokolov of Russia has joined HC Dinamo Minsk on loan from HC Avangard Omsk, BelTA learned from the press service of the Minsk hockey club.

Russia should not react to Poland's statements in its regard, military expert and political analyst Yakov Kedmi told the V Teme [On Point] online project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

FC BATE Borisov lost 0-2 to Konyaspor. In the first leg BATE suffered a 0-3 loss.

About 30 delegations have come to Brest as it celebrates its 1003rd anniversary on 29 and 30 July.

Belarusian Soligorsk and Berezniki of Russia's Perm Territory have become twin cities.

“We have discussed the possibility to increase the supply of heavy equipment for the mining industry. This industry is developing at a high pace in Iran. We will need a large number of dump trucks in the coming years,” Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin said...

Belarus' Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik had a working meeting with Perm Territory Governor Dmitry Makhonin who is on an official visit to Belarus, BelTA learned from the Industry Ministry of Belarus.

Belarus would like to intensify trade and economic cooperation with Iran, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with the Iranian delegation led by Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin, BelTA has learned.

Heads of some agricultural companies express dissatisfaction with price caps for their products. The president reminded them about the support they received and continue to receive from the government.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Vietnam Vladimir Borovikov commented on the prospects for cooperation between Minsk and Hanoi in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel.

The parties exchanged views on the prospects for the development of the entire complex of Belarusian-Indian relations and also discussed topical issues on the bilateral agenda.

After the agreement on oil is signed in the Eurasian Economic Union, Belarus' energy security will improve, Chairman of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim Andrei Rybakov said as he met with Arzybek Kozhoshev, the member of the Bo...

Irina Velichko expressed regret that ICAO could not fight back against the political pressure from the West and that it turned from a technical into a political organization, putting the security of international air transportation at risk.

According to the committee, 42,026 people entered Belarus from the territory of Ukraine since February 2022. Over 26,000 of them came in transit through the EU countries: 21,877 Ukrainians came from Poland, 3,625 from Lithuania, 674 from Latvia; 15,8...

In view of a number of unfriendly moves by the United Kingdom that seek to inflict maximum damage to Belarusian nationals and legal entities, a decision has been taken to downgrade diplomatic relations with the UK to the level of charge d'affaires,...

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko met with Arzybek Kozhoshev, the member of the Board - Minister in Charge of Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission, to discuss the common energy markets and measures to support ...

Winter barley can be harvested earlier than other crops and the machinery can be used more evenly throughout the harvest season. Although winter barley is a demanding crop, it is still possible to secure high yields using the right technology.

All in all, Belarusian farmers cropped 1,114,600 tonnes of grain with the average yield at 38.8 centners per hectare. Winter barley was harvested from 57,500 hectares of land (96.5% of the designated area), with 296,000 tonnes produced and the averag...

Belarus is set to take part in the 7th international exhibition Rebuild Syria, which is due to take place in Damascus on 28 September-2 October.

Aleksandr Lukashenko's working visit to Slutsk District comes as a practical continuation of the nationwide conference held earlier this week to discuss the progress in the country's harvest campaign.

Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova paid a visit to the Belarusian-Dutch joint venture Pharmland in Nesvizh on 28 July.

"Belarus has the most stable economy among the post-Soviet states today, despite all the sanctions. Belarus has no deposits of oil, uranium or other minerals,” said Yakov Kedmi.

“Ukrainian nationals continue coming to Belarus in transit through the European countries. From 6.00 on 27 July to 6.00 on 28 July a total of 311 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus,” the State Border Committee said.

The event was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the CIS Commission on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, and the CIS Executive Committee.

Currently winter barley makes up one third of the harvest.

An Iranian delegation led by Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin, Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran came to Belarus to take part in the work of the commission.

Belarus resolutely disagrees with the findings of the ICAO final report and the resolution of the ICAO Council of 18 July. The report is based on incomplete information, Denis Dovgalev, counselor of the Delegation of Belarus to the OSCE, said in resp...

At the invitation of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kenya Pavel Vzyatkin took part in the exporters roundtable forum.

The Belarusian engineering industry and agriculture are ready to increase supplies to Russia's Perm Territory, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Governor of Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin in Minsk.

The ambassador thanked the Japanese MP for his work on expanding the bilateral inter-parliamentary dialogue and cooperation in trade, culture, sport, and youth exchange.

Charge d'Affaires of Belarus to Azerbaijan Vladimir Chushev met with Ziyad Samadzade, head of the working group of Azerbaijani-Belarusian inter-parliamentary relations of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan on 27 July.

The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic Khasan Khakimov, Minister of Industry and Energy of the Chechen Republic Adam Khakimov, and also Chairman of Belarus' State Military and Industrial Committee Dmitry P...

The use of water cannons against migrants and asylum seekers is excessive and disproportionate, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Felipe González Morales told a press conference.

According to UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Felipe Gonzalez Morales, he received information that requests for international protection in Poland were repeatedly ignored by Polish border guards.

Poland pushed migrants back to Belarus regardless of the time of day and weather conditions, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Felipe Gonzalez Morales told a press conference on 28 July.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Vietnam Vladimir Borovikov has met with Ambassador of Cambodia to Vietnam Chay Navuth.

Belarus and Cuba are interested in the exchange of pharmaceutical products, member of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Yury Valdés Balbín told reporters.

The special rapporteur stated that tensions at the border have decreased in recent months. However, according to a number of sources, some migrants remain in the forest.

Cuba is the gateway to Latin America for Belarusian producers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez told reporters in Minsk on 28 July, BelTA has learned.

The Cuban delegation has been on a visit to the Republic of Belarus since 24 July. They have already visited a number of pharmaceutical companies and healthcare facilities to discuss cooperation prospects in the production and use of medical products...

We have always supported each other in different international organizations. Now we are moving to a practical level of interaction. Today we are hosting a Cuban delegation which deals with pharmaceutical issues, vaccines. Cuba has always been famous...

Belarus' world number 53 Ilya Ivashka has reached the 2022 Atlanta Open quarterfinal defeating world number 91 Steve Johnson of the United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the round of Last 16.

The start of sales in the Amsterdam and Venice houses is your opportunity to plunge into the comfort of Amsterdam, the largest and most beautiful city in the Netherlands, and Venice, the world capital of romance. It is only at the start of sales in t...

Contacts on economic issues will continue during the Perm Engineering Forum, which will be held in early December 2022 and to which a Belarusian delegation has been invited.

"We have offered Perm Territory to use our competencies in terms of studying sales markets, searching for business partners, promoting foreign trade, and comprehensive support for participation in procurement programs of Belarusian enterprises," the ...

The head of the Russian region stressed that the economies of Belarus and Perm Territory had a lot in common: both produced significant volumes of potash, with oil refining and machine building playing an important role in the industrial sector.

In terms of economic cooperation between Perm Territory and Belarus, we need to rely primarily on industrial cooperation, Governor of Russia's Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin said at a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

If a country can't provide itself with food, it can hardly be considered sovereign and independent. This is why Belarus has paid increased attention to the development of agriculture, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russ...

“After all these sanctions were imposed, we need to rely on our own strength, develop our own capacity, substitute imports in all areas. Let's work on this together. Some say there are some barriers to this. At least the Russian president and I hav...

Belarus is ready to step up cooperation with Russia's Perm Territory, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Perm Territory Governor Dmitry Makhonin, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Cuba will cooperate in the biotechnology field, BelTA learned from the press service of the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone.

Winter rapeseed was harvested from the area of 131,400 hectares (42.6% of the targeted area), with 314,600 tonnes produced and the average yield at 23.9 centners per hectare, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

Belarusian woodworking companies and furniture producers have enough reserves to make up for the loss of European markets and to increase their presence on the domestic and foreign markets.

Belarusian woodworking companies have started exploring new markets in 2022, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom.

The departure of European retail chains should not be viewed as a loss, but rather as a vacated niche for Belarusian woodworking and furniture manufacturers, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov told journalists during his visit to the Gomeldrev woodwo...

Currently, Belavia flies to Kaliningrad and back on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays. From 9 August, the company will add flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

"Electric vehicles will always be in our focus. We will look for a niche to localize this production," Gennady Svidersky emphasized.

Over 200 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus over the past 24 hours, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee

Financing of the state investment program has been augmented by more than 50%, First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar said commenting on Decree No. 257 signed by the head of state to clarify the 2022 state investment program, BelTA has learned.

The T-72BM2 fully meets the necessary requirements and is already undergoing a series of tests, after which a decision will be made on mass production and acceptance into Belarusian army service.

Aleksandr Lukashenko gave a brief interview to journalists from the Riga Children's Academy of Radio and Television before the opening ceremony of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. After that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Security Servic...

"The COVID-19 vaccine SOBERANA PLUS produced by the Finlay Institute of Vaccines has been registered in Belarus,” reads the press release on the website of the Center for Examinations and Tests in Health Service.

Cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 222,500 hectares, which is 10.39% of the designated area, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

The Foreign Ministers Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will discuss Belarus' application for full-scale membership in the SCO at a meeting in Tashkent on 28-29 July, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.

Russia's Perm Territory plans to increase purchases of MTZ and MAZ vehicles, Aleksei Chibisov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia's Perm Territory, told reporters before the fifth joint meeting of the working group on co...

“Today our sanatoriums are at capacity, which is more than 25,000 people daily, including over 5,500 foreigners. Over the past month, the number of foreigners remained stable. All in all, over 72,000 foreign nationals stayed in our sanatoriums in t...

According to the Iraqi businessman, Al Seraj Al Mubeen Co. specializes in the import and wholesale of food products, the demand for which has grown significantly amid the continued instability in the global food market.

Smolevichi on the Plisa River is the administrative center of Smolevichi District, Minsk Oblast of Belarus.

Bilateral consultations on military cooperation between the Defense Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry of Defense of Serbia took place online on 27 July.

According to Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik, the development of cooperation with Pakistan fits into the Belarusian strategy of export diversification and the development of cooperation with far-away countries.

"Starting in September, the corporation will reach full capacity. There were certain hiccups in the commissioning of the facility. The government decided to postpone the launch of some facilities until the end of this year," Leonid Zayats noted.

The head of the National Olympic Committee pointed out that the development and strengthening of the best traditions of the national rhythmic gymnastics school would be impossible without the hard work of the entire national team.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich has delivered a speech at the high-level plenary meeting of the Beijing Forum on Human Rights 2022, BelTA informs.

The airline has canceled flights from Istanbul to Minsk and back until 30 September.

“The main theme of today's meeting is exports. We, however, cannot forget about investment projects. Foreign direct investment in Belarus continues to grow. In Q1 2022 net FDI increased by 45%,” said Roman Golovchenko.

“In January-May Belarus' export to distant market remained insignificant. Today we must scrutinize the current situation, take stock of the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, industries and diplomatic missions,” Roman Golovchenko emphasized...

Enrollment exams at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 27 July

“A pilot batch of 63 tractors will be shipped in the next few days. We are discussing a possible visit of the Minister of Agriculture of the country to Belarus. We are set to discuss the supply of about 1,000 tractors,” Piotr Parkhomchik said.

“We had relatively good figures in January-May - the growth in value terms made up 114% compared to the same period last year. We sold our goods to over 100 countries for $2.8 billion. Our goal is to reach $7.8 billion by the end of the year. We wi...

Representatives of the Chinese business discussed the prospects of cooperation in the peat industry during their visit to the Turshovka company. They explored the possibility of organizing supplies of Belarusian peat to the Chinese market.

Belarus' world number 53 Ilya Ivashka went off to a good start at the 2022 Atlanta Open seeing off world number 74 Quentin Halys of France, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, in an hour and 45 minutes.

According to the head of state, great victories of Irina Leparskaya's rhythmic gymnasts have made the Belarusian school of rhythmic gymnastics among the leading ones in the world.

The meeting was attended by Vice-President of the NOC Dmitry Dovgalenok, chairperson of the Belarusian Skating Union Yuliya Komleva, and a delegation of the Russian Skating Union headed by Nikolay Gulyayev.

“Under the conditions of sanctions pressure and turbulence in the international markets, import substitution becomes especially important. Belneftekhim organizations intend to actively develop cooperation with domestic enterprises, including privat...

Currently, the flights to Vnukovo and back are operated on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Starting from 8 August flights on Mondays and Saturdays will depart from Minsk at 7.00 and arrive at Vnukovo at 8.25. Flights will leave Vnukovo at 9.10 and ...

The match will be played at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium in Thessaloniki on 27 July.

Exports to China have increased significantly, and supplies to Russia are on the rise. “The price factor is good. That means that our products are in demand,” Igor Brylo said.

Additional Br357.1 million will be allocated for the implementation of the country's state investment program in 2022, which will finally total Br1.052 billion instead of the previously planned Br695 million.

“The import substitution platform features more than 500,000 product items, including import-substituting goods which are in demand in Belarus and Russia. Rostov companies have not yet fully used this tool, but we expect that the activity will grad...

"Russia is tiptoeing in Ukraine. It can easily destroy objects but it doesn't do it to avoid civilian casualties. We can smash military facilities into pieces with one strike bomb and kill all militants at that. But 300 to 400 civilians will die wi...

Food security is important for Belarus this time as never before, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo told the media in Minsk on 26 July.