Speaking about land management, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that it is unadvisable to devolve presidential powers in this area.

The head of state noted that the redistribution of powers does not happen often, so it is necessary to weigh all pros and cons. The president stressed that it is necessary to put the unshakable priorities - the comfort and well-being of the populatio...

Belarus has everything in place to boost exports of food and textile products to the Republic of Korea, Director of the National Marketing Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Valery Sadokho said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled that the president had the final say on a huge number of matters at the outset of Belarus' independence. “This was done in order to sort out the budget, to retain state property, mineral resources, everything that belo...

Gomselmash Director General Aleksandr Novikov visited AgromashHolding KZ and met with the company's president Alexandr Lavrentyev. The parties reached an agreement to increase the volume of supplies.

A national conference on Belarus' investment structure will be held at the free economic zone Mogilev on 1-2 April, BelTA learned from the administration of the FEZ Mogilev.

The head of state drew attention to the fact that the clinic is constantly upgrading its material and technical infrastructure, promoting such complex and sophisticated areas as transplantation and cardiac surgery. “In recent months, you have been ...

Belarus-Tajikistan trade in agricultural products and food totaled $9.8 million in 2020. Belarus' food export to Tajikistan rose by 1.4 times to $9.5 million. In January 2021 Belarus exported $775,000 worth of agricultural products and food to Tajiki...

Aleksandr Rakhmanov said: “So-called illegal strikes are hotly debated these days. If we talk about events of H2 2020, labor disputes were not the point. Actions were taken to stir up trouble among the workers, suspend the operation of enterprises ...

The MPs believe that the time allocated for working out and agreeing draft concepts of the programs is excessive. In some cases the reconciliation procedures last for years and the programs become irrelevant as a result.

According to the investor's representative, plans are in place to repurpose the real estate to set up a facility to make food products, primarily Chinese dumplings, as well as to open a catering facility, an establishment providing temporary accommod...

The parties discussed cooperation prospects in the financial sector, in particular, the development and integration of financial markets, their infrastructure, the creation of digital ecosystems of financial services, the implementation and scaling o...

Products of enterprises of Gomel Oblast are in demand in the Chinese market. Gomel Oblast export to China equaled $91 million in 2020, up by 32% year-on-year. All in all, local enterprises export more than 65% of their output to 92 countries.

The expert council shortlisted for the final 34 teams of young farmers from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Germany, including ten winners of the final stage of the Belarusian national selection.

It is necessary to make the most of cooperative chains, Belarus' Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said during a working trip to Mogilev, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry.

The Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case on charges of preparations for an act of terrorism as part of an organized group against the former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and participants of the so-called BYPOL initi...

The participants of the meeting discussed accounting of the property created and (or) acquired at the expense of the Union State, as these records can be used during the implementation of the Union State programs and projects.

Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei noted that efforts to create favorable business environment encourage foreign direct investments. In 2020, Gomel Oblast attracted $230 million in foreign direct investments, including $103 million on a net basis.

The purpose of the visit is to scout the locations where the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021 will take place. The delegation will also discuss further interaction for the sake of setting up a joint center for combat training of ...

"We do everything possible in the region to make the spiritual life of Gomel Oblast even richer and more diverse. First of all, it pertains to the support of our future musical, artistic and theatrical elite,” Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei ...

Silver medals were collected by Nastassia Skvartsova (68kg), Karyna Shut (80kg), and Nastassia Gryshchenka (+80kg), Maksim Likhavets (100kg). Bronze medals were claimed by Anfisa Kapayeva (48kg), Tsimafei Yemelyanau (90kg), Uladzislau Mikheichyk (62k...

The main trademark of the 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk is its festive atmosphere, Director of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk Gleb Lapitsky told the STV TV channel.

The official noted that the counteraction of crimes involving insults and threats of violence aimed at representatives of the authorities is still a high priority. A considerable part of such crimes are committed online.

The schedule of activities for 2021-2022 to implement the memorandum on advancing cooperation between the EEC and the CIS Executive Committee of 27 November 2018 is on the agenda of the joint meeting of the CIS Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Re...

“They view the citizens as cannon fodder. They are absolutely unbothered by what may happen to them and what prosecution measures they may face,” Aleksandr Volfovich stated.

Another failure to make people take to the streets has proved the credibility of the findings of the large-scale opinion poll and the absolute support for the national leader, PhD of Philosophy Nikolai Shchekin said.

Rhe well-known developer Dana Astra and Gomelstroymaterialy, Gomel-based manufacturer of building materials, signed an agreement at the 53rd edition of the Belarusian House. Spring 2021 exhibition that has recently wrapped up in Minsk.

Китайские мудрецы уверяли: здесь и сейчас – лучшее время. Трудно поспорить, особенно когда речь идет о покупке квартиры в многофункцион�...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 319,599 cases. A total of 310,189 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“I will explain it to you, Vladimir Borisovich: the human rights' theme has been made up as a political tool for pressure on the other side - the post-Soviet space, those who do not support the policy,” said Dmitry Zhuk.

Warm spring weather has come to Minsk.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that a number of foreign calls for radicalizing protests in Belarus have been heard recently. This is why he mentioned the work of the law enforcement officers, who had prevented such accidents.

Alina Harnasko claimed the individual all-around bronze with the total score of 96,150 points. Anastasiia Salos of Belarus scored 93,250 points to place fourth. The Belarusian athletes won medals in three finals as well.

According to the source, on 7 March 2021 automatic gamma radiation measuring stations of Belhydromet's automated radiation monitoring system in the area of the Belarusian nuclear power plant operated in normal mode.

Sales of tickets for all events in the Summer Amphitheater in ticket offices of Vitebsk kicked off on 26 March. Ticket sales on the websites kvitki.by and ticketpro.by, as well as bilesuserviss.lv (Latvia), bilietai.lt (Lithuania), and piletilevi.ee ...

Protesters and fugitives are changing the way they are acting, we see it. I should say that we will never allow a situation when our people would be afraid of going out. We cannot and have no right to let this happen. This pertains, first of all, to ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he had invited the Security Council to the meeting to discuss the issue, first of all, to see how to act to ensure internal and external security and what to do with regard to the changing situation.

The state program includes five subprograms: Railway Transport, Automobile, Urban Electric Transport and Metro, Inland Water and Maritime Transport, Civil Aviation and Ensuring the Functioning of the Transport System.

“On these days, ancient traditions to honor your history and wisdom of the older generation, mutual understanding, decent rearing of children and youth, revive,” the message of greetings reads.

The resolution comes into force on the day of its adoption.

Flights on the route Riga-Minsk-Riga will be performed on Thursdays and Sundays, with the arrival time in Minsk at 14:20 and the departure time at 15:10.

Belarus' world number 15 Victoria Azarenka defeated Germany's world number 26 Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-2 to book a match against world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia. Victoria Azarenka is a three-time winner of Miami Open (2009, 2011, 2016).

An agreement on pensions for workers of the Eurasian Economic Union entered into force on 1 January 2021.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 318,681 cases. A total of 309,535 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Belarus President's team reached the final of the 14th amateur ice hockey tournament for the prizes of the Presidential Sport Club defeating the team of Minsk Oblast 9-2 on 27 March.

The Pripyat River broke its banks and flooded the territory between the village of Vyshelov and the ferry crossing by the village of Snyadin in Petrikov District.

The official said: “We've analyzed prospects of work in 2021. In line with business plans of the enterprises output is expected to rise by 18.5%, export will rise by nearly 6%, salaries will grow by 10%, and fixed-capital investments will go up, to...

The sides discussed topical items on the Belarusian-Chinese agenda and interaction on international platforms. Close attention was paid to the measures Belarus and China are taking to fight the spread of the coronavirus in the context of COVID-19 vac...

Aleksandr Drozdenko said: “The agreement we've signed has not been balanced artificially but historically: the balance reflects our mutual interests. The new ecological direction is particularly important for us. We are talking about water purifica...

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. People are encouraged to turn off their lights and electric devices for an hour to show that they care about the planet's future. Famous buildings and monuments also go d...

The parties discussed the current agenda of the Belarusian-Cuban cooperation, including interaction within the integration associations and international organizations.

The Belarusian national team that featured students of Belarusian State University won the International Ecological Olympiad of Universities of the CIS Countries, BelTA learned from BSU's press service.

The possibility of scrapping roaming charges in the Eurasian Economic Union has been repeatedly raised by heads of government of the EAEU member states. “Today we are at the stage of practical realization of this instruction,” Arman Shakkaliyev s...

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Ministry supports the aspirations of the American people for a better future, reads the commentary of the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in response to the U.S. Embassy's statem...

Belarus' Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko held talks with Russian Minister of Energy Nikolay Shulginov in Moscow on 25-26 March.

The president said: “He placed explosives inside a waste bin. The explosion would have delivered a devastating impact due to metal or concrete [shrapnel]. He had been detected in advance and had been under surveillance. He placed the explosive and ...

The Belarus-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation plans to convene for a meeting in Brest, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belarus Askar Beisenbayev told journalists on 26 March.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed presidential decree No.105 to establish a constitutional commission to implement provisions of the resolution of the 6th Belarusian People's Congress. The Constitutional Commission shall work out pro...

Vadim Denisenko, Commanding Officer of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, said: “The purpose of the exercise is to practice countersabotage actions in order to eliminate illegal armed groups using all the assets at dispos...

In line with the National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for 2021-2022, at least 60% of the country's population will get access to the immunization program in 2021.

The athletics arena of the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture is hosting a hand-to-hand combat tournament in memory of Viktor Bartash

The official said: “Public private partnership can be implemented in strong regions. Today in Kostyukovichi together with a UNDP team we would like to present an investment platform of the region for the sake of bringing investors for development p...

In today's conditions, given the external pressure Belarus and Russia should cooperate more closely and combine efforts, outgoing Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev, who was appointed the State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, tol...

"First of all, I would like to highlight the high level of political dialogue and the high dynamics of cooperation between our countries. This is commendable," Natalya Kochanova said. “Azerbaijan is a close friend. This is thanks to the good relat...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 316,418 cases. A total of 307,004 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Olivier Durin said: “Nuclear energy may be removed from the list of carbon-neutral industries that can raise investments. The European Union is still working on this list but such a decision is likely to put an end to the European Union's plans to ...

According to Dmitry Pinevich, the production of a vaccine consists of several stages: first, one needs to get a vaccine in vitro in a test tube setting, then scale it up to a pilot production batch, and only after all the trials are over, the mass pr...

According to Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich, new COVID-19 cases had been on the decline till mid March. This week, Belarus saw a tick up in the number of cases, which is linked, among other things, to the spike in cases of seasonal di...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with outgoing Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev, who has recently been appointed the State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

“A decision was passed to increase the number of regular flights to Cuba as from 1 April (up to seven flights a week on the Moscow-Varadero route) and with Belarus (one flight a week on the Kaliningrad - Minsk route, plus one roundtrip flight per ...

"The parties reaffirmed their commitment to continued cooperation on the use of CSTO peacekeeping resources in UN peacekeeping activities, which was one of the most important results of the meeting," the spokesman stressed.

“In light of the switch to the schedule of the summer period, there will be changes in departure and arrival times of flights to some destinations,” the press service of Minsk National Airport said.

The development of Belarus' own vaccine against COVID-19 is a matter of honor for the Healthcare Ministry and the National Academy of Sciences. More than that, this vaccine should be the best, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met wit...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his counterpart Abdul Hamid and the people of Bangladesh, as the country marks its 50th Independence Day.

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova met with students of Minsk Gymnasium No. 24 as part of the information and education project “School of an active citizen”. The event took place in the upper house of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Yevgeny Lukyanov as ambassador to Belarus. The respective decree was published on Russia's Official Portal of Legal Information. Yevgeny Lukyanov will replace Dmitry Mezentsev in this capacity.

Chen Xu said that the resolution “disregards the efforts and achievements of the Belarusian government to promote and protect human rights, and uses human rights as a pretext to exert pressure and to interfere in the domestic affairs of Belarus.

Over the past 20 years, the poverty rate in Belarus dropped almost nine times - from 41.9% in 2000 to 4.8% in 2020. “The poverty rate in the country is comparable to that of Kazakhstan (4.6% in Q4 2020) and is significantly lower than in other EAEU...

A committee in charge of organizing the forum has been set up. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko signed the relevant order on 23 March. Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan has been appointed the committee's chairm...

The draft plan contains ten chapters that list events meant to develop all kinds of sport, support the club-based system of physical training and health promotion, support national kinds of sport of the CIS member states and the high-performance spor...

Participants of the session discussed a report by BelAZ Director General Sergei Nikiforovich as well as preliminary results of the company's operation in Q1 2021.

Stanislav Chepurnoi and Batmunkh Battsetseg discussed a broad range of matters concerning the development of Belarusian-Mongolian cooperation, including the exchange of visits at the top level and the high level.

The meeting is set to discuss a draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government scheduled in Minsk on 28 May and to discuss the status of preparations for the next meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council due in Moscow on 2 April...

Brest Oblast received 10,496 doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. They will be given to employees of educational institutions, social facilities, and residential care facilities.

China voted against the anti-Belarusian resolution at the UN platform, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said as he spoke at a meeting with representatives of the Friendship Society Belarus-China.

We appreciate the high level of cooperation with Primorsky Krai in particular and the Russian regions in general, MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk said.

Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin discussed the current agenda of the trade and economic cooperation, plans to increase the number of flights between the countries, and cooperation within the framework...

Aleksandr Shumilin said: “Belarus submits proposals in favor of expanding cooperation of Belarusian scientific organizations with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the sphere of healthcare, including the development of new medications and...

The International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University is the only Belarusian institution that has made it into the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking. It placed 796th out of 912 educational institutions from 84 countr...

The trade in agricultural products between Belarus and Primorsky Krai doubled in 2020 over 2019 to total almost $3 million. Belarusian food exports to the region totaled more than $2 million, which was an increase of almost 70% as against 2019.

Taking part in the exercise are about 100 personnel of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian army.

“Quality control of this vaccine will be in progress in the next three weeks. The vaccine will undergo comprehensive quality control to check its quality and safety,” Sergei Belyayev said. He added that the quality control will be done at the Gal...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) are set to expand cooperation. The parties discussed the current trends in exchange trading in Belarus and Russia and promising are...

The vote on the anti-Belarusian resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva ended as expected - the majority of the Council members did not support it. Only 20 out of 47 states, or less than a half, voted for it.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 314,993 cases. A total of 305,560 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The ambassador remarked upon the friendly nature of Belarus-Kazakhstan relations. He said he believes them to be an exemplary model of interstate relations.

The unit was disconnected in line with the pilot commercial operation stage program for the sake of carrying out tests and maintenance, the source said.

According to the source, seven programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the space industry have been implemented already. The eighth one Integration-SG is in progress now.