The meeting of the CSTO Council for Emergencies was held on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The economic life of harvesters and energy-saturated tractors should be at least 15 years, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a working trip to Pruzhany District.

The head of state recalled that now one of the most important tasks is to phase out imports. “Up to the point of getting permission to buy a combine harvester or a a seeder. You should buy mostly Belarus-made machinery. Otherwise, our machinery pro...

“In general, we have many friends in many corners of the globe. Today's video-conference with the Laotian MPs confirms this. It is important to note that Belarus and Laos generally have similar positions on key issues on the international agenda. W...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has repeatedly emphasized the importance of rapeseed for the development of the country's agriculture. It is a valuable oil-bearing and fodder crop, a source of high-quality vegetable oil and fodder protein.

As of early 19 August grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 77.7% of the planned area (1.663 million hectares).

Belarus' world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka outlasted world number 30 Shelby Rogers of the United States, 6-4, 6-7(2-7), 6-4 in a 2-hour and 35-minute showdown to move into the Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal.

The cooperation memorandum will facilitate the development of high technologies, commercial ties, and the expansion of export capabilities of enterprises. The sides agreed on information cooperation and the organization of joint events.

Major enterprises representing food industry, mechanical engineering industry, and other spheres of Belarus will participate in the seventh international expo Rebuild Syria. They will showcase products and services, which are in demand in the Middle ...

Sergeant Vadim Kravchenko and Guards Private Kirill Yanushkevich successfully accomplished their tasks during the shooting stage while driving a Tiger armored vehicle. The two soldiers hit targets with machine gun fire while driving the Tiger vehicle...

Belarus' world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka progressed into the Cincinnati Masters second round defeating Russia's world number 69 Anna Kalinskaya because of the opponent's walkover.

Aleksandr Volfovich thanked Viktor Makhmudov for the warm welcome and hospitality extended to the Belarusian delegation on the Uzbek land.

An agreement was reached to develop partnerships to support businesses in the two countries in finding partners and arranging direct contacts,” the National Center for Marketing said.

We need to makes sufficient stocks of fruits and vegetables in order to meet the needs of the domestic market with home-grown products in the off-season, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made a working trip to Grodno District.

We need to prevent a man-made catastrophe of a planetary scale and I call on Ukraine to stop the reckless and extremely dangerous shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Tatiana Runets emphasized.

In H1 2022, the Belarusian economy received $4.3 billion of foreign investments. Foreign direct investment (FDI) accounts for the major share (over 88%). Their volume increased by 4.4%. Foreign direct investment on a net basis increased most signific...

"The president has set a task. In the next five years, in 2021-2025, we need to plant intensive gardens so that we can produce at least 1 million tonnes of fruits in the country . These are pears, apples, plums, cherries and so on," Leonid Zayats sa...

The head of state was informed about progress of the harvesting campaign. Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo said that about 75% of the area under crops was harvested as of the morning on 18 August. Last year's harvest of cereals has already be...

Two years ago a coup d'état was prevented in Belarus, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Igor Marzalyuk told journalists at the dialogue platform ...

The key factors are growing trust in the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange as a purchase tool and a favorable state of prices on the Russian market from where Belarus imports most of the ferrous and non-ferrous rolled metal products it needs.

The villagers met the head of state at the exit from the office of the production cooperative where he discussed horticulture and domestic production of fruits and vegetables. Most of the Kvasovka residents work at the enterprise.

Aleksandr Lukashenko wondered how this agricultural enterprise was dealing with the housing shortage problem. He drew attention to the construction of rental housing. Prices for sawn timber have been rising recently while Belarus has plenty of this r...

In terms of state support and price trends, the agricultural industry is well positioned for growth today, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the V.I. Kremko production cooperative in Grodno District.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that a lot of people buy products in Belarus now. The customers include not only Russians but Ukrainians, residents of Poland and Lithuania.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, there are gardens in all the regions, but their number is obviously small. The president regularly instructs the government and regional executive committees to increase the area of productive varieties of fruit and...

The man said he had decided to come to Belarus and request protection out of fear for his own life and health. The Polish citizen was allowed to cross the border and advised to contact bodies of the Internal Affairs Ministry in order to get refugee s...

The share of domestically produced food on Belarusians tables should be as high as possible, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in Grodno District at a meeting to discuss horticulture and domestic production of fruits and vegetables.

Lang Son Province reaffirmed its commitment to promoting mutually beneficial interregional cooperation with Belarus. The parties reached an agreement to undertake a detailed joint study of promising projects in logistics, trade, industry, tourism and...

This topic was raised during the report by Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik. The head of state guaranteed payments for all products that will be sent to storehouses. “I will take everything that you will put into storages. All storehouses in...

We need to think over measures to reduce the cost of timber for residential construction, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the V.I. Kremko production cooperative in Grodno District.

“Yes, barley is a more delicate crop. We will succeed with it if we take the right technological approach,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The head of state noted that agricultural producers from the regions, especially those who have their own processing facilities, should get help with selling their products in Minsk. “We need to help those who need it. We will solve this issue rela...

Arable farming and agricultural production in Grodno Oblast can be an example for the entire country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his working trip to Grodno Oblast.

According to the committee, 183 people arrived in Belarus from Poland, another 29 from Lithuania, ten from Latvia.

During his working trip to Grodno District Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will visit the Kremko production cooperative, BelTA informs.

The concept of the forecast of the socio-economic development of Belarus for 2023 was discussed at an expanded meeting of the Economy Ministry collegium chaired by Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov, BelTA learned from the press service of the min...

Six million tonnes of grain has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Piotr Parkhomchik has been working as the industry minister up till now. Prior to that he ran the Belarusian heavy truck manufacturing company BelAZ for over 13 years. Roman Golovchenko said: “You will have to oversee a number of branches of the ma...

At the same time the official underlined that judging the state of the economy by looking only at the GDP is not entirely correct. “It is certainly an important indicator but you have to analyze other parameters, too. In particular, the foreign tra...

The Belarusian Fund for Financial Support of Entrepreneurs organizes meetings of major enterprises with small and medium private ones. After finding contact points, the entrepreneurs can be included into manufacturing cooperation chains with major ma...

Sergei Mityansky said: “Entrepreneurs are ready to change in current conditions. They are looking for new types of activity in order to substitute the foreign companies, which used to sell equipment, raw materials, and components to us.”

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved a draft intergovernmental agreement with Russia to implement the program of military-technical cooperation between the two countries until 2025 as a basis for further talks.

"The parties reaffirmed commitment to developing cooperation between the CSTO and the ICRC in key areas of international humanitarian law," the press service stated.

In early November, Almaty will traditionally host the 24th edition of FoodExpo Qazaqstan, an annual exhibition event dedicated to agriculture and food. Belarus will present an exhibition called as Belarus - the Taste of Nature. A Belarusian delegati...

The investor has been granted a land plot as large 70 hectares in the area of the Airport site. Fifth-generation greenhouses will occupy 40ha. It will be a unique facility for Belarus and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The National Marketing Center's education center in association with the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian company RTS-Tender arranged a webinar to highlight new opportunities for the Belarusian private sector to participate in...

“Citizens of Ukraine continue to take a transit route via the EU countries to reach to Belarus. 196 people arrived in Belarus from Poland, another 40 from Lithuania, six - from Latvia,” the committee informed.

The Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) hosted a meeting between BelCCI Deputy Chair Yelena Shabalina and Mike Nicholas Sango on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission, BelTA informs citing the press service of the ...

The Road Patrol competition is scheduled to begin in Uzbekistan today. Teams from Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Iran will participate in it this year. Belarusian military personnel have already been issued firearms, have tested out the vehicles, a...

On 16 August Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Hungary Vladimir Ulakhovich met with Mayor of Gerjen Károly Romhányi.

The first broker from Pakistan has been registered with the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), BelTA learned from the BUCE press service.

– Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Indonesian President Joko Widodo as the country celebrates the Independence Day.

Some 5.7 million tonnes of grain has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

The meeting was attended by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Director of United Nations Information Center in Moscow Vladimir Kuznetsov.

The Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Ministry of Belarus has commented on the pricing situation in the consumer market in July, BelTA informs.

Yuri Nazarov took over from Valery Ivanov as Chairman of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate. In his previous role as deputy prime minister, Yuri Nazarov was in charge of mechanical engineering, petrochemical industry, woodworking a...

Key matters concerning ways to ensure security amid the aggressive policy of NATO and the hybrid war launched by Western countries against Russia and Belarus were discussed.

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br104.6 billion in current prices or 94.8% as against January-July 2021 in comparable prices. In January-July 2022 the GDP deflator index equaled 116.8% year-on-year.

Dmitry Mezentsev went to see a number of stands of major manufacturers of weapons and military hardware. Those included a joint stand of the Republic of Belarus. The official was made familiar with products of OAO 558 Aircraft Repair Plant, OAO MZKT,...

As of 1 August 2022 agricultural enterprises had 4.1 million head of cattle, including 1.4 million cows. The number of pigs stood at 2.3 million.

Aleksandr Chervyakov noted: “In 2016-2021 we imported more than $2.1 billion worth of mineral resources excluding mineral fuel, oil, natural gas, and electricity. In the current conditions effective use of mineral resources is becoming the most imp...

“Citizens of Ukraine continue to take a transit route via the EU countries to reach to Belarus. The Belarusian side provides them all the necessary assistance,” the committee informed.

Viktor Khrenin said: “Today we see how they keep making forces in the furnace of the Ukrainian military conflict to start a war against Belarus. We are concerned by actions of Western countries which create and train nationalistic military forces l...

Belarus calls for restoring bridges of trust between the East and the West, and offers Minsk as an open platform for such interaction, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said as he addressed the tenth edition of the Moscow Conference on Inter...

The information expansion and calculated manipulation of digital technologies is one of the West-created factors contributing to instability, State Secretary of Belarus' Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich said.

Aleksandr Volfovich noted that it is obvious that NATO is bent on destroying the existing architecture of global and regional security and has substantially increased presence at its eastern borders.

“It is no coincidence that since February the capitalization of American arms corporations has grown by tens of billions of dollars. Once again, the Americans are solving their economic issues and earning money from the war going across the ocean,�...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus not only preserved but also developed the domestic seed production traditions. The country has also created its own bank of genetic resources, which is currently highly valued in the world and is unique...

In order to encourage more Indian tourists to visit Belarus it is necessary to shoot a Bollywood movie here, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Republic of Belarus Alok Ranjan Jha said answering journalists' ...

Aleksandr Volfovich said: “Information interaction is impossible without the transformation of ideology. Regional crises are deliberately fueled by the West and puppet countries, dependent countries play the key role in them. In order to maintain m...

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Domestic scientists are analyzing the baking qualities of grain of certain crops. Now they are actively working on triticale. Bread made from it is grayish, in contrast to the traditional black (rye) and white (wheat) bread.

Aleksandr Volfovich said: “In the current situation many countries become targets of purposeful network attacks. Instruments of pressure used by a number of Western countries and based on economic blackmail and coercion play a leading role in it."

The diplomat believes that the main role of an ambassador is to develop and strengthen economic relations with the host country. As for the cooperation between India and Belarus, it remains at the level of about half a billion US dollars on a yearly ...

The head of state was shown the selection fields for wheat and leguminous varieties and visited the production unit of the research and practical center for seed material finalization.

Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the scientists whether it makes sense to expand the area under sunflower crops in Belarus. After all, this is about import substitution, as Belarus has to import sunflower oil.

Global confrontation between the West and the East has entered a hot phase, Belarusian Defense Minister Belarus Viktor Khrenin said as he addressed the tenth edition of the Moscow Conference on International Security.

Belarus is interested in securing peace in Europe, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich said as he spoke at the 10th edition of the Moscow Conference on International Security in the Russian capital on 16 August.

Agriculture needs iron discipline, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he inspected the selection and seed complex of the NASB Scientific and Practical Center for Arable Farming.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told reporters how he chooses where to go on regional trips as he inspected the selection and seed complex of the Scientific and Practical Center for Arable Farming of the National Academy of Sciences of Bela...

Belarus' Permanent Representative to the UN Valentin Rybakov has met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko continues his trips to the regions to assess the situation in agriculture. This time the president will go to Smolevichi District, Minsk Oblast, to take stock of the progress with fieldwork and study the stat...

All foreigners who have received Belarusian citizenship are integrated into society, said Vitaly Naumchik, First Deputy Head of the Citizenship and Migration Department of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a resolution to reward Belarusian athletes who performed well at the Winter Paralympic Games “We Are Together. Sports” 2022.

On 15 August Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees to formalize new appointments in the military bloc and the defense industry, BelTA learned from the presidential press service.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi has presented copies of his credentials to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin, BelTA learned from the press service of the Bela...

The Energy Ministry believes it is a good opportunity for the guys and girls to improve their occupational skills and learn more about the country's largest project – the Belarusian nuclear power plant. As many as 36 construction companies have par...

As many as 341 Ukrainians will receive Belarusian passports. Those are primarily individuals who came to Belarus from Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast and Lugansk Oblast. The number includes 39 families.

According to Dmitry Yaroshevich, the work of the economy should be evaluated systemically with a set of various macroeconomic parameters. “Foreign trade traditionally has special significance for our country. In H1 2022 Belarus' foreign trade surpl...

As of 1 June 2022, a total of 116 470 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including 82,500 deposit accounts at the total amount of $825 million and 33,900 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br73...

“As of 00:00 on 15 August, 186,625 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland took advantage of Belarus' visa waiver program. Since 15 April when Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals, 120,515 citizens of Lithuania, 14,602 non-citizens an...

Belarus clinched five gold medals. They were taken by Filipp Paukov (single sculls), Siarhei Valadzko and Dzmitry Furman (men's pair), Yauheni Zalaty and Mikalai Sharlap (double sculls), Aliaksei Bandziuk, Anton Kupalau, Dzianis Klimiato, Aliaksandr ...

Established in 2015, the forum is a leading expo for showcasing weapons, military and special hardware, and a respected venue for discussing matters concerning the development and enhancement of international military cooperation and defense technolo...

Citizens of Ukraine continue to take a transit route via the EU countries to reach to Belarus. From 6.00 on 12 August to 6.00 on 15 August, 712 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Belarus, the committee informed.

The International Army Games 2022 are scheduled to take place in 12 countries on 13-27 August. Belarus is hosting three events. The Polar Star event takes place in Brest, Confident Reception in Minsk, and Steel Artery in Slutsk.

The modernization of the production line will be completed by the end of 2023, with all technological equipment to be installed. Gradually it will reach full production capacity.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a meeting to discuss troubled construction projects in Minsk as he visited the construction site of Minsk City Technopark on 15 August, BelTA has learned.

The localization rate at Belarusian companies, including OOO Minsk MotoVeloZavod, should be higher, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the company on 15 August, BelTA has learned.

"Your unique country with its original culture, ancient rich history, a special way of development, a huge human potential is one of the greatest states in the world," the message of greetings reads.