It is necessary to keep prices for consumer goods under control and prevent their unjustified growth, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov and Minister of Antimonopoly Reg...

The government bodies need to show well-coordinated work in protecting the domestic market and interests of national producers, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with First Vice Premier Nikolai Snopkov and Minister of Antimonopoly...

Belavia recommends to check the information on restrictions with the appropriate authorities of the country of arrival.

“The Belarusian company has fully taken into account the customer's wishes. We have already received positive feedback from the company about the performance of the supplied equipment. There are intentions to continue cooperation. We are currently ...

Belarus is interested in developing relations with the United States, but on the basis of mutual respect, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz said in an interview to the ONT TV channel.

A plan for the CSTO regional operation Nelegal to combat illegal migration in 2021 has been coordinated.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Palestine to Belarus, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Khalid Ariqat.

The Council of Ministers' resolution came into force on 1 April 2021.

The new Education Code will be a framework document reflecting a new reality, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives Igor Marzalyuk told reporters prior to the meeting of the Council of t...

“The EEC Council, which was scheduled for 1 April, has been postponed to 5 April. Not all members of the Council will be able to attend,” Iya Malkina wrote.

“If we talk about the delivery of Russian oil of the Urals variety by pipeline transport, everything proceeds on schedule. We don't see problems. There can be no problems since the two sides honor all the commitments precisely,” the official said...

According to the commanding officer of the reconnaissance battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Nikolai Valuyev, the reservists are already past the individual training stage. They had to recall how to handle issue weapons and brushed up on gunnery regulatio...

The performance of loss making companies should be analyzed in the context, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters during his working trip to Mozyr Oil Refinery.

In 2020, the collection of secondary raw materials in Belarus wen up by 3.2% over 2019, BelTA learned from the Secondary Raw Materials Operator. In 2020, the country collected 789,900 tonnes of secondary raw materials.

The flight on the route Moscow (Vnukovo) – Minsk – Moscow (Vnukovo) will be performed on Wednesdays, with arrival in Minsk at 11:30 and departure for Moscow at 12:30.

According to Roman Golovchenko, the head of state signed a decree on possible retaliatory measures against those who impose illegal economic sanctions on the Republic of Belarus and domestic enterprises.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei informed his counterpart in detail about the ongoing constitutional reform in Belarus and the progress of the dialogue in the society.

Measures to prevent psychological terrorism should be enshrined in the Constitution, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives Igor Marzalyuk told reporters on 31 March, BelTA has learned.

According to the source, scheduled tests of the harvester prototype Amkodor FH3081 continue in Minsk District. Another new machine has joined it – an Amkodor FF1681 forwarder. The latter is supposed to load up on the shortwood the harvester collect...

The document provides for the extension of BelNPP's exemption from the real estate tax and land tax until 31 December 2041, as well as its exemption from the income tax, calculation and transfer of part of the profit to the budget until 31 December 2...

The installation of an automatic number-plate recognition system has begun at the Belarusian border checkpoint Berestovitsa on the Belarusian-Polish border.

During the talks Viktor Gulevich and Valery Gerasimov discussed topical aspects of Belarusian-Russian military cooperation, including the operation of the Belarusian-Russian regional military force, preparations for the Belarusian-Russian strategic m...

HC Stroitel Brest, HC Minsk, Russia's Dynamo-Elektrostal, Dynamo-Stroitel (Yekaterinburg), Dynamo-Ak Bars (Kazan) and OKS-SHVSM from Ukrainian Vinnitsa have confirmed the participation in the tournament.

Warm weather has come to Grodno and residents of the city have flocked to parks to enjoy it.

The company hit performance targets in 2020. It processed over 8.99 million tonnes of hydrocarbon raw materials. The oil conversion ratio totaled 84.4%, with the output of light oil products at 65.2%. The production of high-octane gasolines increased...

The joint session of the Presidiums of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), entitled Russia and Belarus: a Common Scientific Space, took place in Moscow on 30 March.

Scheduled tasks and tests of the first unit will continue in line with the pilot commercial operation stage program. Preparations for an integrated trial of the reactor unit at nominal power levels have begun. Specialists are expected to start this w...

Plans are in place to implement an investment project to launch the production of biotechnological products and, perhaps, recombinant vaccines against COVID-19.

The official said: “After visiting this institution and other places one can see that people live for the future, they don't live only for the present. People focus on creative work. They live, see certain problems, and resolve them. They resolve p...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 321,807 cases. A total of 312,320 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The minister informed that literally the other day Belarus received a batch of 100,000 doses of the second component of Sputnik V. The vaccine is now being distributed throughout the country. “In mid-April, Belmedpreparaty will roll out the first c...

"Let me remind you that the Constitution was adopted in 1994. It was amended in 1996 and our country has been developing steadily, dynamically and safely for about 30 years now; we have been making progress in many areas,” said Piotr Miklashevich.

The construction of the heavy oil hydrocracking complex is Mozyr Oil Refinery's largest investment project on record. Its cost is estimated to exceed $1.45 billion. In essence building the complex is like building another enterprise that occupies ove...

This competition has been held since 2018, and over this time it has brought together more than 600 young scientists, diplomats, representatives of public associations and businesses from 11 CIS countries.

The allies practiced regrouping during a regular stage of the exercise. Covered by air defense units, the troops marched to new positions. Engineer reconnaissance and mine clearance were also practiced along the way.

The Constitutional Commission is set on systemic, targeted, and fruitful work, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission Piotr Miklashevich told journalists.

According to Nikolai Vasilkov, 25 million trees were planted on an area of 5,600ha in 2020 thanks to such campaigns. The forest cover percentage in Belarus exceeds 40% and the forest area totals 9.6 million hectares.

Belarus lost 0-8 to Belgium in their second match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification on 30 March.

The project will help participating companies gain expertise in export trade, establish business ties with foreign and international trade platforms, and come onto these platforms with their products.

In January-February 2021 the Belarusian government borrowed an equivalent of $129.2 million, including $114 million from the Russian government and $15.2 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the European B...

Proceeds from value added tax came at Br2.6 billion (19.1% of the target), profit tax – Br30 million (0.9%), excise duties – Br0.5 billion (17.6%). Revenues from foreign trade operations totaled Br0.7 billion (18.6%).

During repairs, modernization, and technical modernization of structures and buildings these requirements will be used to the extent specified by design documents bearing in mind the need to preserve architectural solutions in the course of repairs a...

The official said: “Effective state and legal construction is possible only on a reliable constitutional foundation. On the one hand, the stability of the Constitution is an important condition for the stable development of the society and the stat...

“Currently there are 25 bills under consideration in the House of Representatives. 18 of them will be included in the approximate schedule. Eleven are ready for consideration, the work on the rest is underway,” said Valentin Semenyako.

This year was defined by the heads of the organization's member states as the year of continuing to consolidate efforts in the fight against modern challenges and threats and improving interstate cooperation in carrying out crime prevention operation...

The Development Bank of Belarus will provide loans of Br40 million to the Minsk Metro Construction Directorate for the implementation of the Belarusian transport development program for 2021-2025.

Flights will be operated on Fridays with departure from Minsk at 8.30 and arrival in Kaliningrad at 8.30. The return flight will leave Kaliningrad at 9.10 and arrive in Minsk at 11.10. The time is local.

The decree comes into force after its official publication.

The head of state expressed confidence that Pavel Bure's experience and strength of character would continue to contribute to achieving new professional and life goals.

Belarus' world number 8 Aryna Sabalenka lost to world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6 in the 2021 Miami Open quarterfinal.

The head of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament said that she had already been to Belmedpreparaty when she worked in the government. She reminded that back then the industry had to increase the share of Belarusian medications up to 50%. It...

A brigade will practice a defensive battle as part of the exercise. The experience of modern wars and localized conflicts was taken into account as the exercise was organized. Close attention was paid to interaction between different arms of the mili...

According to the Belarusian company, Amkodor's forestry industry machines allow substantially increasing and facilitating wood harvesting in swampy areas while reducing the prime cost of the work.

“The experts finalized and coordinated the draft plan taking into account the comments and suggestions received from the states. The document is scheduled to be signed at a meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council in Moscow on 2 April,” the p...

The decree provides for prohibiting the import of certain categories of merchandise and the import of services provided by natural persons and legal persons of the countries that have resorted to special measures (sanctions) against Belarusian corpor...

The festive atmosphere of the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk is all about creativity and mutual respect, BelTA learned from the official Instagram channel of the festival's directorate.

The forestries of Brest Oblast started harvesting birch sap last week. The intensity of sap flow is still weak due to unfavorable weather. Despite this, the region has already harvested 424 tonnes of juice.

Belarus annually exports about 350,000-400,000 tonnes of potatoes, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun told a news conference.

Chairman of the Council of the Communist Party of Belarus Aleksei Kamai has been awarded a Gratitude of the President of Belarus for many years of active social and political work.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko met with China's Hubei Province Governor Wang Xiaodong in the city of Wuhan on 30 March.

Denis Fedorov said: “To revise the history of World War Two is a strategic and ideological task of Western countries. For them the victory cannot be the foundation of pride that unites generations because there were no winning countries among count...

The total area of spring crops for harvest 2021 in Belarus is estimated at 2.4 million hectares, Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun said at a press conference held on 30 March to discuss the readiness of the Belarusian agricultural ...

A new exhibition opened on 30 March at the Museum of Books of the National Library of Belarus. The exhibition showcases a unique seventeenth-century copper plate featuring an engraving with the portrait of the King and Grand Duke Jan III Sobieski.

In line with the document the size of the export duty on crude oil, furnace oil, oil bitumen, petrolatum, paraffin, and waste oils will be $57.6 per tonne ($49.6 previously).

The participants of the final stage of the competition are students and teachers of the Belarusian educational institutions, winners of the regional and Minsk city selections.

The program of this year's edition will include 11 concerts featuring artists of the Belarusian State Philharmonic and other establishments: orchestras, choirs, and renowned soloists.

President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Anatoly Zagorodny was awarded the Silver Medal badge of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for his services to science.

State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev, representatives of Belarusian and Russian government agencies, prominent public and political figures of the two countries, representatives of the expert community and mass me...

In the course of the exercise the unit marched to the designated area and practiced meeting special training requirements. The field exercise was one of the steps in preparations for the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021.

The event was arranged with the help of the Export Support Center of Volgograd Oblast and was meant to forge new business contacts and strengthen trade and economic ties between business communities of the two countries.

While in Moscow Viktor Gulevich is expected to meet with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. The sides will discuss matters of bilateral military cooperation between Belarus and Russia.

The final show of the Dream Dance Fest project will take place in the format of a gala concert during the 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 320,594 cases. A total of 310,983 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The agricultural enterprise Oborona in Dobrush District celebrated the start of the sowing campaign.

The agenda includes 29 issues: technical regulation, customs and tariff regulation, and others. The meeting participants will also discuss and approve the agenda of the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, which is due to take place in ...

According to the source, the number of forex market participants rose in 2020. At present two Belarusian banks and 18 companies perform operations on the market. The interest of non-residents in the creation of Belarusian forex companies remains stro...

The role and responsibility of municipal government agencies will be increased in the course of redistribution of powers. “Among other things it will emancipate initiatives at the local level,” the prime minister noted.

The spring PROMO will wrap up in two days! Only until 31 March inclusively, all customers will be entitled to a discount of up to €60 per square meter if they opt for a one-time payment!

Belarus' world number 8 Aryna Sabalenka swept into the 2021 Miami Open quarterfinal, seeing off world number 20 Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2, in an hour and nine minutes.

Roman Golovchenko said: “We will follow the evolutionary way”. In his words, the amendments, which were discussed during the government conference hosted by the head of state, will affect a large number of laws and regulations: laws, presidential...

The Beresteisky Pekar branch of Kobrin Bakery produces more than 30 types of baked goods and up to 55 types of confectionery.

These norms stipulate requirements for planning and developing urban and rural populated localities within their future territorial development limits as specified by urban planning documents.

The central bank suggests expanding the list of financial instruments by allowing operations with the basic assets, which are traded on foreign organized trade platforms that operate in line with the legislation of such leading foreign jurisdictions ...

Last year the president gave an instruction to study the possibility of redistributing powers between various branches of government and strengthening their accountability.

It is important to preserve the strong presidential authority in the process of the constitutional reform and redistribution of powers, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Speaking about land management, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that it is unadvisable to devolve presidential powers in this area.

The head of state noted that the redistribution of powers does not happen often, so it is necessary to weigh all pros and cons. The president stressed that it is necessary to put the unshakable priorities - the comfort and well-being of the populatio...

Belarus has everything in place to boost exports of food and textile products to the Republic of Korea, Director of the National Marketing Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Valery Sadokho said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled that the president had the final say on a huge number of matters at the outset of Belarus' independence. “This was done in order to sort out the budget, to retain state property, mineral resources, everything that belo...

Gomselmash Director General Aleksandr Novikov visited AgromashHolding KZ and met with the company's president Alexandr Lavrentyev. The parties reached an agreement to increase the volume of supplies.

A national conference on Belarus' investment structure will be held at the free economic zone Mogilev on 1-2 April, BelTA learned from the administration of the FEZ Mogilev.

The head of state drew attention to the fact that the clinic is constantly upgrading its material and technical infrastructure, promoting such complex and sophisticated areas as transplantation and cardiac surgery. “In recent months, you have been ...

Belarus-Tajikistan trade in agricultural products and food totaled $9.8 million in 2020. Belarus' food export to Tajikistan rose by 1.4 times to $9.5 million. In January 2021 Belarus exported $775,000 worth of agricultural products and food to Tajiki...

Aleksandr Rakhmanov said: “So-called illegal strikes are hotly debated these days. If we talk about events of H2 2020, labor disputes were not the point. Actions were taken to stir up trouble among the workers, suspend the operation of enterprises ...

The MPs believe that the time allocated for working out and agreeing draft concepts of the programs is excessive. In some cases the reconciliation procedures last for years and the programs become irrelevant as a result.

According to the investor's representative, plans are in place to repurpose the real estate to set up a facility to make food products, primarily Chinese dumplings, as well as to open a catering facility, an establishment providing temporary accommod...

The parties discussed cooperation prospects in the financial sector, in particular, the development and integration of financial markets, their infrastructure, the creation of digital ecosystems of financial services, the implementation and scaling o...

Products of enterprises of Gomel Oblast are in demand in the Chinese market. Gomel Oblast export to China equaled $91 million in 2020, up by 32% year-on-year. All in all, local enterprises export more than 65% of their output to 92 countries.