Western counties have no political or moral right to tell us how to live and how to govern our country, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress.

“We continue implementing social programs and fulfilling our obligations as usual. Perhaps, not perfectly, but this is what the recently conducted large-scale sociological survey has demonstrated,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

“Only together we will manage to maintain stability in our countries. It depends on the join efforts of Belarus and Russia if the region is at peace or at war. It will depend on our unity with Russia,” the head of state said.

“You cannot jump over stages, you cannot overstrain the situation both in Russia and Belarus,” said the Belarusian leader.

Creating a level playing field is of vital importance for Belarus in the economic cooperation with Russia, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress.

According to the president, one should not think that the ‘Belarusian issue' is not important for the global geopolitical players. There is a fight for influence in Belarus.

Relations with the European Union are important for Belarus, but Russia remains our main strategic ally, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress.

“We can openly and honestly say that the world has gone crazy. Last year was a difficult year for the mankind. But we saw small and big countries departing from global development ideas in favor of national survival strategies at a blink of an eye,...

“We, the Belarusians, are always ready to help everyone. We, however, will never let anybody push us around. We have been brought to our knees for twenty centuries. We have come to the point where we are tired of kneeling and bowing. We will build ...

The future prospects for the treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms START III are dim, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he ...

Belarus will hold out no matter what, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 11 February.

No matter what goals are set in Belarus, people remain the most important part of the country's development, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 11 February.

“We know how to deal with the situation and have a plan of action," the head of state noted.

“A color revolution was impossible in Belarus. Therefore, relying on certain internal forces, they made an attempt of a blitzkrieg coup. The blitzkrieg failed. We have kept our country intact. For now,” said the head of state.

Belarus is going through a very dramatic and decisive period in its history, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 11 February, BelTA has learned.

For the sixth time in the sovereign history of the country the government has turned directly to the people to discuss and take consolidated decisions on the further development of the country and society, Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The head of state, first of all, thanked local authorities for the organization of dialogue platforms in various cities in the run-up to the forum. Using those platforms, people could discuss existing problems and find possible solutions.

Our goals for the next five years are quite ambitious. We have set out to ramp up the production of milk to 9.2 million tonnes (up by almost 15%), that of meat of all kinds - up to 2 million tonnes, Belarus' Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Igor ...

The delegates will take stock of the progress in the implementation of Belarus' social and economic development program for 2016-2020 and discuss the main provisions of the country's draft social and economic development program for 2021-2025.

“In 2020, Beltamozhservice terminals handled about 250,000 tonnes of cargo every month (a total of over 3 million tonnes in 2020). More than 918,000 declarations were issued last year. As many as 28 container trains with Belarusian products were se...

According to the delegate, the Belarusian People's Congress is an opportunity for each delegate to express his/her opinion and to outline the issues that concern the residents of his/her region.

Lending within state programs will make up Br159.8 million, of which Br158.8 million will be directed to the state program Agricultural Business for 2021-2025, and Br1 million to the state program Housing Construction.

The 6th Belarusian People's Congress will consider the main provisions of the country's draft social and economic development program for 2021-2025.

The head of state hailed the cooperation between Minsk and Tehran as high-level relations of trust and mutual understanding.

A total of 2,700 people will take part in the forum: 2,400 delegates and more than 300 invitees.

This time the number of delegates have made up 2,400 people. Taking into account invitees, the total number of the forum participants will be 2,700.

This time the number of delegates have made up 2,400 people. Taking into account invitees, the total number of the forum participants is 2,700.

In 2020 Belarus' export of merchandise and services dropped by 11.7% year-on-year to $37.1 billion, BelTA learned from the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB).

“The government's efforts to accelerate the development of innovative infrastructure helped the technoparks to be almost on par with the Belarusian HTP resident companies in terms of the innovative production growth,” Aleksandr Shumilin said.

A monographic exhibition to celebrate the 125th birthday of sculptor and graphic artist David Yakerson opened in the National Art Museum in Minsk on 10 February.

"Our company has been continuously working to reduce the cost of production. In 2020 the economic windfall was Br4.2 million," the BCC said.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will address the Belarusian People's Congress on 11 February. The event will be held in Minsk on 11-12 February under the motto "Unity. Development. Independence".

About 60% of Belarusians believe that the current Constitution meets the needs of the society, the head of the analytical center EcooM Sergei Musiyenko told media.

In 2020, Beltamozhservice terminals handled 198,000 tonnes of cargo. More than 918,000 declarations were issued last year. As many as 28 container trains with Belarusian products were sent to China.

In January, international sales of concrete on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) skyrocketed tenfold to $5.3 million, setting the record for monthly concrete export.

Belarus president approval rating stands at 66.5%, the head of the analytical center EcooM Sergei Musiyenko told media while commenting on the results of the sociological study "Social Thinking" conducted in the run-up to the Belarusian People's Cong...

The majority of respondents, 64.9%, believe that the economic situation in the country has deteriorated. The deterioration of their own financial situation was stated by 50.6% of the respondents.

On 10 February, Belarusian Potash Company reached an agreement with the consortium of Chinese customers (Sinochem, CNAMPGC, CNOOC) on the contract price of $247 per tonne.

Minsk Tractor Works produced goods worth almost Br1.7 billion in 2020. The production growth rate in current prices was 112.5%.

Delegates to the 6th Belarusian People's Congress from Belarusian regions have started arriving in Minsk on 10 February.

“The majority of respondents, 72.4%, do not support the protests taking place in the country, and 15.4% of those surveyed expressed support for protest actions,” Sergei Musiyenko said.

Turov Dairy Industrial Complex took stock of its performance in 2020: revenues exceeded $100 million for the first time, profit from sales in Belarusian rubles more than doubled, the output rose by a third over 2019 and geographic reach expanded.

The experts worked at the BelNPP site on 9-10 February as part of a peer review of the national plan of action following the results of stress tests conducted at the plant.

Oleg Seibel noted that 25 years ago he participated in the historical first Belarusian People's Congress. "The situation was difficult. The country was facing serious challenges. Thousands of people gathered together to find a way out of the situati...

The Belarusian People's Congress, the country's main social and political event of five years, starts in Minsk on 11 February. The two-day forum will bring together 2,700 people from all over the country: almost 2,400 delegates and more than 300 invi...

The Belarusian MP urged his foreign colleagues to stop making attempts to manipulate historical events in their petty and unconvincing political games.

The Green Cities project is primarily intended to help Belarusian small and medium-sized cities with strategic plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to low-carbon development.

In January 2021, the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 101.1% as against December 2020, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee of Belarus.

Giving a greater priority to the regions is a great contribution to the future, Pavel Mikhalyuk, Member of the Standing Commission on Health, Physical Culture, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives, told BelTA.

Delegates of Mogilev Oblast are on their way to the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk.

“The parties discussed Belarus-Venezuela relations and coordinated a priority action plan to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation,” the ministry said.

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Grodno Oblast delegates to the Belarusian People's Congress left for Minsk on 10 February.

The Belarusian company shipped three 220-tonne BelAZ-75306 trucks to Kedrovsky coal mine, one of Kuzbassrazrezugol's production facilities at the end of January.

Delegates of Gomel Oblast to the Belarusian People's Congress departed from Gomel and are on their way to Minsk.

The 2021 IBU World Championships will take place in Slovenia's Pokljuka on 10-21 February. The competitions will kick off with a mixed relay at 17.00 Minsk time on 10 February.

Due to the pandemic the games have been rescheduled for a year and are set to be held on 23 July-8 August 2021.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 261,859 cases. A total of 250,078 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

On 10 February, delegates of Vitebsk Oblast left for the Belarusian People's Congress that will take place in Minsk.

The transportation routing for delegates has already been arranged, places for temporary parking of shuttle buses have been chosen. “We ask locals and tourists to keep in mind that on 11-12 February short-term driving restrictions are possible, inc...

"We believe that the future of Belarus should be decided only by Belarusian citizens themselves,” Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Rudenko said.

The tuberculosis incidence rate in Belarus declined by 43.1% from 2015 to 2019, reads the state program “Public Health and Demographic Security” for 2021-2025.

Delegates to the 6th Belarusian People's Congress from Brest Oblast were the first to depart for Minsk on 10 February.

They exchanged views on the most burning issues of international and regional security. They also discussed Belarus' participation in the CSTO activities, implementation of decisions taken at the last session of the Collective Security Council and me...

The Belarusian cruised past Russia's world number 75 Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in an hour and a half.

Ambassador of Belarus to Turkey Viktor Rybak has met with Yonet Can Tezel, Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Caucasia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.

The state trusts the youth, while the youth trust the state, member of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives Sergei Klishevich said at the opening of the online dialogue “Unity. Development. Indep...

The first to get the COVID-19 vaccine were frontline healthcare workers. The Healthcare Ministry distributed the vaccines across the regions depending on applications of healthcare institutions. The cold chain compliance procedure was observed.

The CIS Youth Group will be set up within the framework of the global initiative Generation Connect that is part of the ITU Youth Strategy. The group will aim to narrow the digital divide in the CIS and will become a significant step in the implement...

Brest became one of the cities that will develop and implement a project in response to the coronavirus pandemic and share their solutions with other cities in the future.

Despite the difficult situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bellesbumprom's companies were able to increase supplies to foreign markets to $608.5 million, up by $30 million, or 5%, year-on-year.

Belarusian Railways has sold more than 7,500 train tickets to Russia since the start of ticket sales on 4 February 2021, BelTA learned from the press center of Belarusian Railways.

The export of healthcare services is forecast to increase by 44.7% in 2025 over 2020.

Minsk Motor Plant is implementing a new promising project together with Russia's largest engineering and industrial group Concern Tractor Plants (CTP) to equip Agromash-85TK tractor with a Belarusian engine.

Plans to expand supplies were discussed during the visit of an Armenian delegation to the company. Representatives of the Armenian-Belarusian Trading House Ar-Be toured the permanent exhibition and the main production and assembly shops of Gomselmash...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See Sergei Aleinik visited Vatican on 8-9 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarus and Ukraine should concentrate on trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Igor Sokol said on the air of the Ukrainian NASH TV channel.

This matter was in focus of a meeting between EEC Chairman Mikhail Myasnikovich and Speaker of Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

The Novoera joint venture will be set up in the Great Stone park. Taking part in the project will be the Jintai Institute of Culture and Economics, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and one of Beijing-based pharmaceutical technology ...

The foreign ministers exchanged views on topical issues of Belarus-Russia cooperation agenda, interaction within the framework of integration associations and international organizations.

Ahead of the tenth World Radio Day, which is celebrated annually on 13 February, the Belteleradiocompany radio stations have prepared interactive contests and flashmobs for their listeners. The date was chosen on purpose: it was on this day in 1946 t...

Snow removal equipment and street sweepers are clearing snow in the streets of Minsk

MAZ is the only manufacturer of apron buses in the CIS countries.

Oleg Voinov was a keynote speaker at the session that was meant to explore the current European security situation and assess recent operational trends. He stressed that all conceptual documents of our country are underpinned by its peaceful and mult...

Women is widely represented in Belarusian science. In the country as a whole, they make up 39% of the total number of researchers. The proportion of women among holders of the candidate of science degree is 43.6%.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 260,060 cases. A total of 248,064 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus' world number 92 Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost 5-7, 2-6 to Estonia's world number 22 Anett Kontaveit in the Australian Open round one.

The Belarusian People's Congress will be the starting point for Belarus' movement forward, Lyudmila Podluzhnaya, a member of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives, told BelTA.

Yakub Kolas Square and the former grounds of the Horizont TV factory need a facelift, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev to receive his report on 9 February.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, visitors like Minsk for its great working and entertainment opportunities. This city ‘has not been divided by gangsters' and is not built up densely ‘with God knows what real estate',” the president noted.

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Export Support Center of the Udmurt Republic of Russia held a videoconference on 8 February to discuss ways to increase trade between Belarus and Russia's Udmurtia with the help of BUCE's tra...

The regional breakdown reveals that the largest number of proposals came from Minsk - 465 or 40% of the total number of proposals received.

During the meeting the head of state asked about the current state of affairs in the Belarusian capital city and its development prospects, the efforts to sort things out with real estate assets in the center of Minsk.

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Roman Golovchenko stressed that the two countries have good, friendly relations.

Quizzes and new virtual tours will be available on the Belarus president's website, Belarus president's spokesperson Natalya Eismont told reporters.

Attending the event will be Chiefs of General Staff, representatives of the government bodies of the OSCE member states, and European security experts.

Belarus' world number 13 Victoria Azarenka lost 5-7, 4-6 to world number 61 Jessica Pegula of the United States in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The group of experts consists of nine people. They are representatives of Austria, Belgium, the UK, Hungary, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Finland. The group is headed by Director General of Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) ...

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