The Information Ministry is now looking into a number of publications on the website tut.by in order to verify their compliance with Article 38 of the Mass Media Law (information, which Internet resources must not distribute).

Belarus' first state corporation will be established in the agricultural machinery industry, Belarus Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov told journalists.

The decision of the court of appeal comes into force as of the moment it is passed but can be challenged under the cassation procedure within one month.

The official said: “Making the Belarusian jurisdiction attractive for private companies and investors will be the key. Using economic penalties for economic crimes is the idea.”

On Monday, 18 January, the IIHF Council stripped Belarus off the right to host the matches of the IIHF World Championship scheduled for 21 May- 6 June in 2021.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard out a report of Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin and Forestry Minister Vitaly Drozhzha on 19 January. “I have invited you to discuss the state of affairs in our main, fundamental industry. This i...

"We expect the GDP to expand by 21.5% over the five-year period. Real disposable incomes are forecast to increase by 20%, investments by 22%," Aleksandr Chervyakov noted.

The country has worked hard: first to prepare a bid to host the world championship and then to organize the tournament, he said. “We still believe that the 2021 IIHF World Championship would have repeated or surpassed the success of the tournament...

The Healthcare Ministry noted that it is a common international practice to start vaccination from healthcare workers. The Healthcare Ministry has distributed the vaccines across the regions depending on applications of healthcare institutions.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Ruslan Yesin met with Tsunetaka Kawabe, Senior Director at Tokyo Instruments, on 19 January.

The starting point of the work will be a survey conducted among foreigners working and/or studying in Belarus, and residents of the country.

“The supplies were made to ensure the stable operation of the Ukrainian energy system during adverse weather conditions,” the ministry added.

The celebrations begin in the evening of 18 January when all Orthodox Christians celebrate the Epiphany Eve with the blessing of water after the liturgy in churches.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarusian rescuers, who come to help at a first call, display courage and heroism in the line of duty, continue the work of many generations of their predecessors.

“It was clear with the strongest pressure on the various sponsors of the championship beginning that certain forces put maximum pressure on the sports community and the International Ice Hockey Federation to prevent the World Championship from taki...

Belarusians dive into icy waters to celebrate Epiphany.

In 2020 OAO Oil Company Yangpur extracted 215,000 tonnes of oil and over 870 million m3 of associated gas and natural gas. The figures are the largest ones on record since the company's foundation.

The press release reads: “Due to safety and security issues that are beyond the IIHF's control, the IIHF Council confirmed today that the decision to move the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship from Minsk, Belarus is unavoidable.”

Orthodox believers get jars and bottles filled with holy water near the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk on Epiphany Day.

The Belarusian side mentioned that the nature of the restrictions the European Union had introduced against the Republic of Belarus, Belarusian citizens and companies was not constructive.

The mobile application “Grodno guide” containing information about the city has been launched in Grodno and is already available for download.

Wholesale trade equaled Br99 billion, or 95.8% as against 2019.

HC Dinamo Minsk snapped a three-game losing streak to move into sixth place in the Western Conference thanks to a 2-1 shootout win against Severtsal Cherepovets.

Belavia will not fly to Ashgabat and Riga till 1 march 2021. Flights to Budapest and Almaty will be grounded till 27 March 2021. Belavia has extended the suspension of air travel to all destinations in Russia (except Moscow's Domodedovo airport) til...

The Belarusian team consisting of Hanna Huskova, Maksim Hustik and Pavel Dzik scored a total of 274.40.

In 2020, organizations and individual businessmen transported 398.7 million tonnes of cargoes, or 93.2% over 2019.

Production declined by 2.2% in the mining industry, by 0.2% in the processing industry, and by 3.8% in the production of electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and conditioned air. The industry providing water supply, waste collection, processing, and t...

“The handful of the tax preferences that have been cancelled in no way affect the overall tax burden, because the number of commercial entities and the number of people the changes have affected is miniscule,” Sergei Nalivaiko said.

According to the expert, the new reality is that with one click you can erase any person and the whole country from the face of the earth.

None of them except for Viktor Babariko have filed a motion to terminate criminal prosecution in accordance with grounds specified by the Criminal Code or arrange additional investigative actions.

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br147 billion in current prices, or 99.1% in comparable prices as 2019.

The prosecution has authorized Pavel Latushko's detention as a measure of pre-trial restraint within the framework of a criminal case being investigated by the Central Investigative Office of the Investigative Committee of Belarus.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 227,360 cases. A total of 210,779 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The document also regulates the exchange of professors and students, envisages joint conferences, scientific and educational activities, and publication of educational and methodological materials.

Last weekend in Oberhof, Germany Dzinara Alimbekava finished 12th in the 7.5km Sprint and 13th in the 12.5km Mass Start.

The event was running online on 8-13 January, hosted from Almaty (Kazakhstan). The olympiad brought together 295 school students from 18 countries.

Znaj.by is a platform of digital services for education that features 1,388 Belarusian schools. The project has been developed by the Hi-Tech Park resident company EduTech Solution.

The official said: “The concept of the exercise is based on a possible variant of the escalation of the military and political situation with regard to a simulated state. The exercise is supposed to take place over the course of seven days from 10 ...

Big metallurgical plants, oil transportation companies, woodworking producers, and agricultural holding comapnies topped the updated exchange traders' rankings in Q4 2020 of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange.

According to Viktor Khrenin, the analysis of operational and combat training in the neighboring countries suggests that such training has intensified. “Not only in the territory of the Baltic states and Poland, but also in the territory of Ukraine,...

“We have recently agreed that you together with the Russian Federation will finalize the scenario and details of the future Belarus-Russia army exercise Zapad 2021. This is symbolic for me, because as a young officer I took part in one of such exer...

In early 2021, ahead of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open, Aryna Sabalenka was 10th and, after winning it, moved up three spots with a total of 4,580 points.

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is prepared to finance the development of COVID-19 vaccine production in the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that today the staff of the publishing house is proudly fulfilling an important mission to chronicle the history of independent Belarus, to promote spirituality, rich historical and cultural heritage, to teach people to lov...

The Belarusian national landscape reserve Ozery is located in Grodno District and Shchuchin District of Grodno Oblast.

By the decision of the Board of Directors of Belgazprombank, Nadezhda Yermakova was appointed Chairperson of the Board on 18 January.

The Economy Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has held a videoconference organized with the help of the Belarusian Embassy in Kyiv.

The Presidium of the Council of Ministers will discuss employment, hidden income and tax evasion by individuals, the sugar and flax industries, efforts to counter drug trafficking, problems related to housing and utility services and the construction...

Igor Kolesnikov is a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, a doctor by education. He has been living in Cameroon since 1995. He is executive director of GROUP FORM S.A.R.L, a Cameroonian company that sells and services medical equipment in Cameroon.

The downward trend started to take shape before the holidays and it is gaining momentum now. We are glad to see a rather steady decline in the number of pneumonia cases. However, this trend might slightly change in early or mid February, because this...

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 225,461 cases. A total of 209,208 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Epiphany bathing in BelTA's photos from previous years.

The Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater celebrated its 50th anniversary on 17 January.

The Epiphany Race was held in Minsk on 17 January. The event was organized by the Belarusian Athletics Federation.

On the night of 15 to 16 January, the mercury dropped below 19-24°C in most parts of Belarus, in some places below 25-27°C.

The orange-level weather warning was issued in Belarus for 18 January due to frosts

The winter season is in full swing at the Logoisk ski and recreation complex

The investment project has been implemented with assistance of the state enterprise in charge of recycling secondary material resources. This enterprise allocated over Br16 million while Spartak appropriated Br0.7 million.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: “It is not the time to be delicate although it contradicts our national character. In order to survive, we have to tear off masks and call things the way we see them. The beautiful word ‘fake' is nothing but common lie...

“If we continue moving as fast, we will soon begin building homes for people in need of better housing on general terms, including employees of specific companies and enterprises,” Dmitry Mikulenok said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that some of the guests of today's festivities are always in the limelight due to the nature of their work while some people had to come out before the public and boldly and openly express their civil stance.

“This year has forced us to look at the world and at our place in it with very wide open eyes. On the one hand, 2020 put masks on us. On the other hand, it removed and tore off masks from some. We came to know each other better,” the head of stat...

The official said: “This year we will continue building the stations we've started building already in the direction of Slutsk. We don't intend to move towards the center of the city for now. We are going to work exactly on the investments we have ...

Belarus Presidential Aide Valery Belsky said this at the training seminar to discuss topical issues of social, economic and political development of the Republic of Belarus at the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of t...

The second half of the championship will kick off on 23 January.

The Ufa-based enterprise assembles 80hp and 130hp MTZ tractors. MTZ supplies tractor assembly kits as part of a direct contract with 100% payment in advance.

HC Dinamo Minsk lost to HC Avtomobilist in the KHL regular-season match 1-2 in Minsk on 15 January.

The Healthcare Ministry noted that it is a common global practice to start vaccination from healthcare workers. The Healthcare Ministry has distributed the vaccines across the regions depending on applications of healthcare institutions. The cold cha...

The rescued birds were handed over to a local zoo where they will spend winter and will be released back into the wild afterwards.

In particular, in 2020 more than 25 million tonnes of export commodities worth $1.4 billion were transported through the checkpoints operated by the Grodno Regional Customs Office. The foreign trade surplus amounted to $509 million by the end of the ...

The national energy system has undergone repairs of electric and thermal equipment, power grids, and heating pipelines in order to ensure reliable operation during winter.

Three teams of the BSU Lyceum took diplomas at the All-Russian Team Olympiad in Informatics. Team of the Mozyr Club of Young Firefighters also won a first-degree diploma. Two third-degree diplomas were awarded to teams from Gomel.

The leader of preliminary group B HC Horizont Minsk secured a 70-62 win over Kibirkstis-MRU Vilnius.

“This program will facilitate the use of electricity for heating and hot water supply both in the existing housing stock and in new homes,” the press service explained.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 223,537 cases. A total of 206,676 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Temperatures have dipped to -19C across Vitebsk, Belarus.

The Belarusian People's Congress is materialization of direct and outright democracy, Professor Valery Bainev, Doctor of Economics at Belarusian State University, said in an interview with the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper, BelTA has learned.

The State of Qatar is proud of the outstanding level of relations between the two friendly countries. According to the diplomat, since diplomatic relations were established in 1996, the bilateral cooperation has marked several important milestones in...

Stanislau Damasevich from the Mozyr Club of Young Firefighters won a gold medal and showed the best result among participants from Belarus. Andrei Kastsiany from Gomel Gymnasium №51 and Dzianis Lahunou from the BSU Lyceum also took gold medals.

The government should be able to defend itself and its citizens, otherwise it is worthless, Director – Editor-in-Chief of the Belarus Segodnya publishing house Dmitry Zhuk said.

"A controlled chaos creates ample opportunities to to buy everything on the cheap: banks, industries and entire states, which we see happen in every color revolution," Vladimir Pertsov said.

A two-month supply of personal protective equipment or PPE is now in stockpile of Minsk's healthcare facilities, BelTA learned from Belarusian Professional Union of Healthcare Workers.

Special consideration was given to trade and economic cooperation and its results in 2020. The parties exchanged information on the measures taken in the two countries to counter the spread of COVID-19.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, as the countries celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The National Marketing Center will arrange a webinar on 19 January to present the online platforms before participants of the Belarusian exposition and exporters, who are interested in penetrating the market of the United Arab Emirates and the Persia...

The company operates in Polotsk and specializes in designing and making special hydraulic presses for general engineering enterprises, railway enterprises, and defense industry enterprises.

Representatives of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, representatives of ministries and government agencies of Belarus and Russia will participate in the session in addition to the Union State MPs.

A total of 1,168 projects were financed. Projects involving manufacturing accounted for 37.4% of the total. Those enterprises make lighting equipment, window and door frames, wooden civil engineering structures, tinned food.

The central bank will support liquidity of commercial banks by arranging monthly auctions to lend money for six months. The actions will take place on the first day of the reserve requirements fulfillment period.

Ekoprodshina Director Vladimir Golyshak noted: “According to our estimates, we will need about Br2 million to implement the project, including up to Br800,000 to buy the equipment. The main investor is our founding company – Brestmiasomolprom Con...

Salaries accounted for 64.8% of the total money income, revenues from doing business and other gainful activities – 7.4%, transfers to the population (pensions, welfare benefits, scholarships, and other kinds) - 22.9%, property income and other ki...

The competition of joint S&T projects is held in accordance with the agreement between the governments of Belarus and Armenia on cooperation in science and technology of 31 October 2000.

The source reminded that this Council of Ministers resolution allows raising salaries in state organizations and organizations, in which charter capital the state share exceeds 50%, only if the ratio of labor productivity growth to the salary exceeds...

Agricultural output by all types of agricultural producers (agricultural companies, private farms, subsidiary plots) amounted to Br22.9 billion in 2020, up by 4.9% in comparable prices over 2019.

The Belarusian crew covered 447km in 2:36.55, 4.28 behind the winner, Martin Macik of the Czech's Big Shock Racing Team (2:32.27). Russia's Anton Shibalov came in second, 1.00 back. Third was Russia's Dmitry Sotnikov, 2.04 back.

The introduction of modern information technologies has allowed increasing the volume of shipments of goods, which are cleared automatically. The volume of exported goods has quadrupled while the volume of imports into the territory the Vitebsk branc...

Giant pandas Gong Gong and Shun Shun enjoy cold weather at the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou.

In 2021, the airport will get up to $1.6 million for the project to build the second runway and the necessary auxiliary facilities. Another $200,000 will be allocated for the renovation of the Orsha airfield.

Biting cold weather is forecast to persist in Belarus until the middle of next week.

In 2020, Grodno customs officers cleared over 12 million tonnes of goods going through the transit checkpoints. Over 90% of them were cleared in less than 10 minutes.