"Even in Soviet times, Grodno Oblast was rightly considered one of the best regions of the huge Soviet Union. Our region has always been seen as an example," the president said opening the meeting.

A proposal has been put forward to supplement the preamble of the Constitution with provisions on the preservation of national identity and sovereignty, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Piotr ...

As it turned out, the farm machinery in Svisloch District was unattended, the buildings were not used on purpose, were cluttered or empty. The president instructed local authorities to sort things out on this 26-hectare territory as soon as possible,...

The president also promised to support other investment projects of the company.

Belarus has not yet received official responses from the EU countries to its requests for extradition of opposition figures Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Valery Tsepkalo and Pavel Latushko, Belarus Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said answering journalists...

The president was told that rapeseed oil production is a highly profitable business. However, manufacturers complain of a number of issues related to pricing.

During the visit to Svisloch District the head of state heard out a report on the social and economic development of the region. “What gross regional product will we have at the end of the year after these crazy sanctions? We have been preparing fo...

The head of the Belarusian delegation emphasized that sanctions only lead to new dividing lines in Europe, which contradicts the fundamental goals of the CEI.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. “Shared views allowed us to effectively support each other at international platforms, jointly promote initiatives on the most important issues of our time for a quarter of a century,”...

The FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 quarterfinal: Belarus v Sweden

The official said: “On these days when the entire world recalls how Hitler's Germany launched an assault against the Soviet Union from western borders of Belarus 80 years ago, one cannot but draw rather obvious and tragic parallels."

The official went on saying: “We are open to cooperation. Besides, within the framework of MILEX 2021 the Belarusian Defense Ministry intends to sign contracts on selling products.”

The official said: “The Russian Federation is dedicated to allied relations with the brotherly country of Belarus. We will continue coordinating our efforts for the sake of bolstering state sovereignty, ensuring national security of our countries o...

The exhibition features photos of Belarusian champions and medalists of the Olympic Games.

The parties discussed the main avenues of cooperation in the military field and the defense industry.

The Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus approved the list of members of the sport delegation for the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said: “An armored personnel carrier is one of the means of mobility for ground troops. Until today we've been either upgrading the armored personnel carriers BTR-70 that we'd inherited from the Soviet Uni...

"The UN, the OSCE and other organizations are now in thrall to donor states and are actually forced to take their politicized agenda on board. In such a situation, small nation states can hardly rely on these organizations' support in preserving thei...

The official said: “During the previous Moscow conference we expressed our opinion about underlying reasons for the concept of Europe with different speeds, about the formation of the Germany-France vector and the UK-USA vector of European politics...

We are living in a new era of worldwide proxy warfare, with its beneficiaries trying to stay in the shadows, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said as he spoke at the plenary session of the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security.

Belarus is determined to increase its presence on the market of the Pakistani province of Sindh. This matter was in focus of the visit of Ambassador of Belarus to Pakistan Andrei Metelitsa to Karachi, the capital of the province and Pakistan's tradin...

The official said: “An army that does not grow and does not get new hardware is doomed to fail. Over 30% of the weapons and military hardware in the Armed Forces is of Belarusian make. We follow this path. We grow, get better, and interact with Bel...

“We understand that the Republic of Belarus, just like any other country, is only a bargaining chip in the big game for a great reset. Belarus is a bridgehead for the battle for Russia's wealth,” Viktor Khrenin said. “And they will not leave us...

Taking part in the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS 2021) are defense ministers, chiefs of general staffs, delegations of defense ministries from 109 countries as well as representatives of international organizations.

The official said: “In a bid to ensure regional security we will continue developing the modern Belarusian-Russian regional military force. Together with our Russian colleagues we intend to soon finish setting up joint centers for training the troo...

Belarus is ready to replace imported spare parts for military hardware and weapons, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told the media as he took part in the international defense technology expo MILEX 2021.

Information technology and social media have become a new weapon, Belarus' Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said at a plenary session of the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security on 23 June.

The agenda of a meeting of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission on 25 June will feature 25 items, Iya Malkina, Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), said on her Facebook account.

Viktor Khrenin said: “Globalists and their transnational corporations are no longer satisfied with the planet Earth: fight for the outer space is already in progress. One can predict disastrous consequences of the American concept of outer space pr...

Belarus and Russia are open to dialogue, but will resist pressure, State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev said during a ceremony to open the international defense technology expo MILEX 2021.

Belarus is yet to complete the negotiations on the accession to the World Trade Organization with the EU, the United States, Canada, Ukraine and New Zealand, Vladimir Serpikov said.

According to Viktor Khrenin, hybrid warfare tools are used against Belarus. “The key assault is focused on economy and on everything that generates money,” he said. “Fight for control over financial flows is in progress. Economic sanctions, pro...

“I think that as part of the business program of the expo we will have an opportunity to discuss many issues connected with the integration of the defense industry complexes, including of the member states of our organization,” Stanislav Zas said...

The defense minister said: “The absence of a system of checks and balances has resulted in powers that be feeling they can act with impunity. They are not afraid of crossing traditional red lines. Such a phenomenon can be described as international...

“Russia never forgets about responsibility for security and prosperity of the neighboring countries, with which we have strong historical, cultural and human bonds,” Vladimir Putin said.

All in all, Belarus performed 6,686,521 tests, including 19,176 tests in the past 24 hours.

“MILEX has developed the reputation of a serious international defense industry expo and has become a recognizable expo brand not only in the Eastern European region but also in the world,” Dmitry Pantus said.

This event has gone from a small exhibition pavilion to a large-scale forum. Today MILEX is a well-recognized brand, embodying the intellect, quality and innovation of the Belarusian defense-industrial complex, Roman Golovchenko said.

The daily output of electricity produced by the BelNPP first unit is higher than the daily production of the four power systems of Mogilev, Minsk, Gomel and Grodno combined.

MILEX 2021 is featuring over 300 samples of cutting-edge weapons, military hardware, and special hardware of Belarusian make alone. As many as 177 of them are showcased for the first time. Eighty-eight products are upgraded ones.

“Your many-year selfless work in various fields – from science and economy to diplomacy and politics – has always been an example of sincere service to your country and its people,” the head of state stressed.

“I hope that the efforts of our countries in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus infection will contribute to a more dynamic recovery of national economies and international cooperation,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Belarus' world number 4 Aryna Sabalenka eased past world number 71 Bernarda Pera of the United States 6-3, 6-4 into the second round of the Eastbourne International.

“We see it perfectly clear. The collective West keeps dreaming of a new ‘Drang nach Osten', world domination and capturing the rich resources east of Belarus,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Belarus will do everything for peace in the region, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony in the Brest Fortress on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War on 22 June.

“80 years have passed and what? A new hot war. Look: isn't is symbolic? Yesterday they imposed economic sanctions against our people and businesses. On 22 June, at night. Indeed, they did not learn anything from their past," Aleksandr Lukashenko s...

"You are strangling us, systematically and collectively, ruining us, trying to kill our economy and expect us to spend hundreds of millions of US dollars, as before, to protect your geopolitical interests? Only insane people would think that and expe...

The president suggested taking a look at any color revolution, which has been organized in recent decades: they have done everything to explode society from the inside.

Over the past year, Belarusians have been subjected to the most advanced technologies of hybrid warfare, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The Nazi blitzkrieg failed literally at the walls of the Brest Fortress in the first hours of the Great Patriotic War, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

“Today we glorify the feat of our people, honor veterans and mourn the dead, bow our heads to the heroes and innocent victims of war. Remember: this memory is sacred and immutable, and as long as we have it, we will live, live with dignity, not on ...

For all Belarusians 22 June 1941 is a day of remembrance and mourning, a date that divided the life of people into before and after. That summer Sunday morning became the terrible dividing line between peace and war, between light and darkness, life ...

The head of state laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame on Ceremonial Square of the Brest Fortress.

Participants of the session discussed matters concerning priority digital transformation projects, approaches to creating the national geospatial data infrastructure and a joint information resource about land and real estate.

A heatwave has swept Vitebsk forcing its residents to seek refuge in the nearby lakes.

Mikhail Orda said: “Today it is understandable already that for those, who call for and enforce economic sanctions, we, Belarusians, are not people. We are only pawns for them. For the sake of their ambitions they are ready to sacrifice millions of...

Belarus' world number 87 Ilya Ivashka defeated world number 1133 Alastair Gray of the UK 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) to progress into the Eastbourne International round two.

The project will feature a series of videos and a book. The storyline of each film is based on a interview with an outstanding Belarusian athlete of both Soviet and sovereign periods.

Belarus' world number 72 Egor Gerasimov reached the Eastbourne International second round triumphing over world number 83rd Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 14 minutes.

Roman Golovchenko said: “I think on the day of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War all the citizens of our country feel the same. They feel sorrow and recall those who fell on battlefields and those who perished in concentr...

At the group stage Belarus routed Sweden 78-54.

In Group C Belarus routed Norway 9-2. On 21 June Belarus took a solid win over Poland, 8-2. Two victories secured a playoff spot for the team.

A council of 17 experts is set up to select nominees. It comprises artists, representatives of creative unions, government bodies.

A bird's-eye view of Minsk

We are choosing the most appropriate response from a set of tools which we have developed and about which we signaled to our partners. I think it will not be long when we make these decisions, Roman Golovchenko said.

About a thousand Minsk residents, including the city officials, representatives of law enforcement agencies, trade unions, political parties, public and youth organizations, gathered on the site of the former death camp Trostenets, the fourth larges...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong.

Stanislav Zas remarked that the advancement of constructive relations with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe occupies a prominent spot in the foreign policy agenda of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Belarus' world number 14 Victoria Azarenka, former world number one, defeated fellow Belarusian Yuliya Hatouka, ranked 271, 7-5, 6-0 in the first round of Bad Homburg Open.

According to the source, the possibility of switching the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia to videoconferences instead of face-to-face meetings is under consideration due to the deteriorated epidemic situation.

“For me, this date is always mournful, as for any normal person who remembers the horrible tragedy that happened many years ago. It is impossible to forget it. A war is the most terrible thing that can ever happen,” Natalya Kochanova said.

In the round of Last 18 the Belarusian-Israeli tandem saw off the Spanish duo of Marc Lopez and Jaume Munar 6-2, 6-2.

Watching the reenactment of the Brest Fortress defense is a very emotional and overwhelming experience, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said at the meeting hosted by the Brest Oblast Executive Committee...

The senator reminded that the Belarusian opposition lobbies such sanctions as an embargo on exporting Belarusian goods to the European Union and a prohibition against new investments from European countries into the Belarusian economy.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 411,551 cases. A total of 404,240 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“The entire system of European security has now degraded significantly. Tensions are rising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real. We are missing out on the tremendous opportunities that cooperation offers," Vladimir Putin said.

The head of the Belarusian Athletics Federation won gold at the Ukrainian Throwing Cup.

A solemn ceremony to unveil new memorial plaques and to commemorate the deputies of the BSSR Supreme Council of the first convocation, who died or went missing during the Great Patriotic War, was held in the lobby of the Oval Hall of the Government H...

This decision was made following the instructions given by Prime Ministers of Belarus and Russia Roman Golovchenko and Mikhail Mishustin to the relevant ministries and government agencies.

Despite attempts to rewrite the pages of the past that are being made today, the truth is that Soviet soldiers came to Germany not to take revenge on the Germans, but with a noble and great mission of liberation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said...

Crimes similar to the genocide of Belarusian people and the elimination of representatives of certain ethnic and social groups by the Nazis should not happen again, Igor Gedich, a member of the Council of the Republic, Director of the Grodno Regional...

China strongly opposes another package of unilateral EU sanctions against Belarus, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian told a regular briefing on Tuesday.

Over 970 haulers are queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 10.00 on 22 June, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The commission will consider amendments to the preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus and the constitutional provisions on the foundations of the constitutional order.

“We are allies. Allies do not betray each other. More than that, we are two fraternal Slavic peoples,” Yevgeny Lukyanov noted.

The collective West is obviously trying to evade responsibility for unleashing the genocide of Belarusian people, Oleg Dyachenko, a member of the Council of the Republic, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Kuleshov Mogilev State University.

The commemorative meeting on Ceremonial Square began as usual - at 3.30 in the morning, half an hour before the roar of shells broke the pre-dawn silence in the city on 22 June 1941.

BelTA, the State Border Committee and the Brest Hero-Fortress Memorial Complex have launched a joint project titled “Bordering the impossible” timed to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

The military-historical re-enactment “22 June. The Brest Fortress" dedicated to the Day of the National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the 80th anniversary of the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress was held in the Brest...

On this day Belarusians lay flowers to memorial places, military graves, hold commemorative rallies, meetings with war veterans, and conduct large-scale historical re-enactments. Traditionally, the legendary Brest Fortress is the center of commemorat...

Farmers of Zhlobin District are busy harvesting fodder crops.

Every year on 21 June at 19.00 the Institute of Border Service holds the patriotic event "Combat Unit" at the Terespol Gate of the Brest hero fortress memorial complex.

The session took place as part of a three-day visit of Kalmykia's delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Naran Kyukeyev. Representatives of ministries and government agencies of the two republics also took part in it.

In 2020 Horizont's export increased, including export to non-CIS states. In particular, export to India rose by 4.4 times while export to Vietnam rose by 2.2 times. In H1 2021 Horizont's merchandise export growth rate increased by more than 1.5 times...

Mikhail Myasnikovich said: “The heroic defense of the Brest Fortress is the greatest example of service to the Motherland, of an exceptional self-sacrifice for the sake of saving the Fatherland."

According to Mikhail Myasnikovich, economic growth in the Eurasian Economic Union member states is picking up the pace after the pandemic. Mutual trade between the Eurasian Economic Union member states totaled $21 billion in January-April 2021, 1.3 t...

The Economy Ministry has not registered a substantial impact of the sanctions on the economic situation in the country. The Belarusian economy demonstrated growth in January-May 2021.

- The memory of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War unites the peoples of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said during a visit to the Brest Hero Fortress memorial ...

Belarus comfortably sailed past Sweden 78-54 to reach the quarterfinals as the Group A winners. Alexandria Bentley had 20 points and 5 assists, while Maryia Papova contributed 17 points.