“This time is special, like never before. We must show that we are a nation,” the head of state emphasized. “You should thank our people for what they did to make it possible for athletes to fight and compete.”

The official said: “We expect that we will receive the second tranche of the Russian loan to the tune of $500 million in H1 2021. It is what we and our colleagues from Russia have agreed on. There are no reasons to believe it will not happen.”

“We have our own flag, emblem and anthem. Every athlete is proud of them. People who understand that are the patriots of their country who defend the honor of Belarus at the most prestigious international competitions. I had to compete under a neut...

In January 2021 the Belarusian government borrowed an equivalent of $35.7 million, including $25.5 million from the Russian government and $10.2 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

The official said: “About $3.5 billion was spent on repaying and servicing external payments last year. For this purpose we actively used the resources we had raised both on the eurobonds market and in Russia for the sake of refinancing. All the co...

Such an initiative was suggested by Anton Yuspa, deputy chairman of the Street Sports Federation.

"The Olympic qualifying period resumed in November 2020 and will continue in some sports through late June 2021. The main task for now is to successfully complete the qualifying stage and compose a competitive Olympic team of Belarus," Sport and Tour...

Viktor Lukashenko, who until now served as the First Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, has been elected President of the NOC by the Olympic Assembly.

The parties discussed the development of the Belarus-China cooperation in various areas, including between the Belarus President Administration and the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, education and R&D organizations of the two...

“We are going to the Tokyo Olympics to fight. And the more pressure is put on people the more they resist. In these conditions you need to reach great results to prove that we weren't born yesterday,” the Belarusian leader stressed.

A priority task for Belarusian sports in the coming months is to put together an efficient team for the Tokyo Olympics, Belarus President, President of the National Olympic Committee Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Olympic meeting of the National Ol...

The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) has produced 1.5 billion kWh of electricity since it was connected to the grid, Belarus' Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich told the media

“We are proud of our athletes. The absolute majority of Belarusian athletes are true patriots of their country giving their talent, strength and energy for victories in the name of the Fatherland,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Sinopharm Group is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in China and Asia, one of the top three pharmaceutical companies in the country and Top 100 companies of China.

Opening the meeting, the head of state said that the time has come to once again discuss the problems related to the development of sport and the Olympic movement in the country, and to renew the composition and leadership of the National Olympic Com...

The Central American Economic Integration Subsystem was formed in October 1993. Its members are Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and El Salvador.

“There is some obsession with promoting and implanting democracy in their understanding of the word. Yes, democracy is necessary. There are certain democratic norms that everyone should adhere to. But the noble goals should not be pursued by ungodl...

HC Dinamo Minsk beat HC Dinamo Riga 2-1 in the KHL game on 25 February.

Head of the ONT TV channel Marat Markov said that there had been attempts to project George Orwell's novel 1984 onto Belarus today.

Mikhail Myasnikovich and Dmitry Rogozin discussed the implementation of the interstate program, including financing tools, conceptual and informational support, and the creation of an organization body.

The exposition features 29 works, including sculptures, artifacts and pictures.

Industrial output rose by 2.4 times in the last five years. In 2020 sales profitability doubled to reach 20%. Shipments of innovative products rose rapidly. In 2020 labor productivity increased by 18%.

Ways to improve inter-agency cooperation and joint work to promote export were discussed at an extended meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The advantages of trading mechanisms of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) to strengthen business ties and promote trade between Belarus and Russia's Bashkortostan were presented at a web-based conference.

“The parties discussed Belarus-Russia contacts and promising avenues of cooperation in the field of international security,” the State Secretariat of the Security Council informed.

The Coordinating Council on the Sanitary Protection of Territories of the CIS Member States from the Import and Spread of Particularly Dangerous Infectious Diseases held a videoconference on 24 February.

The strategic tasks in the field of energy conservation include reducing Belarus' dependence on energy imports by maximizing the use of own fuel and energy resources, including renewable energy; curbing the growth of gross consumption of fuel and ene...

Union State MPs hail effective cooperation of the ministries and departments of Belarus and Russia in security, the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia told BelTA.

We are guided by the universal principles. We advocate a dialogue on the basis of mutual respect, understanding, non-interference in internal affairs and would like to be treated the same way, Sergei Rachkov noted.

The expo will take place in the Indoor Football Arena. Visitors will be able to learn about new trends and solutions of the civil engineering industry. The development and introduction of innovations in an industry makes it even more attractive and i...

In the round of Last 16 Belarus' world number 83 solved Slovenia's world number 60 Aljaz Bedene 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in an hour and 50 minutes.

Minskers are enjoying the last days of winter and bright sunlight.

The foreign delegation has come to Minsk to sign several agreements on the import of Belarusian goods.

Among them are nine international and 15 national competitions, eight festivals-contests, as well as many other events at the regional, district and city level.

According to Anatoly Sidorov, the persistent buildup of military presence in Europe testifies to the USA's efforts to worsen strategic stability and security in Europe.

The Belarusian cleared 4.67m at the first attempt. The previous national record, which she set as well, was one centimeter lower.

All in all, Belarus performed 4,841,780 tests, including 17,169 tests in the past 24 hours.

The official said: “The information war – and it is exactly a war – that has been launched against our country is not over yet. The Information Ministry has managed to do its job as a whole. Our mass media have recovered from the situation dece...

Vienna has repeatedly been recognized as the world's most comfortable city by several authoritative rankings.

The head of state praised the comprehensive development of bilateral cooperation. “Another illustration was the signing of a loan agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development in January 2021 to finance the construction of a cancer c...

Anatoly Sidorov stated that the military and political situation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization's responsibility area had been complicated and contradictory.

The state of affairs in the government agencies in charge of ensuring national security and prospects of development of these agencies were covered by Aleksandr Volfovich's report to Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko among other things.

Aleksandr Volfovich noted that the experience of operation of similar agencies in other countries in the post-Soviet space had been examined, including the work of similar agencies in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan.

The introduction of severe restrictive measures by most partner countries in connection with the pandemic, the departure from the usual format of dialogue, the widespread strengthening of protectionism have led to a decrease in economic activity on a...

One of the issues raised by the president at the meeting was maintaining stability and security in Belarus throughout this turbulent year. “We have never made any secret of it. I have been saying it all the time. It will be a very challenging year,...

Promotion of economic interests is the most important priority and the performance criterion for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said.

Belarus also expanded its cooperation in politics, trade and economy with other traditional and new prospective partners in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

The minister stressed that thanks to the coordinated assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreign institutions and the Belavia airline, more than 8,000 Belarusians were able to return home at the height of the coronavirus crisis from March...

“In the turbulent year of 2020, Belarus invested tremendous efforts in defending and strengthening its sovereignty on the international arena, in preventing Belarus from becoming a bargaining chip on the geopolitical chessboard, if we put it using ...

"Strategic cooperation with the Russian Federation, which provided the most significant support to Belarus in the post-election period, continued to be comprehensive and multifaceted," the minister noted.

According to the president, in this process it is important to use the best practices of similar organizations in close countries, for example, Russia and Kazakhstan.

The minister emphasized that the session aims to sum up the country's performance in the previous year and outline tasks for the future.

In the quarterfinal Andrei Vasilevski and Jonathan Erlich battled through David Pel of the Netherlands and Sweden's Andre Goransson 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.

The forum is organized by the Education Ministry, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the National Center of Ecology and Local History, and the International Sakharov Environmental Institute of the Belarusian State Univers...

“We are in a hard process of separation. Sovereign states will not survive in these conditions alone, they can do it only as part of regional alliances - political, economic and military,” said Andrei Savinykh.

The IAOP rating includes both large global leaders and small, fast-growing companies with annual revenues of less than $50 million and fewer than 5,000 employees.

Sergei Kazakevich reminded that upon instructions of the head of state and the head of government the managing company continues working to localize the production of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Belarus.

Once the oil well's construction is completed and the geological structure of the Vostochno-Izbynskaya oil deposit is ascertained, the oil reserves will be calculated and will be entered into state records.

According to the source, Belarus-Kazakhstan trade is on the rise and it is up to the agriculture ministries to help it grow. There are plans to advance cooperation along other avenues as well. The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the strong dema...

Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said during the session that the bill meets the current state of affairs in the country. In his words, it is designed to ensure a systemic and balanced approach to criminal prosecution. It ...

"The MPs will discuss the prospects for new joint programs and projects of the Union State, will consider the progress in the preparations for the Union State measures in 2021 and will review the execution of the Union State budget in 2020," the pre...

The parties discussed the preparations for the fifth meeting of the Belarusian-Pakistani joint working group on agriculture which is due to take place in Minsk.

The official noted that Belarus respects the universally recognized norms and standards in relation to court proceedings. Courts decide in favor of or against open court sessions in accordance with the effective legislation, including for the sake of...

The competitions in Abu Dhabi, the UAE have been slightly moved to the following dates: 16-21 December 2021 (previously announced for 13-18 December).

Belarus plans to submit a draft resolution "Preventing drug use among children and young people" to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh told repo...

In the Year of National Unity the issues of patriotic education of young people and consolidation of the Belarusian society are relevant.

The age of light crude is over. Today most of the oil deposits in Belarus are hard to recover. Belorusneft specialists use cutting-edge technologies, including Plug&Perf, to extract such oil.

“We are facing the so-called the containment policy," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The foreign minister emphasized that the Conference on Disarmament has established itself as a unique platform for negotiating a wide range of matters related to disarmament, nonproliferation and arms control.

The official said: “The state has created all the conditions for the all-round development of young people. Special foundations of the Belarus president in charge of supporting talented youngsters have been operating for 25 years."

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 281,707 cases. A total of 271,733 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“It is important to understand that in the face of the security crisis, turbulence and growing contradictions among key world players, the disarmament agenda is gaining a paramount importance for the entire international community," he said.

The export of Belarusian food and agricultural products to Kazakhstan went up more than 20% in 2020, Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko said at a meeting of the joint Belarus-Kazakhstan working group on elaboration of promising areas ...

“The fight against the pandemic is far from over. We are reeling under the second wave, though the caseload is showing a downward trend in all regions. The third wave is most likely to be less intensive, through much will depend on the spread of ne...

"The systemic foundations of international security are being eroded before our eyes. Trust is being forcefully replaced with confrontation, dialogue with an accusatory rhetoric," Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said.

HC Dinamo Minsk lost to HC Amur Khabarovsk 5-6 in the KHL final regular-season match on 23 February.

The Bois Import SA representative Franck Vangendt noted that the company has been buying sawn timber from Baltic states for quite some time, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the company to seek alternative markets. Belarus can be one of such m...

“Any armed conflict zeroes out social and economic achievements and human values, throws states back many years in their development turning them into a fertile ground for organized crime and terrorism," the minister noted.

Sergey Lavrov also said that the world economic downturn caused by the pandemic has led to a significant rise in unemployment and increased social insecurity.

Work is underway to remove differences in the facility infrastructure across the country, Dmitry Pinevich said. The Belarusian regions have recently received 12 MRI scans, 21 CT scans and 11 angiographs.

“The pandemic has exacerbated old problems such as racism and xenophobia, as well as discrimination against national and religious minorities,” Sergey Lavrov noted.

The Northern Europe quarter combines the comfort of a city life and the environmental friendliness of the countryside.

The document provides for maximum assistance to foreign trade operations on the basis of increasing the quality and effectiveness of customs administration. It heavily relies on new technologies and a gradual transition to digital customs procedures.

“In 2020 the export of the manufacturing industry was estimated at $3.66 billion, with a trade surplus standing at $1.9 billion. We retained a foothold in non-CIS countries. These markets account for 31.7% of our total export. This is a very good r...

This time the organizing committee of the contest has received more than 1,200 applications. A total of 80 regional and zonal rounds were held in October-November 2020. Six oblast and Minsk rounds and also a qualifying stage of the National Academy o...

“In general the meeting was very useful, very timely, productive and sincere. The president of Russia speaks in positive terms about its results,” Dmitry Peskov said.

“Electric transport has been determined as one of the priorities for the nearest term,” the minister stressed.

“According to the National Statistical Committee, China became Belarus' second biggest trading partner by the end of 2020. Russia retained the first spot,” the statement reads.

Belarus and the UAE have discussed a possibility to accredit Belarusian companies that want to ship their products to the United Arab Emirates.

Budpragras 2021, the annual international construction exhibition, will be held in Minsk on 14-19 September, BelTA learned from the website of the Union of Builders of Belarus.

The meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia reaffirmed the strategic nature of the bilateral relations, Andrei Rusakovich, Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission of the Council of the Republic of the Nat...

Good relations between the presidents of Belarus and Russia give hope that bilateral trade will be more balanced, Professor at Belarusian State University Mikhail Kovalev told the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Iran Yuri Lazarchik met with head of the Islamic Council working group on cooperation with the National Assembly of Belarus Aboulfazl Amui.

Belarus' World No. 83 Egor Gerasimov was off to a good start in Montpellier as he defeated Andy Murray (World No. 121) of the UK 7-6(8), 6-1 to reach the second round of the Open Sud de France.

The list of staple goods features 62 items, including rice, flour, semolina, buckwheat, oatmeal, barley, bread, beef, pork, chicken, some types of sausages, fish, milk, kefir, sour cream, cottage cheese, some fruits and vegetables, sugar, soap, toile...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the people of Estonia as the country celebrates a national holiday, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Despite frosty weather the specialists have managed to keep working fast in the course of completing construction and installation work and preparing the complex for commissioning. Provided additional measures are implemented, the installation of pip...

Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus Dmitry Pantus met with UAE Deputy Defense Minister Mattar Salem Ali Al Dhaheri. The good level of achieved interaction was noted as well as the existing potential and ways to further st...