We must take a systemic and competent approach to amending the Electoral Code. This is the most important legislative act regulating electoral processes in the country, starting from national referendums to elections to village councils, the head of ...

“We should view the outcomes of the referendum as fundamental, strategic guidelines for our work. In order to address these tasks we need to build an appropriate legal framework,” the president said.

New Union State programs and activities in agriculture and agricultural industry will be discussed at a meeting of the Commission on Agriculture of the Union State Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk on 27 October.

The bills on the Belarusian People's Congress and on amendments to the electoral legislation have already been prepared. A number of points in these bills have caused serious debate.

The participation of Belarus in the 26th General Assembly of the Association of the National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Seoul is certainly a good sign, Kseniya Sankovich, Acting Secretary General of the NOC of Belarus, said. She represents Belarus ...

A score of 100 is assigned to the most successful postal business model, and a score of 0 to the most unsuccessful ones. Belarus received a score of 100 for resilience.

The press service of the Belarusian government has commented on the new system of price regulation that was introduced by the resolution of the Council of Ministers.

Gosatomnadzor regularly organizes exercises and drills to practice responding to nuclear and radiation accidents. Their results are used to further improve work in this field, Gosatomnadzor representatives stressed.

Oleg Zhidkov said: “In January-September 2022 Belgospishcheprom's export growth rate totaled 107% as against last year's level. The figure can grow up to 110-115% at the end of the year. At present all the markets demonstrate high effectiveness fro...

The main documentary competition program of the Minsk Film Festival Listapad will be screened in the small hall of the Pioner cinema house in Minsk.

Senators approved the bill "On the denunciation by the Republic of Belarus of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights".

Close cooperation between Belarus and the Russian Federation in food security and agriculture is one of the key factors of development in the context of the Union State, political scientist Aleksei Dzermant told BelTA.

Over 6.61 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 6.5 million have completed the vaccination regimen, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

Belarus and Uzbekistan cooperate closely in the food industry, Kamoliddin Khasanov, Counselor for Trade and Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belarus, told the media ahead of a business event by the Belgospishcheprom food industry conc...

Enterprises of the Belarusian food industry concern Belgospishcheprom have held a business meeting where they presented the export potential of Belarus.

Belarusian agricultural workers have harvested vegetables from 63.5% of the designated area, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

HC Dinamo Minsk ended a five-game skid with a 5-3 victory over HC Sochi in a home match of the KHL regular season on 18 October.

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will meet in person in Yerevan on 20-21October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky took part in the International Culture Day 2022.

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak commented on the project to build a Belarusian sea port in Russia as he talked to the media after a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic.

Investment in the transport industry has not been suspended, Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak said at a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic.

Every year, draft authorities carry out routine document verification of those liable for military service in order to keep records up to date. This is envisaged by the existing conscription system.

The Belarus president visited Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in October.

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In April-October, the Finance Ministry fulfilled the obligations, in full and on time, under the loan agreements concluded between Belarus and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by transferring payments to a separate current a...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Export Support Center (ETS) of Tula Oblast of Russia have plans to cooperate in import substitution.

The event was organized by the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Belgospishcheprom food industry concern.

Belarus and Russia are working to reach an agreement on a permit-free transportation system as part of the Union State program for the unification of transport market regulation.

“A total of 690 container trains were sent from Belarus to China in January-September 2022,” the deputy prime minister said.

"Currently, we use 14 ports of the Russian Federation for Belarusian export cargoes. We deliver Belarusian export cargoes using the ports of the North-Western region of Russia, the ports of the Black Sea and Azov Sea, along land routes towards China...

Representatives of 205 National Olympic Committees are taking part in the ANOC General Assembly. 187 of them are participating in person with 18 more joining the Assembly online. The NOC of Belarus is represented at the meeting by Acting Secretary Ge...

“The necessary steps have been taken to maintain price stability and curb the growth in housing construction costs. This was done by expanding price regulation for building materials and setting profit margin caps and markup caps,” Anatoly Sivak ...

“In the near future, two Belarusian specialists will be sent to Tajikistan. They will conduct monitoring there. There is a big volume of leather raw material in Tajikistan - 1,500 cattle per year, their hides can be used as material,” the Bellegp...

The CIS plenipotentiaries will take stock of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council and the CIS Heads of State Council meetings and will outline the tasks for the implementation of the adopted documents and agreements.

“The MPs are set to discuss issues related to the legislative regulation of activities to counteract foreign interference through non-profit organizations (NPOs) financed from abroad. Plans are also in place to consider the development and approval...

The unmanned aerial vehicle center at the Academy of Sciences, which has been operating for about 10 years, has developed a wide range of unmanned complexes, from small flying vehicles to aircraft-type vehicles.

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that everything must be done this year, including fall ploughing. Problems were also certainly reviewed: Belarusian farmers are a bit late gathering in flax and potatoes this season.

“Not only border service personnel but territorial defense forces, other units are guarding the border on the other side. We don't even understand who they are because they lack identification signs. Naturally there is tension, there is danger,” ...

The event has been organized to discuss and advance existing logistic projects, expand cooperation with clients, look for new promising avenues of development of transportation.

Aleksandr Dugin said: “Some parts of the Belarusian idea evolved back in the Great Duchy of Lithuania. Back then Belarusian identity started acquiring a certain shape. Those, who are trying to use it against Belarus, are substituting things. Becaus...

“I am a long-time admirer of both Belarus and your policy. I have never doubted it. In the most difficult times (there were some in the relations between our states) I supported you and your policy with all my heart, with all my abilities,” said ...

The Parliamentary Assembly's Commission on Natural Resources, Ecology and Environmental Protection will meet in Minsk on 25 October.

"Once, some Russian liberal schmucks, as I call them, ridiculed me when I said that there would come a time (I said it two years ago) when Putin and I would have to stand back to back and fire back. They had a laugh. What do we see today? We see this...

“I've been trying to formulate something on my own. But I conclude that it is impossible to formulate it until time forces you to do it. Until time forces you to formulate it. This is why I am already coming to think: we may be overexerting ourselv...

Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark) will supply 103 BELARUS tractors to the Armenian-Belarusian Trading House Ar-Be (Armenia) in 2023. The contract was signed at the Belarusian Embassy in Armenia on 18 October during a working visit of MTZ Director G...

Belarus plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030, consultant of the Department of Atmospheric Impact Regulation, Climate Change and Expertise of the Belarusian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Natalia Klimenko...

Belarusian Internal Affairs Minister Ivan Kubrakov supported the practical cooperation of law enforcement agencies at the international level and outlined further priority areas.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has met with the Russian philosopher and public figure Aleksandr Dugin. The conversation lasted for over two hours.

The Belarusian economy has entered a phase of recovery growth, Belarusian Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at a briefing on ongoing military and political developments in Belarus.

Stanislav Zas and Vladimir Voronkov discussed the situation in the CSTO area, the situation in Afghanistan and interaction in the fight against terrorism between the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the CSTO Secretariat.

The job of the joint military task force of Belarus and Russia is to ensure security along the entire perimeter of the Union State, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said at a briefing.

“We welcome the adoption of the Dushanbe declaration on cooperation in border security and management to counter terrorism and prevent terrorist movement,” Stanislav Zas said.

Aleksandr Volfovich said: “The situation is complicated and truly tense. The West accuses Belarus in a bid to get the country involved in the military conflict. The West is trying to militarize itself by staging a huge number of military exercises ...

Belarusian world number 37 Victoria Azarenka went off to a good start at the Guadalajara Open defeating Russia's world number 130 Elina Avanesyan, 6-4, 6-2, in an hour and 25 minutes.

The international company CITIC Construction Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of China's largest state-run financial corporation CITIC Group, which is among the top 500 companies of the world.

Vladimir Gusakov said: “We suggest setting up a large industrial group in the area of microelectronics in Belarus. It will unite all the manufacturers and developers of not only the Academy of Sciences but the Industry Ministry, other ministries an...

The Center for Experimental and Applied Virology has been created at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The center will soon launch production of Belarusian vaccines against influenza and COVID-19.

We are planning to develop interaction with various payment systems, including Mir and UnionPay, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Kalechits told the media.

The parties discussed the situation in the Central Asian region and the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border.

According to the press service of the Belarusian government, the delegation led by Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko is set to head for Yerevan on 20 October.

“The parties discussed topical issues on the agenda of Belarusian-Pakistani relations,” the ministry said.

We are fully committed to developing cooperation and sharing all the information you need, Aleksandr Osmolovsky said welcoming the delegation of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in Minsk.

In 2021 as many as 226 stock keeping units of import-substituting products worth over $485 million were made using R&D advances of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, including over $70 million made by academic organizations.

The mechanism for providing information about incidents by banks to the regulator has already been clarified. There are plans to create an integrated system for rapid exchange of information between interested parties in order to increase the effecti...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Türkiye to the Republic of Belarus Mustafa Özcan.

The Belarusian banking community has consolidated efforts to counter the sanctions. For this purpose the Association of Belarusian Banks (ABB) has set up ad-hoc committees, Chairman of the ABB Mikhail Provorov said.

Belarus and Panama could implement a project to supply and assemble Belarusian equipment in Panama, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi came forward with this proposal as he met with Rolando E. Barrow, Ambassador of Panama to Russia with co...

The president gave instructions to organize an exhibition of scientific achievements in late November-early December 2022.

“Our economy and the financial sector operate in an increasingly unfavorable environment that took a further turn for the worse this year. In this uneasy setting, amidst all the challenges, the financial sector ensures continuous, uninterrupted and...

The stand of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) will be part of Belarus' national exposition at the MUSIAD EXPO 2022 Fair that will be held in Istanbul on 2-5 November.

Agriculture is the sector that will push us towards positive results. In January-September the sector expanded by 4.9%. This happened due to a higher yield of almost all crops - cereals and legumes, sugar beet, and other vegetables.

In a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel Kirill Koktysh, political scientist, associate professor of the Department of Political Theory of MGIMO University at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, gave his tak...

Belarus increased its export to Russia by 30%, to China by 2.5 times, Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Yaroshevich said in an interview with the Panorama program on the Belarus 1 TV channel.

As an important innovation the law introduces licensing for pre-school education and school education. Education activities require close attention on the part of the state since they are related to the formation of a healthy, ideologically stable, a...

According to the source, BUCE's digital trade platform enables direct interaction between customers and manufacturers of import-substituting products. Participants of the project can promptly submit orders for buying analogs of foreign industrial goo...

Short videos about Belarus are uploaded to the platform. Chinese viewers are introduced to Belarus' cultural peculiarities, history, and places of interest in an informal manner. The mentality, traditions, and everyday life of Belarusians are also hi...

More than 100 films will be screened during the eight days of the 28th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in 2022, BelTA learned from the press center of the film festival.

The output by all types of agricultural producers (state-run enterprises, private farms, subsidiary plots of individuals) totaled Br23.9 billion in January-September 2022, up by 4.9% year-on-year in comparable prices.

Minsk International Film Festival Listapad will launch a competition program for animated films this year, BelTA learned from the press center of the film festival.

The Innovative Cardiology congress will be held in Minsk on 20-21 October, BelTA informs citing the Telegram channel of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

"Over the past week, Belarus hosted 10,090 visa-waiver arrivals: 7,174 citizens of Lithuania, 1,614 citizens and 513 non-citizens of Latvia, 789 citizens of Poland," the committee said.

In January-September 2022 passenger traffic in Belarus totaled 15.496 billion passenger-kilometers, or 101.4% year-on-year, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee.

In his words, all the Belarusians will have to work hard and relentlessly. “Because independence and peace exact a heavy price. The West is very impressed by the situation arising from the fact that Belarus is an island of stability. It is the only...

“Unfortunately, we are witnessing an aggravation of the military and political situation. Our media respond to all developments quite objectively and quickly and keep the public in the picture. Indeed, in order to build a good understanding of the ...

In January-September 2022 retailers reported sales of Br3 billion, which accounted for 101.3% of retail sales in January-September 2021 in comparable prices.

The first flight will depart from Yekaterinburg at 06.00 and arrive in Minsk at 07.05 [local time]. The return flight will depart from Minsk at 15.45 and arrive in Yekaterinburg at 20.45. The flight will take three hours.

Belarus' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) went down by 4.7% in January-September, the National Statistics Committee told BelTA.

“I'd like to assure all those present: we, the people in uniform, clearly know what we have to do, we stay on top of the situation, and are implementing a set of primarily preventive measures in order to fulfill the task formulated by the head of s...

During the meeting, the parties discussed the topical issues of Belarusian-Chinese cooperation, the status of the agreements reached at the highest level and the preparation of bilateral events.

Aleksandr Volfovich said: “A lot of online reports say that Russian army units are being relocated to Belarus in order to create a force that will attack Ukraine. It is something our foreign neighbors would like to see, regretfully. Particularly Po...

The Russian Cycling Championship will be over on 17 October with keirin and madison events. Belarus currently go with ten (2-6-2) medals.

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Türkiye no longer needs to join the EU. It will get an opportunity to call the shots there, political scientist Kirill Koktysh said in a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

The Defense Minister's aide underlined that the decision to deploy the regional force grouping had been made and is being implemented solely for the sake of enhancing the defense of the borders of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

The meeting of the twin cities of Belarus and Russia aims to advance interregional ties, Executive Vice President of the International Association Sister Cities Sergei Paramonov said during the 11th meeting of sister cities of Belarus and Russia.

The main goal of the reinforcements is to ensure the security of citizens of the Republic of Belarus, to prevent border violations and the supply of weapons and ammunition. Bridges, crossings, and railways were placed under protection.

The Defense Ministry was previously quoted as saying that that the decision to create the regional force grouping had been made and is being implemented with one goal in mind: to enhance the protection and defense of the state border of the Union Sta...

It has been reported that the decision to create the regional force grouping had been made and is being implemented with one goal in mind: to enhance the protection and defense of the state border of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the terri...