"The parties reaffirmed their commitment to continued cooperation on the use of CSTO peacekeeping resources in UN peacekeeping activities, which was one of the most important results of the meeting," the spokesman stressed.

“In light of the switch to the schedule of the summer period, there will be changes in departure and arrival times of flights to some destinations,” the press service of Minsk National Airport said.

The development of Belarus' own vaccine against COVID-19 is a matter of honor for the Healthcare Ministry and the National Academy of Sciences. More than that, this vaccine should be the best, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met wit...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his counterpart Abdul Hamid and the people of Bangladesh, as the country marks its 50th Independence Day.

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova met with students of Minsk Gymnasium No. 24 as part of the information and education project “School of an active citizen”. The event took place in the upper house of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Yevgeny Lukyanov as ambassador to Belarus. The respective decree was published on Russia's Official Portal of Legal Information. Yevgeny Lukyanov will replace Dmitry Mezentsev in this capacity.

Chen Xu said that the resolution “disregards the efforts and achievements of the Belarusian government to promote and protect human rights, and uses human rights as a pretext to exert pressure and to interfere in the domestic affairs of Belarus.

Over the past 20 years, the poverty rate in Belarus dropped almost nine times - from 41.9% in 2000 to 4.8% in 2020. “The poverty rate in the country is comparable to that of Kazakhstan (4.6% in Q4 2020) and is significantly lower than in other EAEU...

A committee in charge of organizing the forum has been set up. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko signed the relevant order on 23 March. Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan has been appointed the committee's chairm...

The draft plan contains ten chapters that list events meant to develop all kinds of sport, support the club-based system of physical training and health promotion, support national kinds of sport of the CIS member states and the high-performance spor...

Participants of the session discussed a report by BelAZ Director General Sergei Nikiforovich as well as preliminary results of the company's operation in Q1 2021.

Stanislav Chepurnoi and Batmunkh Battsetseg discussed a broad range of matters concerning the development of Belarusian-Mongolian cooperation, including the exchange of visits at the top level and the high level.

The meeting is set to discuss a draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government scheduled in Minsk on 28 May and to discuss the status of preparations for the next meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council due in Moscow on 2 April...

Brest Oblast received 10,496 doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. They will be given to employees of educational institutions, social facilities, and residential care facilities.

China voted against the anti-Belarusian resolution at the UN platform, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said as he spoke at a meeting with representatives of the Friendship Society Belarus-China.

We appreciate the high level of cooperation with Primorsky Krai in particular and the Russian regions in general, MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk said.

Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin discussed the current agenda of the trade and economic cooperation, plans to increase the number of flights between the countries, and cooperation within the framework...

Aleksandr Shumilin said: “Belarus submits proposals in favor of expanding cooperation of Belarusian scientific organizations with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the sphere of healthcare, including the development of new medications and...

The International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University is the only Belarusian institution that has made it into the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking. It placed 796th out of 912 educational institutions from 84 countr...

The trade in agricultural products between Belarus and Primorsky Krai doubled in 2020 over 2019 to total almost $3 million. Belarusian food exports to the region totaled more than $2 million, which was an increase of almost 70% as against 2019.

Taking part in the exercise are about 100 personnel of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian army.

“Quality control of this vaccine will be in progress in the next three weeks. The vaccine will undergo comprehensive quality control to check its quality and safety,” Sergei Belyayev said. He added that the quality control will be done at the Gal...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) are set to expand cooperation. The parties discussed the current trends in exchange trading in Belarus and Russia and promising are...

The vote on the anti-Belarusian resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva ended as expected - the majority of the Council members did not support it. Only 20 out of 47 states, or less than a half, voted for it.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 314,993 cases. A total of 305,560 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The ambassador remarked upon the friendly nature of Belarus-Kazakhstan relations. He said he believes them to be an exemplary model of interstate relations.

The unit was disconnected in line with the pilot commercial operation stage program for the sake of carrying out tests and maintenance, the source said.

According to the source, seven programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the space industry have been implemented already. The eighth one Integration-SG is in progress now.

The theater will be part of a large-scale cultural and expo center, which the governor expects to become a true jewel of the entire Asian Pacific region. Oleg Kozhemyako mentioned the Sydney Opera House, Australia as an example.

I invited Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to come to Vladivostok in the autumn and promised him to get a Belarusian trading center open by that time, Russia's Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako said.

When asked about the grounds for an increase in the bilateral trade this year, he said: "This is the willingness to work, the experience that we have accumulated over the years, our trade and partnership relations. These are the challenges of time t...

The forum will feature the final of the national competition “Team of the Future” in the category “Politics”. The main aim of the competition is to find and support youth leaders.

“We have achieved a lot in recent years in terms of integration, especially within the framework of the EAEU, and in terms of bilateral relations, trade and cooperation,” the head of state stressed.

“The bottling of first commercial batches of the Sputnik V vaccine from semi-finished products of Russia's pharmaceutical company Generium, which is part of Pharmstandard, has begun. All the necessary preparatory work has been completed,” the pre...

A joint space program was adopted in the Eurasian Economic Union in 2020. Among other things it provides for creating an orbital constellation of satellites.

The program ‘DNA Identification' is meant to help forensic science and healthcare workers. The Belarusian and Russian scientists have already developed several methods to identify a person's eye and hair color with the help of DNA. Work is underway...

Belarus is one of the most important trade and economic partners for Russia's Primorsky Krai. The region intends to increase purchases of Belarusian equipment in the future, Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako said at a meeting with Belarus Presi...

Belarus and Russia's Primorsky Kraiy have good cooperation prospects, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Primorye Territory Governor Oleg Kozhemyako on 25 March.

Every year, the center welcomes hundreds of children for health improvement programs that are combined with the educational process.

The president reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining a constructive dialogue, expanding interstate relations and enhancing cooperation across a wide range of areas on the principles of mutual partnership.

More than Br35 million will be provided by the national centralized innovative fund in 2021 to finance research, development and experimental projects.

Close attention will be paid to the construction of modern, high-quality and affordable housing. This applies to all regions of the country without exception. Every year we will increase construction pace and by 2025 we plan to build about 4.5 millio...

Belarus and Leningrad Oblast (the Russian Federation) will sign a cooperation agreement in trade, economy, science, technology, social security and culture.

The document makes it easier for owners to alienate their residential property in rural settlements and towns of district subordination. The document applies to houses built before 8 May 2003 (the date of entry into force of the law “On state regis...

Taking into account the epidemic situation in the CIS member states the meeting proceeded in a mixed form: some participants were present in the flesh while some participants joined the meeting online.

According to the source, the queues are caused by a failure of the customs clearance software that border checkpoints on the Lithuanian side experienced in the morning on 23 March.

A meeting of representatives of the Belarusian army and the Russian one is taking place in Moscow on 23-26 March in accordance with this year's plan on cooperation between the Belarusian Defense Ministry and the Russian one.

The official noted that Belarus' GDP grew by 0.8% in January-February 2021. The comparison is particularly telling because the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect the national economy back in January-February 2020.

Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Mikhail Myasnikovich proposed to set up an association of agricultural universities of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as he visited Russian State Agrarian University – Timiryazev Moscow Agricul...

"This is a great opportunity to dive into an incredibly fascinating world of the Olympic movement: from its origins to the present. You will feel like a real winner at the finish line of the educational project!" the NOC said in a statement.

Roman Golovchenko noted that the head of state once again supported a proposal to provide further support to the domestic cinema and the film studio which found itself in a difficult position because of the pandemic as it posted a fall in export rev...

The 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk has been scheduled for 14-19 July. The festival's program will include traditional concerts, an ice show, theater performances, and a street art festival.

The parties took stock of the joint activities in 2020, discussed freight transportation issues, and technological and operational aspects of cooperation.

Among the winners are 11 cluster initiatives and 21 socially important initiatives. They will create about 150 jobs, including for people with disabilities.

According to Rosatom's press service, the number of electric vehicles used for personal transportation and as part of the mass transit system has been rising in Belarus for the last few years. The growth is attributed to the higher environmental stan...

Russian State Duma ratified the protocol on 10 March, the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, okayed the document on 17 March. Thus, Russia has completed all ratification procedures on the protocol.

The bill on countering extremism will be sent to the House of Representatives soon, Valery Shulyak, the head of the security legislation oversight committee at the Prosecutor General's Office, told the media in Minsk on 24 March.

A temporary exhibition of Soviet film posters of the 1940s-1950s went on view in the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War on 24 March.

Volunteers of the Kind Heart movement of the Minsk Branch of the BRSM Youth Union have joined the nationwide interdenominational charity campaign to tidy up and renovate holy places in Belarus.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 313,852 cases. A total of 304,477 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

OMON donated Br13,500 to children's home No. 1, a specialized institution for children with central nervous system disorders.

“Last year was the year of challenges for the banking system. We are sincerely happy that we did not disappoint our clients, shareholders and the regulator. In my opinion, the banking system coped with the challenges of the previous year quite well...

BelVEB Bank Chairman of the Board Vasily Matyushevsky said: “The opening of the office is a serious step in realizing our 2019-2021 strategy with regard to new technological capabilities. The bank branch will provide a broad range of services to ba...

According to the source, suggestions have been made to expand the list of agencies tasked with counteracting extremism to include justice bodies, financial investigation and monitoring bodies, municipal executive and administrative bodies, the Educat...

Проект от Interior Design DANA – это выбор тех покупателей, которые стремятся к индивидуальности и эргономичности своей недвижимости.

According to EVA Timber Group Director for CIS and Ukraine Aleksandr Podgaisky, Belarusian woodworking companies have good prospects on the British market, however, successful work requires a special approach.

The opinion poll in Belarus was commissioned by the BelTA news agency and was conducted by the EcooM think tank with the involvement of the Ukrainian Policy Foundation and in cooperation with the sociological centers accredited in Belarus.

"We are set to increase the output and export of agricultural products this year. We will focus both on crop farming and animal breeding," Belarus Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin told journalists on the sidelines of the Belarus Meat Export F...

It is important to preserve the achievements of sovereign Belarus and historical memory of our people, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said as he met with representatives of railway transport and engineering companies in ...

When amending the Constitution, it is necessary to rely on the country's own experience and best international practices, member of the Constitutional Commission, Honored Lawyer of Belarus, Professor Grigory Vasilevich told the SB. Belarus Segodnya n...

We exported 400,000 tonnes to 24 countries of the world. Moreover, we penetrated six new markets, including Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia. Last year, the export of meat products amounted to $973 million, while this year we are set to hit $1 billi...

“Taking part in the event will be students of the university. Everyone will be able to take a free x-ray, test their knowledge in the field of infectious diseases and healthy lifestyles in quizzes and competitions. All the participants will be offe...

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. The exchange of best practices is believed to help overcome the impact of the pandemic on tourism and travel.

The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and Belarus agreed on the prolongation of price caps for staple products in Belarus. This information was posted by Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina ...

Belarusian investigators most tightly worked with colleagues from Russia. Over 60 people, who are wanted in Belarus, were apprehended in Moscow and the oblast. Those are people wanted for thefts, driving under the influence, alimony evasion, military...

The delegation included representatives of Amkodor, MAZ, Belkommunmash, and Promagroleasing. The delegation was led by Deputy Industry Minister Dmitry Kharitonchik.

The event will be organized by the National Marketing Center and the Korea Importers Association (KOIMA) with the support of the Belarusian Embassy in South Korea with the aim to intensify trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and South Kore...

The 14th meeting of the heads of the national anti-terrorist centers of the CIS member states will be held in the headquarters of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center (CIS ATC) on 26 March. The meeting will discuss CIS efforts to counter terrorism amid evol...

The current Constitution of Belarus has proven its effectiveness and just needs to be fine-tuned and updated, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Kalinkovichi District Council of Deputies Viktor Zamostik, a member of the Constitutional Commission.

"Participants will consider the progress in the work on accounting the property created and/or acquired from the funds of the Union State budget and using the results in the implementation of programs and projects of the Union State," the press serv...

Countries that acted on the advice of the USA have seen only bloodshed and devastation, Member of the House of Representatives of Belarus, Chairman of Belarus' Liberal Democratic Party Oleg Gaidukevich told BelTA.

The official said: “In crisis periods of history people are particularly susceptible to indoctrination. They easily respond to new stimuli and ideas and are more amenable to information impact. Nowadays information is shared fast and intensively."

The resident company OOO BTW-Agro is about to finish an investment project worth over $15 million in Kobrin District. As part of the project the company will commission a mycelium farm.

Thus, the Finance Ministry has gained access to the most up-to-date approaches in the field of securities market regulation and also an opportunity to seek advice from the organization's experts. IOSCO focuses on enforcement, corporate governance, l...

The depository agreement will contribute to the development of the Belarusian stock market. It is also important from the point of view of the formation of the common financial market in the Eurasian Economic Union, representatives of the depositary ...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 312,474 cases. A total of 303,030 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

According to Boris Gelfand, one of the founders of Global Edge Sourcing Ltd, the company plans to organize direct deliveries of Belarusian timber to the Israeli market where there is an increased demand for these products today.

One of those who went against the world's behind-the-scenes elites and sided with his citizens from the very beginning was Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko, reads an article penned by Christian Muller in the Austrian newspaper Wochenblick.

A long-dormant volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, 19 March.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Ruslan Yesin met with Keiichi Hamanaka, Mayor of the city of Ome in Tokyo Metropolis, on 23 March.

It is vitally important to inform young people about the use of the white-red-white flag by Nazi accomplices, Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus Vyacheslav Danilovich told the SB...

"We have made all decisions and will move forward accordingly," the Belarusian leader stressed when asked by one of the employees about the possibility of another increase in the retirement age.

Многофункциональный комплекс Minsk World – это не просто комфортное и доступное жилье в самом центре города. По выгодным ценам здесь также м�...

“And I don't want it most of all. Because I am the first president of this state, which you and I shaped together with these hands,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated.

"Keep in mind that we have spent a billion dollars on the COVID treatment. Should I spare this money when a person is in intensive care?.. I have visited intensive care departments 12 times, I have seen these people. We spare no expense to help them,...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that people will not stop eating meat, which means that there will be raw materials for processing. “People will not stop using natural leather,” the president believes. Therefore, the leather industry has a promising f...

According to the source, specialists have finished assembling the reactor of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in order to enable the cold and hot trials stage.