Belarus creates all conditions to increase the number of large families and introduces comprehensive measures to support such families, the Energy Ministry pointed out. Appropriate decisions are taken at the level of the head of state.

We hope that it is through the use of political and diplomatic mechanisms that the parties will be able to de-escalate the situation as soon as possible, Anatoly Glaz said.

“The victory in the Great Patriotic War, the modern state symbols, which should be called the national symbols, are just a symbol of sovereignty and independence and the main purpose of propaganda against us,” said Piotr Petrovsky.

Every year, about 1.35 million people die in traffic accidents worldwide. Another 20 to 50 million people suffer non-fatal injuries, many of them become disabled.

The Belarusian team of Marharyta Kiryliuk, Hanna Koutsun, Yana Kudzina, Kseniya Kuliashova, Anastasiya Navasiolava, Valeryia Puz, Kseniya Tratseuskaya and Aliaksandra Vysotskaya scored an overall of 86.3333 to finished fourth.

“I am convinced that being an integral part of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force and the CIS Corps of Forces, the detachments of the unit will continue to strengthen traditions of international mutual assistance in overcoming emergencies,”...

Ufa will become Belavia's 10th regular route to Russia.

Gomel border guards are on duty at one of the most picturesque sections of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, which runs along the fairway of the Dnieper River.

The agricultural farm Putrishki has launched forage harvesting from mixed plantings of winter colza and rye.

According to the source, there are plans to keep up the economic growth rate in the capital city. Minsk enterprises are now working on penetrating new foreign target markets. It will have a positive effect on the city's economy in the future, too.

Thus, the adoption of the law on preventing the rehabilitation of Nazism and the appropriate adjustment of other laws and regulations will create a complex set of measures meant to counteract attempts to rehabilitate Nazism.

The new coach will replace his compatriot Raul Alonso, who has been coaching the Brest team since March 2019.

The Belarusian athletes scored an overall of 88.7333. Russia's Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina won the event with the result of 97.9000. Silver went to Ukraine's Marta Fiedina and Anastasiya Savchuk (94.3333). Third were Austria's Anna ...

The signing of the document was preceded by two years of interaction between the universities to identify key partnership areas.

Implementing a parking policy, the organization of pedestrian streets and zones, slowing down the speed of traffic are the most effective measures to reduce traffic load in small towns, to lower harmful emissions, including CO2.

The upcoming plogging tour will encompass five regional capitals and the city of Minsk and draw over 500 participants. The tour has been organized by the Plogging Belarus movement, the Volkswagen company, and the Center for Environmental Solutions of...

The official said: “The output of all kinds of meat products – beef, pork, and poultry – is on the rise in Belarus. There is no shortage in retail.” In his words, private and state-run enterprises have considerable reserves of meat products t...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Maksim Yermolovich presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II on 14 May.

The festival of national cultures Multi-Culti will take place in the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth on 15 May. The program will include a concert with music and dance performances as well as master classes in dances and musical instruments.

One more Belarusian-Russian project, a meeting of young ecologists, is also in the plans. The civil and patriotic project “For the Honor of the Fatherland” for students from Russia and cadet schools of Belarus is planned for September.

UNICON Convention (9th edition of the fantasy, comic and video games convention) and the 4th installment of GameExpo Minsk are running in the Belarusian capital on 14-16 May.

The prime minister said: “We've started summarizing results of fulfillment of plans on developing administrative and territorial units populated by 80,000 people and more. It's been three years since the implementation of the plans began. We are lo...

"The Belarusian team has seriously improved, as evidenced by the results that we all know well. These are the victories of Dzinara Alimbekava and Hanna Sola. We did good in relays. The men's team showed much better results as well. It is obvious tha...

"We have received proposals to set the age limit for candidates at 27, 30 or 35. Today it is 21 years old. Those who stand as candidates to the Council of the Republic must be 40. Some people proposed to lower an age requirement for MPs to 18. Other...

Belarus blanked Estonia 3-0 to reach the 2021 CEV EuroVolley Women final on 13 May.

Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, will conduct a religious service in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. After the service, participants of the event will welcome the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne of...

The opposition says again that they will raise the money. They have already ‘raised' the money for veterans. I just don't know where this money is. Now they say it again: we will raise the funds. They won't raise anything. They will simply announce...

“About 342,000 children are expected to spend holidays in camps of all types: 198,000 children in day camps and 144,000 in overnight resident camps,” Aleksandr Tsai noted.

The Belarusian People's Congress may be vested with the authority to determine the main directions of Belarus' domestic policy and foreign policy, make decisions on conceptual matters concerning the development of the state and the society.

Cash in circulation dropped by 0.5% to Br4.118 billion in April.

A record number of applications were sent this year for the annual Easter in Minsk World contest. Over the four weeks, the organizers received 951 artworks! Some of the children sent two creative projects, so the total number of participants was 829.

Belarusian State University (BSU) will host the international olympiad in analytical economics and economic forecasting on 14 May. The olympiad will feature 14 teams of Belarusian, Russian, and Armenian universities.

As of 12:00 on 14 May, 2,238 people had already come to blood transfusion stations to participate in the study of herd immunity against COVID-19. All in all, the study will involve 12,000 volunteers. All of them have already been recruited.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 373,351 cases. A total of 363,873 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

A combat and mobilization readiness test is in progress in the 25th arsenal of missile and artillery weapons under the leadership of the deputy defense minister for arms, chief of arms of the Armed Forces.

"Indeed, there were many proposals to set up a unicameral parliament instead of a two-chamber parliament, to increase the number of MPs to 150,180, 260 and so on. But the country has established certain traditions, mechanisms of interaction between ...

This farmers' market was created upon the president's instructions in order to allow Belarusian farmers to come to a convenient place to sell their goods. Now time has come for Aleksandr Lukashenko to take a look at how everything works and give the ...

The bank explained that this gives a possibility to transfer money to pay Belarusian pensions to those who live in the EAEU countries (Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia) and Moldova in the national currency of the recipient's country of residen...

Proposals have been made to supplement the Constitution with a provision on the parliamentary oath, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said today during a meeting of the Constitutional Commission.

There is a proposal to limit the legislative powers of the president in terms of issuing decrees, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said at the meeting of the Constitutional Commission on 14 May.

Proposals have been made to prohibit dual mandate, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said today during a meeting of the Constitutional Commission in Minsk on 14 May.

The Belarusian Healthcare Ministry together with the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) is conducting a study of herd immunity against COVID-19 in Belarus.

The Belarusian team of Anastasiya Navasiolava, Vera Butsel, Hanna Koutsun, Aliaksandra Vysotskaya, Marharyta Kiryliuk, Valeryia Puz, Kseniya Kuliashova, Yana Kudzina, Kseniya Tratseuskaya, and Anastasiya Suvalava clinched the third place with the ove...

“For me, people are of paramount importance. I am from the countryside. I know what it means to grow something with your own hands and to be able to sell it. People should be able to freely sell their products and have an unobstructed access to the...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is touring the farmers' eco-market located in the Valerianovo shopping center in Minsk District.The multifunctional four-story shopping center is located in the village of Valerianovo and covers an area of ​�...

About 214,000 passengers traveled by trains with reserved seats. More than 188,000 of them were business-class regional and suburban trains. Almost 26,000 passengers traveled by international trains running between Belarus and Russia. More than 961,0...

The document sets forth the terms for the construction of the Northern Waterfront experimental multifunctional complex in the northern part of the city within the boundaries of the Minsk Ring Road, Pobeditelei Avenue, Orlovskaya Street and Tsnyanskoy...

“Our short-term and mid-term objectives are quite ambitious. We strive to achieve climate neutrality, build adaptive capacity to climate change, prevent land degradation, introduce water-saving technologies, restore damaged ecosystems, and promot...

Nine young families representing various universities and regions of the Republic of Belarus, as well as one family from Russia are taking part in the final.

The forum was opened by IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong. In his speech he mentioned that weak representation of young people in parliaments remains a big problem.

For the last 20 years the United Institute of Informatics Problems and the R&D enterprise Geoinformation Systems have been implementing Union State programs on space exploration together with Russian colleagues.

“The key task for us is to equalize this balance. In other words, we have to modernize our own army, improve weaponry, step up cooperation with the Russian Federation within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and the Collective ...

The European Race Walking Team Championships will act as qualifier for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. For the time being Team Belarus has three licenses earned by Anna Terlyukevich, Viktoryia Rashchupkina (20km) and Dmitri Dziubin (50 km).

The international exhibition of forestry and wood-processing technologies Lesdrevtech 2021 will be held at Minsk Arena on 20-23 May.

Since the Commonwealth of Independent States started sending observation missions 20 years ago (the CIS observers have monitored 110 elections and referendums in all Commonwealth countries over this time), it has amassed a wealth of experience and de...

Forty-five major tour operators of Belarus have applied to participate in the tourist exhibition in Braslav District. They will share their experiences and talk about new forms of work.

“Our partners from Jordan tasted our condensed milk and were satisfied with its delicious taste and high quality. They also liked condensed milk with cocoa and coffee. Residents of Jordan will be able to appreciate our classical condensed milk with...

Kuleshov Mogilev State University has actively participated in international projects in circular economy, sustainable development of regions, and environmental protection. Setting up the regional sustainable development academy was another step forw...

The Berestie greenhouse complex in Brest Oblast and Minsk Vegetable Factory have been given the green light to supply tomatoes and peppers to Russia.

The Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is the oldest architectural monument in Gomel District. The wooden church with baroque elements was built in the village of Staraya Belitsa around 1710.

The international conference “Technologies of the electoral process and election monitoring” timed to the 15th anniversary of the International Institute for Monitoring Democracy Development, Parliamentarianism and Suffrage Protection of Citizens...

The Belarusians scored a total of 88.1958. Russia's Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko won the event with the overall score of 96.2904. Second were Ukraine's Marta Fiedina and Anastasiya Savchuk (92.6862). Austria's Anna-Maria Alexandri an...

“I believe that today's meeting of the Standing Commission will contribute to further development of the CIS and will be a good help in improving the national legislation," Sergei Sivets said.

The visit was organized as part of the Year of People's Unity project that the university launched in March of this year.

Belarus' world number 4 Aryna Sabalenka lost 5-7, 3-6 to world number 35 Coco Gauff of the United States in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia round of Last 16.

According to the IOC, its efforts, together with the organizing committee, are entirely focused on the implementation of the final stage of preparations for the Games. It was emphasized that the Olympics in the Japanese capital would unite the world ...

The document was signed as part of a videoconference session of the working group on advancing Belarus' cooperation with Sakhalin Oblast. Participants of the session discussed a broad range of matters concerning trade and economic cooperation.

Taking part in the event will be students, graduate students, postgraduate students and young scientists with presentations of their projects.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 372,242 cases. A total of 362,806 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus won the tournament by clocking 80.53 seconds and beating Russia (83.67 seconds) in the team event, held as part of the discipline “Climbing the Hook Ladder on the Floors of the Training Tower".

Over the first three months of 2021, the trade in goods and services totaled $19.794 billion, up by 17.1% over the same period of 2020. Import totaled $9.483 billion, up by 14.7%. Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $828 million.

We are making the Constitution of the future of our state. If we want an integral and fair state, we need an integral and fair Constitution and the way to this Constitution should also be like that. If people uphold the new Constitution project, it w...

Фотовыставка, посвященная 75-летию МТЗ, открылась на путевых стенах станции метро "Тракторный завод". В экспозиции представлено 65 фотогра...

“I think we will soon introduce a bonus for the vaccinated: we will drop the quarantine requirement for those who arrive from the countries of the ‘red' zone. There is an active discussion worldwide about immunity passports. We have introduced va...

“I believe that we will not only purchase this vaccine, but also launch its production in Belarus. It is a single-dose vaccine that was approved for people aged 18-40. However, it is a long-term plan, as the vaccine will be rolled out only in 2022,...

"I intend to focus primarily on our fruitful, mutually beneficial and effective joint work during my diplomatic mission in Belarus," Ambasasdor Yevgeny Lukyanov said.

As many as 16,182 large families opened deposit accounts with the total sum of Br366.6 million in line with the program extended for 2020-2024. Under the new five-year program, family capital is granted to large families upon the birth or adoption of...

"The virus is seasonal and subsides in summer. We spend more time outside, go on holidays, eat more fresh vegetables and fruit, which is very beneficial for the immune system. In addition to that, vaccination will go on, therefore the case numbers wi...

"A dialogue is in full swing to deepen our integration in order to create a level playing field for economic entities and to make a better use of new cooperation opportunities," the head of state said.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the situation in the world is far from being calm today. The struggle for geopolitical influence and redistribution of spheres of interest in the economy has been aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, which has fu...

The head of state received credentials of ambassadors of Iraq, Nicaragua, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, and Sierra Leone.

The parties discussed the prospects of trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and South Africa, priorities for the development of business contacts, and the main areas for cooperation.

Deputy Chairperson of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) Elena Mankevich is convinced that the economy and the fight for markets are behind any policy.

The aurochs-like animals in the Middle Pripyat nature reserve of Zhitkovichi District welcomed offspring.

Belarus outclassed Switzerland 3-1 in the 2021 CEV EuroVolley Women qualifying match at Chizhovka Arena in Minsk on 12 May.

The competitions will kick off on 17 May.

Лошицкий усадебно-парковый комплекс является историко-культурной ценностью республиканского значения, а также числится в государстве�...

The medals feature the official logo of the championship . The theme of the logo continues around the perimeter of the medal. Diameter is 10cm, weight is over 400g. The medals have been designed by Latvia and minted in Norway.

MAZ's exposition features the electric bus MAZ 303E10 and the Gorozhanin trolleybus assembled by the Ufa tram and trolleybus plant on the basis of a second-generation MAZ trolleybus.

According to the source, Turkey appreciates skills of Belarusian specialists, this is why the country looks forward to their arrival every year. A Mi-8 helicopter of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry has arrived in Turkey to render this aid.

Libya does not have sufficient production capacities to meet the local demand for food. The country has to import most of food products, including condensed milk. Now Rogachev Milk Canning Factory is working on further deliveries to this market.

The hybrid international research conference “Communication in social and humanitarian affairs, economy, and education” will take place at Belarusian State University (BSU) on 13-14 May, BelTA learned from the BSU press service.

Diana Shamal, a student of the Faculty of Life Safety of the University of Civil Protection (UCP) of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry, won the Interclover international competition of students' research works in educational and psychological scien...

Aryna Sabalenka will face U.S. Coco Gauff (No.35) in the next round.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia resumed flights from Minsk to Russia's Samara on 12 May.

In April the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 100.7% as against March 2021 and 103.8% as against December 2020.

The national round of the international competition “The Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year Award 2021” has kicked off in Belarus. Eligible for participation are representatives of private households, farms, and agricultural enterprises from all regio...

The Belarusian scored a total of 87,7173 points to collect the medal. The event was won by Ukraine's Marta Fiedina (91,8445). Silver went to Greece's Evangelia Platanioti (89,2897).

More than 25% of Belarusians are regularly engaged in physical activity and sports, Belarus' First Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Vyacheslav Durnov told a press conference held at the National Press Center of Belarus to mark Day of Physical Cultur...