The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 261,859 cases. A total of 250,078 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The transportation routing for delegates has already been arranged, places for temporary parking of shuttle buses have been chosen. “We ask locals and tourists to keep in mind that on 11-12 February short-term driving restrictions are possible, inc...

"We believe that the future of Belarus should be decided only by Belarusian citizens themselves,” Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Rudenko said.

The tuberculosis incidence rate in Belarus declined by 43.1% from 2015 to 2019, reads the state program “Public Health and Demographic Security” for 2021-2025.

Delegates to the 6th Belarusian People's Congress from Brest Oblast were the first to depart for Minsk on 10 February.

They exchanged views on the most burning issues of international and regional security. They also discussed Belarus' participation in the CSTO activities, implementation of decisions taken at the last session of the Collective Security Council and me...

The Belarusian cruised past Russia's world number 75 Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in an hour and a half.

Ambassador of Belarus to Turkey Viktor Rybak has met with Yonet Can Tezel, Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Caucasia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.

The state trusts the youth, while the youth trust the state, member of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives Sergei Klishevich said at the opening of the online dialogue “Unity. Development. Indep...

The first to get the COVID-19 vaccine were frontline healthcare workers. The Healthcare Ministry distributed the vaccines across the regions depending on applications of healthcare institutions. The cold chain compliance procedure was observed.

The CIS Youth Group will be set up within the framework of the global initiative Generation Connect that is part of the ITU Youth Strategy. The group will aim to narrow the digital divide in the CIS and will become a significant step in the implement...

Brest became one of the cities that will develop and implement a project in response to the coronavirus pandemic and share their solutions with other cities in the future.

Despite the difficult situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bellesbumprom's companies were able to increase supplies to foreign markets to $608.5 million, up by $30 million, or 5%, year-on-year.

Belarusian Railways has sold more than 7,500 train tickets to Russia since the start of ticket sales on 4 February 2021, BelTA learned from the press center of Belarusian Railways.

The export of healthcare services is forecast to increase by 44.7% in 2025 over 2020.

Minsk Motor Plant is implementing a new promising project together with Russia's largest engineering and industrial group Concern Tractor Plants (CTP) to equip Agromash-85TK tractor with a Belarusian engine.

Plans to expand supplies were discussed during the visit of an Armenian delegation to the company. Representatives of the Armenian-Belarusian Trading House Ar-Be toured the permanent exhibition and the main production and assembly shops of Gomselmash...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See Sergei Aleinik visited Vatican on 8-9 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarus and Ukraine should concentrate on trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Igor Sokol said on the air of the Ukrainian NASH TV channel.

This matter was in focus of a meeting between EEC Chairman Mikhail Myasnikovich and Speaker of Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

The Novoera joint venture will be set up in the Great Stone park. Taking part in the project will be the Jintai Institute of Culture and Economics, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and one of Beijing-based pharmaceutical technology ...

The foreign ministers exchanged views on topical issues of Belarus-Russia cooperation agenda, interaction within the framework of integration associations and international organizations.

Ahead of the tenth World Radio Day, which is celebrated annually on 13 February, the Belteleradiocompany radio stations have prepared interactive contests and flashmobs for their listeners. The date was chosen on purpose: it was on this day in 1946 t...

Snow removal equipment and street sweepers are clearing snow in the streets of Minsk

MAZ is the only manufacturer of apron buses in the CIS countries.

Oleg Voinov was a keynote speaker at the session that was meant to explore the current European security situation and assess recent operational trends. He stressed that all conceptual documents of our country are underpinned by its peaceful and mult...

Women is widely represented in Belarusian science. In the country as a whole, they make up 39% of the total number of researchers. The proportion of women among holders of the candidate of science degree is 43.6%.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 260,060 cases. A total of 248,064 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus' world number 92 Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost 5-7, 2-6 to Estonia's world number 22 Anett Kontaveit in the Australian Open round one.

The Belarusian People's Congress will be the starting point for Belarus' movement forward, Lyudmila Podluzhnaya, a member of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives, told BelTA.

Yakub Kolas Square and the former grounds of the Horizont TV factory need a facelift, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev to receive his report on 9 February.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, visitors like Minsk for its great working and entertainment opportunities. This city ‘has not been divided by gangsters' and is not built up densely ‘with God knows what real estate',” the president noted.

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Export Support Center of the Udmurt Republic of Russia held a videoconference on 8 February to discuss ways to increase trade between Belarus and Russia's Udmurtia with the help of BUCE's tra...

The regional breakdown reveals that the largest number of proposals came from Minsk - 465 or 40% of the total number of proposals received.

During the meeting the head of state asked about the current state of affairs in the Belarusian capital city and its development prospects, the efforts to sort things out with real estate assets in the center of Minsk.

“These archives highlight crucial events, starting from 1994. They feature photos and videos which will definitely be extremely popular with our users. These materials will also be useful for journalists. This is the first time we have posted these...

Roman Golovchenko stressed that the two countries have good, friendly relations.

Quizzes and new virtual tours will be available on the Belarus president's website, Belarus president's spokesperson Natalya Eismont told reporters.

Attending the event will be Chiefs of General Staff, representatives of the government bodies of the OSCE member states, and European security experts.

Belarus' world number 13 Victoria Azarenka lost 5-7, 4-6 to world number 61 Jessica Pegula of the United States in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The group of experts consists of nine people. They are representatives of Austria, Belgium, the UK, Hungary, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Finland. The group is headed by Director General of Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) ...

“We expect feedback from our users, including constructive criticism, to which we will respond and certainly implement and provide users with new features,” said Natalya Eismont.

The panel session will be attended by over 60 researchers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, China and the USA. They will present their scientific reports in four sections to discuss topical issues of the history of the ancient world, the Middle ...

The latest international experience, the best domestic practices and technical solutions in web design were used to update the website.

“I would like to note with great satisfaction that the relations between Belarus and Uzbekistan are developing quite fruitfully. I am very pleased to note that our high-level and top-level relations have intensified during your work here,” Nataly...

The prerequisite for the possibility to participate in procurement procedures was the availability of information on such products in the registers of industrial products manufactured in Russia or in the territory of a member state of the Eurasian Ec...

The exhibition marks Diplomatic Worker's Day celebrated on 10 February. The project unites love for art and diplomacy.

According to the estimates, 2020 was a successful year for Rogachevsky MKK in terms increasing exports and accessing new markets.

Belavia will not fly to Ashgabat and Riga till 1 March 2021. Flights to Budapest and Almaty will be grounded till 27 March 2021, to Geneva till 30 October.

There are 556 protected habitats of 74 animal species and 491 protected habitats of 58 plant species that are included in the Red Book of Endangered Species of Belarus.

“This victory testifies to the broad support of the Vietnamese people for your activities and also vividly reflects the faithfulness of the path chosen by the Party,” the message of greetings reads.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in association with the Belarusian Communications and Informatization Ministry will hold the international forum “Smart sustainable cities: organizational and technical aspects” in Minsk on 16-18 Ma...

This matter was discussed at a meeting hosted by Minsk Automobile Plant. It was attended by Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov and Industry Minister Petr Parkhomchik.

“The EEC agencies responsible for the manufacturing sector are giving the finishing touches to an action plan on production of strategically important medicines and pharmaceutical substances in the Eurasian Economic Union,” the press service said...

More than 1,130,000 workers of Belarusian enterprises and organizations have signed the letter. It is a solidarity protest of workers against the illegal and unjustified measures taken by the European Union against the Belarusian enterprises.

In the first round the Belarusian solved Slovakia's world number 100 Viktoria Kuzmova 6-0, 6-4 in an hour and two minutes.

Due to freezing weather and heavy snowfalls, bullfinches came to the city in search of food.

“On 8-12 February, representatives of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia deployed at stationary command posts will work out one of the options of using groups of forces in the operation of the Regional Group of Forces as part of the joint comma...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has extended an official invitation to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus to take part in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Every year we sign food supply balance sheets with Russia so that we could better plan our exports and investments. The balance sheets for 2021 are practically at the level of 2020, Aleksei Bogdanov said.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 259,499 cases. A total of 247,703 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines will increase the number of Moscow-Minsk flights from three to five a week as from 9 February. The flights will be performed not only on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but also on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The building will be delivered this summer while sales of apartments will start today! The prices are from as little as Br2,630 per m2.

Belarusian agricultural produce and food products were supplied to 116 countries in 2020.

“Our task for 2021 is to increase agricultural export by 4.3% from 2020. The increase will amount to a little over $6 billion. This is a very large amount, and everyone has to fight for the markets, using various marketing tools and ways of promoti...

In 2020, Belarus exported over $5.8 billion worth of agricultural and food products, which was up by 4.3% over 2019. Currency earnings rose by $240.2 million year-on-year.

On 8 February train No. 1/2 Moscow-Minsk operated by Belarusian Railways will leave for Moscow after a long break. The return train will leave for Minsk on 9 February. After that the train will run every other day.

"Azimut Airline informs about the start of air service on the Rostov-on-Don-Minsk route and the launch of ticket sales. The flight will be performed weekly from 16 February on Tuesdays," the airline said.

Top officials of the Mogilev Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Jewish Autonomous Oblast held an online meeting on 7 February.

Belarusian educational institutions have signed 4,700 agreements with peers from 90 countries. We have expanded our reach into Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Cooperation with China got a new impetus. The Year of Belarus' Education was suc...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko hosted another meeting to discuss preparations for and conduct of the Belarusian People's Congress, BelTA has learned.

Belarus needs to introduce criminal liability for people who call for sanctions against the country, Chairman of Belteleradiocompany Ivan Eismont told the Editors' Club program.

Russia remained the main importer of MTZ vehicles in 2020, followed by Kazakhstan and Ukraine. All in all, MTZ sold its products to 45 countries, including nine new markets (Burundi, the UK, Haiti, Guatemala, Guinea, Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, In...

A web-based meeting "Belarus - Kyrgyzstan: Trade and Economic Cooperation" will be held on 25 February, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

For some reason the collective West has claimed the right to dictate its will to the whole world, political scientist Aleksei Belyaev told the Editors' Club program on the Belarus 1 TV channel.

The member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will start working on a draft agreement on the common gas market soon, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy and the people as the country celebrated the national holiday - Waitangi Day on 6 February.

The Belarusian government has approved the procedure for the commissioning of the startup facilities of the units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 258,691 cases. A total of 247,177 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union member states have reached a consensus on all issues on the agenda of the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 5 February, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman G...

The mercury dropped to -20 °C in the morning of 7 February in Grodn.

The air temperature was -19°C in the morning of 7 February in Gomel.

The board of Bellegprom convened on 5 February to take stock of the performance of the concern in 2020. Companies affiliated with Bellegprom produced $649.9 million worth of goods in 2020, 59.5% of which was shipped to 52 foreign markets.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev on 5 February.

The roadmap to create and promote the national brand of Belarus will be completed by May 2021. This is set forth in the Belarusian prime minister's executive order No.15p of 3 February 2021.

There were no interruptions in freight transportation. More than 2.3 million freight vehicles moved across the Belarusian part of the EAEU customs border, about 6,500 trucks every day, which was up by 9.5% over 2019.

"The council will send the document for harmonization to the CSTO member states," the spokesman said.

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council approved a concept of promoting electronic document management at sea checkpoints of the Eurasian Economic Union member states at a meeting in Almaty on 5 February.

The Belarusian customs have significantly reduced the time of goods release in the past five years, Chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Orlovsky told the media.

“Being one of the country's biggest manufacturers, we are interested in preserving flagship companies. Indeed, as the president said, we did not create them, therefore we do not have the right to destroy them. And this is the best response to calls...

The heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union member states discussed ten issues at the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 5 February.

Belarusian air and railway transport organizations are ready to enforce all safety requirements set by international partners: face masks, temperature checks, vaccination, Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko said.

The prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union agreed on a mechanism for applying retaliatory measures against third countries at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council held in Almaty on 5 February.

"We received Br47 million in these payments in 2020 and Br88 million over three years. I would like to note very high dynamics of these payments. Every year the growth rate is more than 40%," Sergei Nalivaiko said.

The program seeks to increase the competitiveness of domestic agricultural products and foodstuffs, to unlock unexploited export potential, to promote environmentally friendly agriculture with a view to strengthening the country's food security, and ...

“Talking about the goals for 2021, I would like, first of all, to mention stabilization of the financial state of our main enterprises, which were seriously affected by the pandemic last year,” said Belarus' Transport and Communications Minister ...

The economies of the EAEU countries are projected to grow by at least 3.2%in 2021, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich told the media .

We will provide comprehensive support for the development of Belarusian science, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with representatives of the academia.

The plan provides for the implementation of joint projects and activities. In addition to that, consultations are to be held to reconcile the EAEU law and the CIS legal framework, including with a view to eliminating contradictions between the draft ...