Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko took part in the solemn ceremony. He was made familiar with the company's latest products, including those made in June 2021. He talked to specialists and learned about advantages of the machines and their ...

The senator said: “Several days ago Belarusian border service personnel detained three groups of illegal migrants, who had crossed the border from Lithuania to Belarus. The detainees said they had been kept in a Lithuanian refugee camp. They had fa...

Companies from 29 countries bought Belarusian goods via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange. The top five export markets were Lithuania, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. Each of them demonstrated positive dynamics.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka of Japan, a four-time Grand Slam champion, had the honor of serving as the final torchbearer, lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The agenda of the meeting will include seven items. The council is set to discuss the draft agendas of the sessions of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council and the CIS Heads of State Council due in Minsk on 14-15 October.

The teams marched into the stadium according to the Japanese alphabet. The parade of nations was opened by Greece.

The employment rate of the Belarusian population aged 15-74 stood at 67.6% in Q2 2021, and the unemployment rate in line with the methodology of the International Labor Organization amounted to 4% of the labor force.

More airlines from Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia will fly to Minsk, BelTA learned from the National Union of Tourist Organizations.

The meeting attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei reviewed the foreign policy and foreign economic policy and outlined the near-term goals of Belarusian diplomacy and a range of urgent tasks to be addressed.

The Bauma agricultural enterprise has started harvesting malting barley.

According to the source, the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is undergoing an audit. The turbine generator equipment is being inspected. The work proceeds in line with the standard operating procedure. Both Belarusian specialists and...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 438,767 cases. A total of 432,655 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus' vice champion FC BATE Borisov beat Dinamo Batumi 1-0, with Pavel Nekhaichik scoring the winner in the 83rd minute.

Swimmer Mikita Tsmyh and archer Hanna Marusava will carry the flag for Team Belarus. The team captain is the famous hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan.

The new fully-finished Prague house in the Central Europe quarter is a place where you want to live! It is located in the heart of the Minsk World multifunctional complex, within a two-minute walk to a metro station and across the street from a futur...

With any Olympic Games, you get the feel of them already at the airport. The Japanese capital, sweltering in the summer heat, is no exception.

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus hosted a meeting of Belarusian MPs with leaders of Friends of Volhynia, an organization of Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine on 23 July.

According to the source, the number of Belarusian online shops has increased by about 14,000 since 2015. Their number rose by 5.7% in H1 2021 to nearly 27,000. More than half of them are run by self-employed businessmen and 47% are run by legal perso...

The trade unions of the two countries have been cooperating for several years. A cooperation agreement was signed during a visit of the FTUB chairman to Egypt in 2018.

A press center for journalists covering the Olympics has opened in Tokyo.

According to the head of state, the harvest campaign is on his radar, he is keeping an eye on the economic and weather conditions.

At a session in Minsk on 23 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko demanded quality, speed and effort while harvesting crops.

Soligorsk is hosting the cultural and sport festival "Vytoki. A Step Toward Olympus” on 22-24 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.

Rising global food prices should become an additional opportunity for the Belarusian economy, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a government meeting held on 23 July to discuss the harvest campaign in 2021.

The harvesting campaign is in full swing in Dzerzhinsk District. Nine crews work the fields of the Borovoye-2003 agricultural enterprise every day, harvesting on average 400 tonnes a day.

As of 23 July, 307,700 hectares of grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were harvested, or almost 14.4% of the target. In the lead is Brest Oblast with 87,700 hectares or 26% cropped.

The Olympics opening ceremony will start at 14.00 and will be broadcast live on Belarus 1 and Belarus 5 TV channels. Prominent hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan has been named captain of Team Belarus.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still raging worldwide the stands of the arena, which seats 80,000 spectators, will see just 950 people at the opening ceremony. All of them are official representatives of the delegations.

Belarusian rowers have kicked off their Olympic medal quest in Tokyo, with women's single sculler Tatsiana Klimovich finishing second in 7:51.86 in heat 1.

The 32nd Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held from 23 July to 8 August. About 12,500 athletes from more than 200 countries will take part in the event. There will be a record 339 medal events held across 33 sports.

According to the head of state, thanks to perfect leadership, Egypt is confidently moving forward in its social and economic development and is strengthening its role as a guarantor of regional peace and security.

The president emphasized that an Olympic medal is not only a personal success of an athlete. It is also a matter of special pride of a nation, because victories in sport demonstrate the level of development of countries, their achievements and cultur...

In January-May 2021 the trade of Minsk Oblast enterprises with Russia totaled $2,240.1 million (the growth rate was 130.9%). Export amounted to $1,432.3 million (135.2%), with import at $807.8 million (124.0%). Foreign trade surplus reached $624.5 mi...

The meeting touched upon future cooperation and the advancement of trade and economic relations between Belarus and Uzbekistan. For Belarus Uzbekistan is a promising trade and economic partner in the Central Asia region.

"We have made sure once again that the Lithuanian political leadership absolutely does not care about the rights of people, whether in Belarus, Iraq or Syria. Rhetoric is one thing. Their actions paint quite a different picture, unfortunately,” the...

"For our part, we also count on Belarusian diplomatic missions abroad to assist us in successful work with foreign partners,” said Aleksandr Osmolovsky.

Self-exiled Belarusian opposition is doing everything to destabilize the situation in Belarus, including the economic situation. They are not independent politicians. They act on the orders of foreign curators, official representative of the Russian ...

Using sanctions as method of exerting influence by some countries on others has a negative impact on international economic relations in general and all parties in particular, Vasily Gursky said.

Belarus' world number 87 Aliaksandra Sasnovich failed to reach the Gdynia Open quarterfinal losing to Ukraine's world number 141 Kateryna Kozlova 6-2, 4-6, 3-6.

The official told diplomats: “We have to actively develop the business dimension of cooperation. Moreover, many of you feel that there are various political problems in communication. Business circles are our support. In this regard we should work ...

The establishment of a special department and a national operator for managing radioactive waste was discussed during the government conference held by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 22 July.

OAO Korelichi-Len, Lida District, began to harvest flax for fiber.

The document includes provisions aimed at the improvement of the legal status of holding companies, the procedure of their establishment and operation, the specifics of operation of holding companies with state participation.

Yuri Seliverstov said: “We have too many taxation regimes, which allow either hiding earnings or minimizing them by using various options. On the other hand, those, who work honestly, need simple and understandable terms: register your business, pa...

The Yellow River Grand Canyon in Jungar Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, looks especially majestic in summer creating a unique picturesque scenery.

“The system should work in such a way as to make envelop salaries impossible. I know that you are actively working on it, but I want business people, entrepreneurs to hear me: there'll be hell to pay, so you should not take offense. Tax evasion and...

The MTZ CEO said: “We are interested primarily in markets of the American continent. Naturally the markets are new for us. We used to work there in the past. Now we would like to return there. These are complicated markets. We need to create new pr...

We need to work as a close-knit one team today. Our main task is to tap into new markets, new countries, to harness all existing opportunities and expand presence in any export market, Vladimir Ulakhovich said.

Belarusian export to Kazakhstan features more than 650 commodity items, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin told journalists ahead of a meeting between representatives of Belarusian embassies and compan...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 437,664 cases. A total of 431,489 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Despite the sweltering heat, Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka (world No. 3) had an intensive practice with her coach Anton Dubrov focusing on the return of serve.

Sergei Kobrov, deputy commanding officer of a Russian army unit, said: “We've arrived in a good mood. Our short-term goal is to unload the weapons and military hardware without breaking safety regulations, move to the designated area, and start set...

Belarus is interested in building a Belarusian quarter in Kazakhstan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin told journalists ahead of a meeting between representatives of Belarusian embassies and companie...

Where is the patient zero of COVID-19?

According to the EEC, a directorate in the form of an autonomous non-profit organization Eurasian Agrologistics has been set up for the integrated management of the project. Its participants are Russian Railways Logistics (Russia), Bremino Group (Bel...

Besides, Valery Ivanov will remain Belarus president's authorized representative in Brest Oblast. However, due to his recent appointment as the head of the Belarus President Property Management Dircetorate a corresponding provision has been amended.

The Olympic Games Tennis Event will take place in the Ariake Tennis Park from 24 July to 1 August.

Summer landscapes of Minsk Oblast are breathtakingly beautiful.

Financial assistance will be provided to Heroes of the Soviet Union; disabled soldiers and participants of the Great Patriotic War; persons taking part in mine lifting operations in 1943-1945; persons awarded with the orders and medals of the USSR fo...

Belarus' tennis players Olga Govortsova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich reached the Gdynia Open doubles quarterfinal after seeing off German-Slovak tandem Tamara Korpatsch and Tereza Mihalikova 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 in almost two hours.

Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Belarus Mustafa Ozcan on 21 July.

An appropriate legislative draft has been submitted for consideration of the head of state. The government proposes to set up a special department for radioactive waste management and a specialized organization that will act as a national operator a...

“We are to discuss very important draft documents designed to improve public administration and regulation of economic relations. Before they are signed or rejected (it will become clear after the discussion), I would like to consult with you. Ther...

“I have not considered this matter yet. But either I or Belarus' representatives at a very high level, of course, will be present at the General Assembly and will have an opportunity to speak up across all issues of interest,” Aleksandr Lukashenk...

During the summit of the two leaders, an agreement was reached on the price of hydrocarbons for the next year, as well as on the supply of Belarusian products to the Russian market.

Aleksandr Lukashenko acknowledged attempts to illegally penetrate the European Union through the territory of Belarus. However, this is happening for three main reasons and the head of state listed them.

"The European Union, Western Europe, first of all, are colonial states. The relationship of the United States of America with European countries is that of a metropole with subordinate colonies. This is it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced.

Residents of Vitebsk Oblast could admire the starry sky.

A meeting of delegations in charge of negotiating the signing of the free trade agreement of the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states with Iran took place in Tehran. The new agreement will replace the temporary one that has been in effect si...

Asked who may stand behind the provocations that target Belarus, who may be interested in them and initiates them, Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We are absolutely sure that the USA, its security agencies, and what not are the primary force behind the...

Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that if the United Arab Emirates and the UAE leaders wanted to act as mediators in this dialogue, he would not turn down the proposal. He said: “If Europeans accept your proposal for the dialogue and for the mediation,...

Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that statements claiming the Belarusian side had made the Ryanair aircraft change its course were a serious piece of fake news. “We didn't force anyone to land in Minsk and we didn't change the flight routes,” he sai...

Aleksandr Shpakovsky said: “I have to say that Lithuania has provoked this migration crisis on its own because up till now Belarus has been in essence taking care of the migration security of the European Union. Belarus and the European Union had t...

According to the source, results of the intrastate reconciliation will be discussed by the Eurasian Economic Commission in H2 2021. The amendments are designed to change online trade administration.

The strategy for further development of Eurasian integration until 2025 provides for improving energy saving and energy efficiency, solving environmental issues, and ensuring sustainable development as priorities.

The Eurasian Economic Commission is working on new measures and tools to finance cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union, Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina told a press briefing.

As part of the fire drill the personnel practiced fighting a fire and allowing firefighters and rescue workers to enter a restricted-access zone. The personnel were trained how to identify an emergency. Their readiness for an evacuation and for helpi...

The Eurasian Economic Union is planning to launch the common organic farming market by 2025, Iya Malkina, Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), told a briefing for the press.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 436,595 cases. A total of 430,287 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

In particular, the sides are considering a project to create a joint center for nuclear research and scientific studies on the basis of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

The parties to the memorandum will advance cooperation in the field of intellectual property: exchange information and patent documentation, train specialists, and establish ties between their technology and innovation support centers.

As part of the project, Belarusian Olympic champions and medalists are invited to pick up sports schools that will get free (sponsorship) assistance from the Presidential Sports Club to improve its facilities and resources and to run and take part in...

This is Nazism, only the Nazis acted this way, Nikolai Shchekin, Candidate of Philosophy, Head of the Sociology of Public Administration Department at the Sociology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told the Alfa Radio.

Hurry up to buy an apartment AT SUMMER PRICES, which will be valid until the end of August! In the autumn, the price per square meter will rise!

Proposals have been submitted to amend the Belarusian Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich told the media.

The Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021 will focus on using force groupings to ensure the military security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The Zapad 2021 exercise will take place in army training areas in Belarus and Russ...

There is a proposal to increase the length of the parliamentary term from four to five years, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said on 21 July.

All the chapters of the Constitution and possible changes were discussed at sessions of the Constitutional Commission. “Amendments to 59 articles of the Constitution are suggested in addition to adding 16 new articles and excluding two articles,”...

Belarus is planning to set up a new human rights protection mechanism – the post of a commissioner for human rights, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission and the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said.

In January-May 2021 the intra-EAEU trade increased by 33% year-on-year, foreign trade - by 19%, Iya Malkina, Aide to the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), told a briefing for the press in Moscow.

"In line with the proposal, a presidential candidate must be 40 years of age or older, a resident for at least 20 years prior to elections and not have foreign citizenship,” Piotr Miklashevich said.

The agenda also includes promotion of integration projects as part of the EAEU aligning with China's Belt and Road initiative.

“Our interaction with Lithuania regarding these issues is far from constructive,” official representative of the Belarusian State Border Committee Anton Bychkovsky told BelTA.

Director General of the Chinese company, Zhan Yanjun, stated his intention to invest in the Belarusian timber processing industry and develop his business in Belarus during his visit to the BUCE head office.

Belarus' vice champion SKA Minsk will play against Iceland's Hafnarfjordur in the EHF European Cup second qualification round. The first matches is due to take place in Iceland on 16 and 17 October. The return ones will be played in Minsk on 23 and 2...

The head of state expressed confidence that in spite of all the difficulties of the present time it is important to preserve and steadily develop what has been achieved.

Belarus' world number 126 Olga Govortsova lost to world number 162 Tamara Korpatsch of Germany, 6-1, 5-7, 5-7, in the Gdynia Open round of Last 32.