The new sizes of the minimum subsistence budget will be valid from 1 February to 30 April 2021.

Gosatomnadzor specialists will talk about state oversight in the run-up to the commercial operation of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. The system of regulatory acts in the area of nuclear and radiation safety will be highlighted...

Support for and promotion of the youth policy is essential for the country's future, delegate of the Belarusian People's Congress, Director of the Krichev History Museum Vladimir Mishchenko said.

Our task is to raise the status of young scientists in the scientific community, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists at the Belarusian Education Ministry Aleksei Yermakov said.

Competing in the prestigious international competitions will be athletes from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the United States, Canada, Japan, the UK, Australia, Germany and Switzerland.

The Belarusian University Commodity Exchange launched special trading sessions to sell timber products to China with delivery in containers to points of destination in December 2020.

The event aims to develop and popularize modern pentathlon, encourage sports achievements and enhance sports skills.

The strategy of further development of Eurasian integration until 2025 approved by the presidents of the EAEU countries in 2020 sets out new areas for cooperation - education, healthcare and tourism.

The Indian Embassy in Belarus held an event for the Indian diaspora to mark the Republic Day on 26 January.

On 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the twin cities of Glubokoye and Kiryat Bialik will hold a zoom-based roundtable to discuss projects to preserve the historical memory of the Jewish population of Glubokoye.

Yuri Senko and Sun Linjiang discussed the exchange of contacts at the high and top levels, interaction in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and Belarus-China cooperation in sport.

The decree provides for setting up a fund that will finance the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant and a fund to finance efforts meant to maintain and enhance the safety of the nuclear power plant. The establishment of such funds is an intern...

“We will not reveal all the details, but we definitely plan to compete for the victory, and to organize an exhibition of machinery. We hope that the epidemiological situation will allow us to implement our plans,” said Sergei Petukhov, Deputy He...

The heads of state exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China (this topic was the leitmotif of today's conversation), and discussed in detail various areas of co...

rade on the Belarusian universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) amounted to Br5.3 billion in 2020, up by 16% over 2019. Exchange brokers and their clients accounted for 33% of total sales.

Thanks to the coronavirus response measures adopted by Belarus and Russia, we can expect full resumption of passenger transport communication between the two countries, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said.

Belarus and Russia intend to sign an intergovernmental agreement to redirect Belarusian transit freight to Russian sea ports soon, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said.

Belarus expects common energy markets to be established in the Belarus-Russia Union State sooner than in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told a BelTA reporter.

Roman Golovchenko said: “We cooperate with Russia in all areas. The agenda of economic interaction is extensive. We have to restore the trade turnover, which has dropped a bit due to the pandemic.”

Dialogue platforms in Minsk Oblast focus on relations between business and the government, economy and regional development, rather than political and constitutional issues, Ph.D. in History, Dean of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Faculty of Bela...

Belarusian scientists are heavily involved in Union State programs in science and technology. Several programs are currently underway but two dozen more are in the pipeline.

By participating in the campaign you not only visit towns and places, see sights. You pay tribute to the memory and show respect to the older generation, the people who stood at the origins of the formation of our state, Anatoly Markevich noted.

The Minsk Metro's ridership approached 219.290 million in 2020. A year before the figure stood at almost 294 million, BelTA learned from the company.

“It is obvious to all the unbiased observers that thanks to the interaction that constructively evolves between the leaders, the heads of state, the heads of government we resolve all issues in an absolutely constructive manner,” Roman Golovchenk...

The coronavirus pandemic has had little impact on trade and economic relations between Belarus and Russia, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during the talks with Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko.

The modern youth understand that the country's future depends on them, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the BRSM Youth Union, a member of the Council of the Republic Dmitry Voronyuk told BelTA.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 239,482 cases. A total of 224,925 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The organizers of the unauthorized protests in Russia that took place on 23 January wanted victims in order to destabilize the situation in the country in line with the ‘Belarusian scenario', First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction in the St...

Inspired by the ‘heavenly delight' atmosphere, architects of the Minsk World residential complex came up with their own ‘Maldives' in the Tropical Islands quarter.

Despite its small size the new nanosatellite will contain all the necessary instruments. In particular, it will be fitted with systems that can take radio occultation measurements of the atmosphere and can study magnetic anomalies.

As for the priorities in the work, the governor defined them as follows: "First of all, people."

During the meeting the president's attention was drawn to the fact that the classical tasks for the committee remain intact.

The official pointed out the importance of the fact that a national security system had been created in the country, which first and foremost takes care of the country's security and the people's security. “Nevertheless, there are some things in ne...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Yuri Shuleiko Chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee on 26 January.Since May 2017, Yuri Shuleiko served as Aide to the President in Gomel Oblast.

Among the key tasks Igor Lyashenko mentioned the construction of a new nitrogen complex, which, in his words, is not only of global importance for the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim but will have a tangible effect on the entire c...

“I appreciate your efficiency in the recent time. Good job, you should act this way in the future and do your best to protect the interests of the Belarusian state. In accordance with the law,” the head of state said.

The head of state noted that Igor Lyashenko knows Grodno Azot very well as he supervised the company when he was deputy prime minister and head of Belneftekhim Concern.

Until now, Aleksandr Volfovich served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Defense Minister.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments on 26 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved the appointment of Kirill Kazakov as Director General of ZAO Stolichnoye Televideniye.

Since September 2020 Vasily Gerasimov has been acting chairman of the committee. Before that he was First Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee.

Belarus will face further attempts to destabilize the situation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he appointed Aleksandr Volfovich State Secretary of the Security Council.

"Creation of comfortable living conditions, first of all, comfortable housing, is of no small importance here. It is crucial that we do not reduce the pace of construction," Chairman of the Standing Committee on Housing Policy and Construction of the...

Passengers flying from Minsk to Warsaw, including those in transit through Minsk or Warsaw, are recommended to make a PCR or express test for SARS-Cov-2 (antigen or antibody) no earlier than 48 hours before departure from the departure airport.

Belarusian workers expressed their position in an open collective letter to the International Labor Organization, members of the international trade union movement, workers and employers of other countries.

The World Organization for Animal Health reported on cases of high pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in the above-mentioned areas.

The cluster will unite representatives of small businesses from Kobrin and neighboring Malorita, Zhabinka, Pruzhany, Berezф, Drogichin and Kamenets districts.

“Over the past difficult year for all mankind your country has confirmed its status of the world leader in the field of pharmacology, has shown exemplary unity of the nation amid the pandemic,” the head of state stressed.

HC Dinamo Minsk edged the visiting Severstal 2-1 in the KHL regular-season match on 25 January.

The head of state expressed his conviction that the ongoing development of relations between the peoples of Belarus and Australia would make it possible to find new areas of cooperation and launch joint projects.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko is set to meet with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin on 26 January. “The parties will discuss issues related to bilateral cooperation,” the press service said.

Organizations of all types of ownership built about 49,000 apartments. New housing built for citizens on the housing register totaled 1,683,500m2 or 40.5% of the total new housing supply.

The employment-to-population ratio measures the proportion of the country's working-age population (ages 15 to 64) that is employed. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate, which is measured in line with methods of the International Labor Organization, tot...

The MP believes: “The common thing in the West's response is its support of the protests, support of the protest politicians and certainly not because the West is concerned about freedom or democracy, about elections, about Navalny or Tikhanovskaya...

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NAS) and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have announced the 2021 edition of the competition for the Academician Valentin Koptyug Prize.

Participating in the tournament will also be two teams of Kazakhstan and the Olympic team of Russia. Belarus will open the tournament against Kazakhstan on 10 February, face Russia on 11 February and take on the second Kazakhstan team on 12 February...

Specialists of the 52nd search battalion handed over the remains of 600 soldiers of the Red Army, 273 war victims, and 5 resistance fighters for reburial. As many as 49 mass graves of soldiers and 52 mass graves of war victims were added to the state...

The main goal of the draft social and economic development program of Belarus for 2021-2025 is to ensure stable economic growth, Lyudmila Nizhevich, the chairperson of the Standing Commission on Budget and Finance of the House of Representatives, tol...

The voice of every delegate of the Belarusian People's Congress will be heard, First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Maksim Ryzhenkov said at a meeting of the delegates of the Belarusian People's Congress from Grodno Oblast.

The parties discussed bilateral trade and economic cooperation in the trade in services. The Belarusian diplomat and the head of the association reached an agreement on cooperation in e-commerce, transport, logistics, finance.

The General Confederation of Trade Unions, which unites more than 30 million workers, expressed its strong protest against the application of sanctions and sent a corresponding statement to the representation of the European Union.

China's new economic development strategy focuses on the domestic market development and offers more prospects for Belarusian high-quality exports to China, Belarus' Consul General to Shanghai Andrei Andreyev said.

The Russian senators call attention of legislators around the world to the urgency of drafting national legislation "to challenge the unlimited power and abuse of this power by global internet companies."

The Belarusian clocked 34.759 at the 500m distance. Gold went to Russia's Artem Arefjev with 34.459. Second was Dai Dai Ntab of the Netherlands (34.652), with his teammate Lennart Velema taking bronze (34.740).

More than 150 unused or underutilized properties worth a total of Br4.2 million were sold in 2020 on the BUCE-Property platform of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE).

At the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon in Antholz, Italy Dzinara Alimbekava finished 8th in the 15km Individual and 30th in the 12.5km Mass Start.

The main purpose of the event is to check and raise the level of combat readiness and mobilization readiness of army units and their ability to carry out assigned missions.

The aggregate birth rate is supposed to reach 1.32-1.46 children per woman by 2025. The total number of births has been falling in Belarus since 2016. In 2019 the number of births dropped by 25.6% in comparison with 2016. The aggregate birth rate dro...

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 238,635 cases. A total of 224,171 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Это учреждение здравоохранения в конце 2020 года было перепрофилировано под прием пациентов с COVID-19.

The date when the issue of such documents will begin has not been determined yet. It will be specified in a draft decree which will be submitted to the president after the analysis of all nuances.

Belarusian scientists are working on middle-class models, which are intended for the mass market. “I would like to emphasize: it is not a Geely, it is a totally different electric vehicle with only Belarusian components,” Vladimir Gusakov stated.

Pressure on Belarus and Russia will continue. Therefore we need to explain to people what is happening, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations Elena Ponomareva said at an online conference at the ...

Loshanskoye water reservoir is located in Uzda District, 63.7km away from Minsk. It was created on the Losha River almost 50 years ago to ensure fire safety at a local peat extraction site.

The exhibition will showcase works of Iranian arts and crafts, handmade items, exquisite rugs, calligraphy, items from termeh (handwoven cloth), minakari (a unique Iranian technique of painting and coloring the surfaces of metals and ceramic tiles th...

One square meter of new government-subsidized housing in 2021 will not exceed Br1,152, Belarus' Architecture and Construction Minister Ruslan Parkhamovich said.

“We are ready to start handing out ID cards and new passports even tomorrow. We just need to develop necessary legal regulations and sign a corresponding decree,” the head of state said.

The government is creating an enabling environment for Belarusian people and it is important to support these efforts, Anton Lobanovsky, a delegate of the Belarusian People's Congress, a teacher of the Belarusian language and literature at Mezhisetky...

The Belarusian scored a total of 99.78 points. Maxim Burov of Russia won the event after taking 126.26 points in the final.

Winter Vinecki of the United States won the event with a total of 94.11 points.

“The greatest strangeness is the protests without any clear leader, like in our country. Navalny is taken to the detention center as soon as he arrives in Russia, and the protests took place without his participation,” said Andrei Lazutkin.

“Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Valentin Rybakov indicated our attitude towards this action as relevant and complete as possible,” said the spokesman of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Belarusian team of Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Elena Kruchinkina and Hanna Sola crossed the finish line 46.5 seconds behind the winner.

“The center will be set up this year. The task is to organize this kind of toolkit on the basis of a subsidiary of the Development Bank as quickly as possible,” said Andrei Zhishkevich.

The nationwide COVID-19 tally has reached 237,611 cases. A total of 223,553 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

On weekends Minskers rushed to skating rinks. One of such rinks was set up in the Dvor urban space in the place of an abandoned production facility that was converted into a vibrant urban area.

On a sunny Saturday on 24 January Minsk residents flocked to the Svisloch River to ice-skate, play ice-hockey and walk along the huge sheet of ice.

Minsk, 23 January (BelTA) - The Day of Health was held by the State Committee of Forensic Examinations of Gomel Oblast. More than a hundred employees and their families gathered for the sporting event and competed in air rifle shooting, tug-of-war, w...

The BRSM office of student groups launched a new work experience project "Winter Route" in Grodno on 23 January

Minsk city hospital No. 11 is disinfecting its premises before it resumes services.

The firefighter rescue team of the Gomel Oblast department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry marks the 25th anniversary of its foundation.

In particular, the sides achieved a positive result in matters concerning electricity transit unrelated to electricity trade on the union's common market. Interstate electricity transfer was also discussed at the session.

According to Valentin Rybakov, the meeting does not match the authority of the UN Security Council as the key body in charge of maintaining international peace and security. Such meetings, even unofficial ones are totally unrelated to the agenda of t...

The discussion was held online in line with the Arria formula. In other words, it was informal. The procedure has been named after the Venezuelan ambassador Diego Arria, who started using the practice in 1992.

Those are MTZ-952.7, 923.7, 1025.7, 1220.7, and 1221.7 tractors with Caterpillar engines. MTZ General Designer Andrei Stasilevich said: “We successfully passed certification trials last year. We will soon get the relevant documents.”

The money will be disbursed by the central state budget out of appropriations intended to cover miscellaneous aspects of agriculture. The subsidies can be used to cover part of the interest on the loans granted to finance routine operations.

The Eurasian Economic Commission proposes coordinated preventive measures as the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union resume rail passenger traffic.

“We are closely monitoring the incidence of coronavirus infection; it is decreasing. Thus, more beds that were taken up by COVID-19 patients are released,” Aleksandr Patseyev said. This is happening all over the country.