Pensions in Belarus will be increased by 5% on 1 December. This decision of the head of state was announced at the meeting to discuss plans to streamline the work of the Social Security Fund and measures to strengthen support for pensioners and disab...

– The amnesty will not affect the crime situation in the country, Belarusian Internal Affairs Minister Ivan Kubrakov told media at the sitting of the ninth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation on 10 November

The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 3 October. The bill “On amnesty in connection with the Day of People's Unity” was presented at the Oval Hall by Minister of Internal Affairs Iv...

The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives by the Council of Ministers. It is designed to bring legislative acts into line with Law No. 154-Z “On Amending the Education Code of the Republic of Belarus” as of 14 January 2022. The bill ...

“Plans to improve the work of the Social Security Fund and measures to increase support for pensioners and disabled children will be discussed at the Palace [the Palace of Independence] today. The labor and social security minister will be the main...

The humanitarian aid includes 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Vero Cell made by Sinopharm and 2 million disposable syringes.

Among the participants is Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Vasily Gerasimov, BelTA learned from the State Control Committee.

All matches of the tournament will be held at the Chizhovka Arena. Taking part in the competitions will be U18 teams from Belarus and Kazakhstan, as well as U16 team from Russia. In addition, each team will play against Russia's women's team, but the...

“During the meeting the parties discussed ways to ramp up Belarus-Syria cooperation in areas of mutual interest. This includes the supply of Belarus-made machinery to meet the needs of the Syrian ministries,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs infor...

On 7-9 November First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Aleinik was on a working visit to the Swiss Confederation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In early November Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in the official ceremony to launch production at the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC). The president repeatedly called this enterprise "more than outer space". China was one of the ...

In his words, six high-tech companies from China and Belarus became new residents of the park in early November 2022. They will make agricultural machines, innovative printed products, will pursue business opportunities in the area of bioengineering ...

One tonne of raw grain costs about $200 on the world market. After several stages of gradual processing in the BNBC's amino acid manufacturing division (six in this case) it is converted into a finished product worth about $8,000 per tonne.

In January-October 2022 domestic rapeseed oil sales in Belarus rose 1.5 times year-on-year, Igor Grutso, the head of domestic sales and foreign trade at the Belarusian food industry concern Belgospishcheprom, told a press conference.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus has responded to the calls of some Western activists and politicians to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar that will begin in a few weeks, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Vasilina Akhramovich said: “We intend to accomplish ambitious tasks. Even during the first year, at the start we secured rather good economic indicators. The share of export in our earnings is already 70%. It is a very good start. It is something w...

The event was attended by Chinese business people from Shanghai, Anhui Province, Guangdong Province and other eastern and southern regions of China. At the same time, about 60,000 visitors watched the live broadcast of the event on the online platfor...

The forum brought together representatives of over 20 Belarusian companies and about 60 Emirati businesses, representatives of the Ministry of Economy of the UAE and Dubai Exports.

The ambassador also mentioned some other new and most promising projects, both sides are interested in and both sides intend to develop.

BUCE has been holding special trading sessions to sell timber to China since December 2020. transactions worth $1.5 million in equivalent were made at the previous session held on 2 November.

The Belarusian consumer cooperative society Belcoopsoyuz will display 70 descriptions of meat products at the Prodexpo exhibition, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian consumer cooperative society Valery Marinichev told a press conference.

The event was attended by the commission members from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, as well as representatives of Uzbekistan, experts from respective departments and organizations of the CIS countries.

According to the prosecutor general, more than 70 requests for legal assistance were sent to over 30 states, including the United States, Poland, the Baltic states, Chile, Brazil, Australia.

The MPs noted that Western countries led by the United States of America have launched a new type of military operation against Belarus and Russia, namely ‘mental war'.

Belarus is planning to implement nine energy projects in the coming years, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik said during a ceremony to inaugurate the new Brest-Zapadnaya substation in Brest.

Belarus sent a request to a number of countries asking them to provide legal assistance with the investigation of the genocide of the Belarusian people and some of these countries responded positively, Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told reporters.

Over 902,600 people completed the vaccination regimen in Brest Oblast, over 799,800 in Vitebsk Oblast, over 989,200 in Gomel Oblast, over 703,300 in Grodno Oblast, about 1 million in Minsk Oblast, over 696,800 in Mogilev Oblast, and over 1.314 millio...

In January-October 2022 Minsk Motor Plant sold 42,485 engines. In January-October 2021 the company shipped 39,938 engines to its customers. “The sales is steadily steadily increase in both four-cylinder and six-cylinder and small-cylinder engines,�...

The agreement will create uniform rules of the game in the markets of the Union State. The antimonopoly authorities will jointly respond to anti-competitive practices and apply common approaches to their elimination.

The scale of the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War is so big that the investigation will take more than one year, Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told reporters prior to an open dialogue with students and teachers of In...

The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was connected to the power grid at 12:33 on 9 November after scheduled maintenance and additional tests were finished. The unit is gradually increasing its output. It is now at 400MW.

Belarus had deflation in October, Deputy Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Andrei Kartun told journalists on 9 November, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian border guards found a foreigner on the Belarusian-Polish border on 8 November. The man said that he is a citizen of Syria. He needed medical attention, warm clothes and footwear.

A TEK-Torg delegation visited the BUCE central office to study the role of the exchange platform in import substitution.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andrei Khudyk met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sudan to Belarus Mohammed Omer Musa Ali.

The presidents of Belarus and Russia had a telephone conversation in the evening of 8 November.

On 9 November the CSTO Crisis Response Center hosted a videoconference of the working group on coordinating joint training of military personnel and scientific work under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, Press Secretary of the CSTO Joint Staff ...

The official opening of the event featured a summit of the heads of state and government. Some 47 heads of state and government made national statements. The presidents of Armenia and Tajikistan, as well as the prime minister of Kazakhstan spoke on b...

The draft law “On amendments to the laws on education” will get its first reading. The draft laws “On associations of employers” and “On settling insolvency” are ready for the second reading.

Vladimir Makei is set to hold talks with his Indian counterpart, heads of a number of ministries and agencies and take part in the work of the intergovernmental commission.

“I would like to mention the period, which became the starting point in the work on the draft laws on the Belarusian People's Congress, on civil society and political parties. It is, of course, August 2020. Then we looked at many things differently...

Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized: “The Republic of Belarus highly appreciates the invariably good relations with the Kingdom of Cambodia and is interested in the consistent deepening of the bilateral cooperation.”

According to Tatiana Brantsevich, the Economy Ministry insists on unconditional fulfillment of approved steps and achievement of performance indicators. It is inadmissible to adjust the goals set by the programs to match actual results.

BelVitunipharm's pilot manufacturing shop is already fitted with all the necessary equipment and stands ready to make the first pilot batch. Vladimir Gusakov said: “The enterprise is ready to make our Belarusian vaccine against COVID-19. Once it is...

Minsk is in the top ten destinations for non-beach holidays among Russian tourists in November-December this year, BelTA learned from the hotel booking service tvil.ru.

The only medal of the Belarusian national team was won by Heorhi Kunats and Katsiaryna Baravok, who became bronze medalists in the mixed doubles event. All in all, 51 pairs took part in the mixed events.

In January-September of this year the agricultural output in the Eurasian Economic Union (farms of all categories) increased by 5.4% year-on-year.

A week ago the best Belarusian tennis player was 7th in the WTA rankings.

A Chinese trading company made a pilot transaction to purchase "wet-blue" leather at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE). The trial transaction was 5,200 square meters.

A Chinese trading company made a pilot transaction to purchase "wet-blue" leather at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE). The trial transaction was 5,200 square meters.

The year 2022 opens up a new stage in enhancement and expansion of interaction between the two countries. Trade turnover has increased by more than 130 times since the diplomatic relations were established. The total volume of Chinese investments exc...

Belarus' world number seven lost to world number 6 Caroline Garcia of France 6-7 (4-7), 4-6 in the final.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky and embassy staff visited COEX Food Week 2022, which is described as South Korea's most established food & beverage industry trade show...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed to carefully study the role and place of decisions of the Belarusian People's Congress in the legal system of the state, Director of the National Center for Legislation and Legal Research Vadim Ipa...

According to the bill on amendments to the law "On the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus", the Office of the Council of Ministers shall receive the status of a state body, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has urged the government to be more proactive and praised the way they fulfilled his instruction on prices. The head of state made this statement as he hosted a meeting to discuss the bill that will amend the...

В Minsk World приступили к возведению одной из 5 башен Международного финансового центра — 42 этажа, общая высота около 180 метров! При этом две �...

The country's pavilion “High-tech equipment and information technologies” presented 126 R&D products of Belarusian scientists from 32 organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and institutions of the Education Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko continued a series of meetings to discuss draft legal acts that will bring the legislation in accordance with the updated Constitution.

The antiviral drug Skyvira is produced by the Biokhimik company and is now on sale in all the pharmacies of the state-run pharmacy network. Skyvira is a prescription drug.

Describing the document concerning the activity of the Council of Ministers, Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Over the past years, our government has gained tremendous experience: overcoming crisis situations and pandemics, managing the economy in t...

The Reytan Manor in the village of Grushevka, Lyakhovichi District, is an architectural specimen of the 19th-20th centuries.

A meeting of the CSTO Military Committee will be held via video link on 10 November, Press Secretary of the CSTO Joint Staff Vladislav Shchegrikovich told BelTA.

In India's Assam, pink water lilies are in blossom, decorating the surface of a lake.

As far as the bill “On the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus” is concerned, the president expects the government to be more proactive and independent. The president demanded back in August that the structure of the Council of Minist...

Agricultural companies have harvested potatoes on 26,000 hectares, which is 100% of the plan; some 789,900 tonnes of potatoes have been gathered.

The Belarusian government has extended the ban on the import and sale of a number of goods for six months, reads Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 744 of 3 November 2022. The document was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal ...

Thousands of foreigners apply for Belarusian citizenship every year. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 4,075 such applications have already been processed this year. Most of them have been submitted by Ukrainians (2,811). A total of 3,99...

During his trip to Belarus Professor Edgar Weiler, the head of the Germany-Belarus friendship society, saw that the EU ban on air travel makes travel difficult and hampers humanitarian aid and cultural exchange, BelTA learned from the Belarusian dipl...

Crosses and domes were mounted on the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 7 November

"Germany, the whole of Europe [the European Union] have no leaders today. I wish they had... They can't put out the fire in their own house," the Belarusian leader said. “Europeans don't want this war. They understand that today it is Ukraine, atte...

It is journalists who are at the forefront today, the president said. "The main thing in this confrontation is information warfare, information confrontation. So the main thing is you now."

According to the updated Basic Law, the Belarusian People's congress has been given a constitutional status, and the bill on the congress has been recently submitted to a public debate.

Neighboring countries should know that Belarusians are peaceful people and do not want war, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the wood chopping challenge among journalists.

October 1917 fulfilled the aspirations of millions of working people in the world for a just society based on the principles of people's power, mutual social responsibility and humanism. These ideas still remain a viable alternative to the colonial p...

In line with an established tradition, a number of important and large facilities are commissioned in Belarus in the run-up to 7 November, which is October Revolution Day.

The train is travelling from Xi An to Duisburg. It reached Belarus on 2 November 2022. It took Belarusian Railways less than 9 hours to finish transshipping containers from a 1520mm gauge train to a 1435mm gauge train and get the train through custom...

According to Svetlana Shestovskaya, the Belarusian nuclear power plant generates various kinds of radioactive waste. Low-level radioactive waste and medium-level waste will be stored in storage facilities for ten years and will be transferred to a ra...

China is one of the major trade partners for processing companies in Belarus. The export of food products is growing every year and in January-September 2022 the growth exceeded 50% compared to the same stretch of 2021.

Head coach Georgy Kondratiyev has called 23 players to a training camp in Minsk. The Belarusian footballers will travel to the UAE on 13 November. They will face Syria on 17 November and Oman on 20 November.

First the vaccine should undergo preclinical tests, then clinical trials, including those at Gomel State Medical University.

In line with the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management the state is fully responsible for these matters. Every country takes measures to ensure reliable protection from radiological ...

Taking part in the competitions are athletes from Belarus and Russia.

Almost 63,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since February, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

CCTV cameras installed at the border crossing Glushkevichi (Maidan-Kopyshchansky on the Ukrainian side) detected a Ukrainian armored personnel carrier BTR-80 at 13:23 on 29 October. The APC was accompanied by a group of armed people in uniforms.

The Belarusian delegation held a substantive meeting with the management and members of the business club, which was also attended by representatives of a number of Hungarian companies interested in cooperation with partners from Belarus

Roman Golovchenko said: “So far we've managed to implement about 50% of the projects and steps stipulated by 28 Union State programs. In my opinion, the effect is obvious. In the last year we've heard nothing about so-called milk wars, gas or meat ...

I am convinced that the China International Import Expo in Shanghai will give a powerful impetus to the expansion of international economic and technological cooperation.

Roman Golovchenko said: “We have obligations both to the country and to citizens to build, reconstruct, and repair roads. This is why we are honoring them. About 800km of major motorways and about 1,400km of municipal roads will be reconstructed th...

“I want to thank my good and long-standing friend Xi Jinping. If not for his decision… It was a strong-willed decision. Everything depended on the president of the People's Republic of China. And when I was in talks with him, I asked him for this...

Aleksandr Lukashenko stated: “We will definitely provide large families with housing within one year, within two years at most. It is more important than the BNBC. It is demographic security.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the decision to keep the holiday may seem strange to the younger generation, because the authorities always say that Belarusians do not tolerate revolutions.

“A nuclear power plant means cheap electricity. In addition to converting transportation to use electricity we are now building residential houses where everything will rely on electricity. An economy cannot exist without electricity,” the presid...

"Today they are spinning this idea that ‘Lukashenko wants to send his servicemen to Ukraine!' I have already said a thousand times that I have no such plans," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The International Financial Center is writing history, as it will put our country on the world map and will be a pride of future generations. A capsule laying ceremony was held today.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We are ready for more than launching someone into outer space, for sending our own cosmonaut. We will send him soon. We are making space vehicles. We have agreed with Russia to create a joint constellation of satellites ...

Belarus' food export is estimated to amount to $8 billion in 2022, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the production of animal feed and amino acids at the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC).

The head of state was thanked for the recent price control measures and was asked if the domestic market can face any deficit and empty shelves.

During his working trip to Grodno Oblast, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko inspected the construction site of the regional cancer center, BelTA has learned.