"One of the reasons for Belarus to declare this year the Year of People's Unity was the attempts to shatter our unity. This is why territorial integrity and national unity that we obtained in the course of tragic and controversial events are getting ...

According to the head of the state, the previous year was a real test for the system of the world economic relations: the borders were closed, the long lasting trade connections were destroyed and the states and economic unions refused to meet their ...

According to Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko, key moments in history are of particular importance here. For Belarus and the Belarusians, one of such events is certainly the reunificat...

“Neighborliness, hospitality, desire to live in peace - all these qualities of the Belarusian people are embodied in a peaceful multi-vector foreign policy of the state,” said Vladimir Andreichenko.

“There are boundaries that no one is allowed to cross. There will be no revision of history, glorification of Nazis and their accomplices, justification of extremism in Belarus. This is our principled position,” said Vladimir Andreichenko.

“Belarus is an active participant in all processes, and, moreover, it is treated extremely positively at these levels,” said Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh.

The parties discussed the current state of affairs in the Belarusian-European relations and the prospects for bilateral cooperation between Belarus and the EU.

In the round of Last 16 the Belarusian solved world number 127 Mackenzie McDonald of the United States 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 6-2 in two hours and seven minutes.

The diplomat said that the Tajik side intends to broadly present the art of Tajikistan and arrange a series of events on the occasion of the anniversary. 5 September will mark 25 years since Belarus and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations.

Mikhail Mishustin said: “On the whole, our trade and economic cooperation develops successfully. Now after the peak of the pandemic situation we are trying to increase the mutual trade turnover. It dropped earlier but we are glad we registered an i...

Roman Golovchenko said: “We continue working on the package of integration documents. On 23 April we handed over 26 draft Union State programs the Belarusian side had initialed to the Russian side. It is a huge amount of work that the relevant gove...

A working meeting with Siemens representatives took place in the Energy Ministry on 27 April. Progress in implementing the project was discussed, including the schedule of equipment deliveries. Siemens technical specialists are now at the constructio...

Close attention was paid to information security in the course of development of the universal portal for digital services and the nationwide automated information system.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia will resume Minsk-Budapest-Minsk flights from 2 May. Belavia will operate such flights twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays.

All participants of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will have to take two COVID-19 tests before their flight to Japan. On arrival they will be tested daily during the first three days.

Belarus and Russia's Tatarstan need to step up cooperation, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko during a working meeting with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan.

Members of the House of Representatives are taking part in the web-based IPU's Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians to discuss COVID-19 response and recovery.

It is high time we drew up a law to introduce legal responsibility for falsification and distortion of the history of the Great Patriotic War, Marat Zhilinsky, Rector of Graduate School of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said.

Participants of the forum stated the active nature of Belarus-Hungary trade links, the considerable potential for increasing the volume of mutual trade, for expanding the choice of imports and exports, and for raising mutual investments.

Parliamentary diplomacy should become a genuine force that realizes the will of peoples to build peace and trust, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said.

Searching for new sources of economic growth and new strategic priorities necessitate building a new multipolar model of the global economy, EEC head Mikhail Myasnikovich said in a video address to the subregional dialogue of the 77th session of the ...

Belarus' accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will enable the country to step up export diversification efforts, Mogilev Oblast Vice Governor Ruslan Strakhar said as he took part in a roundtable to discuss Belarus' accession to the WTO.

Launching supplies of Belarusian sawn timber and agricultural products to southern provinces of China via BUCE was in focus of an online seminar for representatives of Chinese companies.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 355,924 cases. A total of 346,148 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technological, and cultural cooperation between the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and the administration of Mazandaran Province was signed in 2009.

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In Belarus, digital transformation has become sustainable and irreversible, Belarusian Communications and Information Minister Konstantin Shulgan said as he opened the international forum #GBC in Minsk.

The official said: “We live at a time when digital technologies are becoming part of our lives. The main questions being discussed during today's forum focus on information security, digital government, the establishment of a digital state, the dev...

Belarus is mulling over strengthening the role of the government in issues related to the state budget at the constitutional level. This will go in line with the constitutional and legal status of the government.

According to the source, the work of the official website of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was not disrupted. Once IP spoofing was detected, the phishing webpage was blocked. Parties responsible for it are being identified.

"We have adopted a new priority of scientific, technological and innovation development for the current five years, and this is not by chance that the forum is dedicated to information and communication technologies. This shows that today it is impos...

The statement reads: “We would like to bindingly state that the sanctions, which foreign forces and some citizens call for, will primarily affect worker collectives, including their families."

Easter is one of the most important Christian festivals, when believers celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. As it also marks the end of the Great Lent, festive tables are full of various traditional dishes and treats.

According to Tatiana Brantsevich, stably performing enterprises should also see the prospects for further development.

The past 25 years have confirmed the effectiveness, viability and expediency of the institution of the presidency, Piotr Miklashevich said.

Proposals have been made to transfer some presidential powers to the government, Chairman of the Belarusian Constitutional Court, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission Piotr Miklashevich said.

“No matter what, the economy is primary: if there are jobs, production, there will be wages and decent living conditions,” the MP said.

Belarus' world number 92 Aliaksandra Sasnovich solved Spain's world number 640 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in the first qualifying round.

Siarhei Viazovich's crew won the fourth stage of the race, clocking 3:05.24. Dmitry Sotnikov's KAMAZ-Master (Russia) finished second, 2.27 behind the winner. Third was Vitaly Murylev's crew of MAZ-SPORTauto Team, 8.29 back.

Danila Klimovich scored three power-play goals to lead Belarus to a 7-1 win over Switzerland at the 2021 Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Plano on 28 April.

The participants discussed the agenda for their next meeting (scheduled for 18 May), as well as the issues related to the preparation for an on-site session of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council, which is due in Brest on 21-22 June.

Oleg Gaidukevich said: “It is necessary to once and for all foreclose any possibility of placing in question the country's fundamental values: the [conventional] family, two state languages, the geopolitical choice, the military union, the governme...

The transportation and logistics hub Bobruisk-Beltamozhservice has been repaired, the utility networks have been modernized, the exterior and the interior of the building have been redecorated.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia will expand its route map in May, adding to it two new destinations in Russia: Samara and Yekaterinburg. Thanks to this, Belavia will operate regular flights to nine destinations in Russia and will have a total of 4...

In January-February 2021, enterprises of Gomel Oblast exported $745 million worth of products, which was up by almost $200 million year-on-year, Gomel Oblast Vice Governor Andrei Konyushko said.

"Cuba reaffirms its solidarity with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and strongly condemns the plans to assassinate him and his family and to stage a coup d'etat in the country," the diplomat wrote.

The working group on cooperation with the Latvian Parliament of the National Assembly of Belarus and the working group on cooperation with the Belarusian Parliament of the Latvian Sejm discussed further development of parliamentary ties.

The 9th edition of the International Economic Forum and the 10th edition of the national universal trade fair “Traditions of Orsha” will be running in Orsha from 28 April to 1 May. The economic forum will bring together around 100 participants.

Belavia will fly to the city of Tivat that is located in the Bay of Kotor in the Adriatic Sea (Montenegro), the town of Enfidha, and Island Djerba (Tunisia).

According to the source, cybercrimes accounted for over one fourth of all the crimes committed in Belarus in 2020. Most of them were thefts. Not only organizations but citizens, particularly unprotected population strata and pensioners, suffered at t...

Despite the unprecedented pressure on Belarus and Russia, the cooperation between the prosecutor general's offices of the two countries is reliable, Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said.

Goals of the mission include sharing and studying the best practices in matters concerning the organization of workstation inspections and work oversight. The expert group includes highly qualified specialists of Rosenergoatom Concern and experts of ...

Vitebsk hosted the regional casting round of the national beauty pageant Miss Belarus on 27 April.

The country office of the World Health Organization in Belarus delivered oxygen masks with a reservoir, devices for high-flow nasal oxygen therapy and COVID-19 rapid tests to the National Medical Response Center.

Ways to increase exchange trade between Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast were high on the agenda during the visit of BUCE's delegation to Kaliningrad Oblast. The parties pointed out that the most promising cooperation avenue is participation of Russian...

The policy of sanctions undermines the foundations of free market economy, Professor Valery Bainev, Doctor of Economics, head of the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Belarusian State University, said in an interview with the SB. Belar...

After the session Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas said that the CSTO Defense Ministers Council had approved a most important document – a plan on equipping the collective rapid response forces w...

Stanislav Zas said: “Unconcealed attempts to destabilize the domestic political situation in Belarus from the outside for the sake of illegally replacing the government in the country after the presidential election of 9 August 2020 have become a r...

The participants of the meeting discussed issues related to cooperation of the CSTO member states in the military-political and military-technical sector, as well as in the joint fight against global challenges and threats, such as terrorism, extremi...

Applications for participation in the 6th annual Easter in Minsk World contest for preschool and school students are closing on 30 April.

Negative processes in the field of international security have been growing and the global security architecture is, in fact, being dismantled, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

According to the source, the Belarusian customs service will not provide customs clearance and will not release prohibited means of transportation into free circulation if they are imported to Belarus across the customs border of the Eurasian Economi...

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 354,669 cases. A total of 344,950 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The parties discussed the status and prospects of bilateral cooperation with UNICEF through the National Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals, including on the eve of International Children's Day, which is celebrated on 1 June.

The parties discussed regional security and cooperation within the CSTO Defense Ministers Council. The parties also exchanged views on the challenges and threats to military security and measures to neutralize them.

Special consideration was given to the scope and nature of immunity in regard the legal status of delegation members.

The government has defined lists of state and regional scientific and technical programs for 2021-2025. This is stipulated by Council of Ministers' Decree No.173 of 26 March 2021, which was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal o...

Flax was sown on the area of 28,100ha or 56.7% of the plan. Sugar beet was planted on the area of 72,600ha or 80.2% of the plan, potatoes were sown on the area of 5,140ha (22%).

Belarus will next play Switzerland on 28 April.

The head of state noted that friendly ties between Minsk and Pretoria, as well as the high level of political contacts give confidence in great prospects in various sectors.

Vladimir Makei stated that the Chernobyl accident resulted in a significant release of radioactive substances into the environment, which affected thousands of square kilometers of contaminated land in Belarus, changed the lives of hundreds of thousa...

The head of state noted that he counts on the continuation of the investment cooperation and further implementation of joint projects in pharmaceutics, wood processing and other sectors.

Belarusians could observe the first supermoon of 2021 on the night of 27 April. A supermoon is a name given to a full moon that occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth.

The Energy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission has already worked out a detailed schedule for reconciling the document. It was noted that the draft agreement needs to be expanded with common rules of access to gas transport systems. Russia...

According to the source, the heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union's observer states – Cuba, Moldova, and Uzbekistan – have been traditionally invited to attend the session.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Juan Valdes Figueroa and representatives of the diplomatic mission visited the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone on 26 April.

The National Historical Museum has opened an exhibition project "Abandoned Land" dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.

It will allow evaluating the speed of the ozone layer's recovery, finding sources and ways of transfer of gases and aerosols, which pollute the ground air and affect the temperature climate in several parts of the planet.

The import duty will be as high as 35% of the customs value of imported vehicles. MAZ assured that deliveries of vehicles, including passenger vehicles, to Ukraine will continue in full and on time. The official distributor MAZ Ukraine continues work...

More than $19 billion has been invested in the revival of the regions affected by the Chernobyl disaster in Belarus, Zhanna Chernyavskaya, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, said at a commemorative rally in Khoiniki de...

Belarusian school students took six awards of various merit at the 55th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad. The results of the online competition were announced on 26 April, BelTA learned from the press service of Belarusian State University.

International regulations and requirements concerning COVID-19 vaccination are still in the works. Once they are ready, Belarusians might need a vaccination certificate to go abroad. Certificates will be issued on request of people who plan trips to ...

The CIS Executive Committee has donated funds earned during the national cleanup day (aka subbotnik) to the National Research Center for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology of Belarus.

Belarus' world number 107 Ilya Ivashka reached the round of Last 16 at the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Munich, BelTA has learned.

"For example, this year, we aim to increase milk output by 3.6% (to over 8 million tonnes). Meat output is expected to go up by 1.8%. Taking into account that Belarus ensured its food security long ago, all additional output will be bound for export,...

"Very soon we will approach the stage of immunization of animals. It will take at least a month," said Anatoly Krasko. According to him, the prototype of the vaccine is expected by the autumn, and clinical trials are to begin next year.

The Belarusian defeated Croatia's Nikolina Cacic 4-1 in the quarterfinal, but lost in to Russia's Liudmila Vorontsova the semifinal. According to the competition rules, athletes who reach this stage of the tournament receive bronze medals.

Last week the Belarusian reached the Stuttgart Open final, and currently holds 5,205 points.

The Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad will launch regular flights to Minsk National Airport on 10 May. Baghdad-Minsk flights will be served by Boeing 737-800 and will be performed twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.

Shklennikovo repeated the sad fate of Khatyn: on 27 September 1943, the Nazis burned the village to the ground as a punishment for collaboration with partisans.

As of 26 April, early spring crops were planted on the area of 726,900ha. Sowing was complete in Brest Oblast, Gomel Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Minsk Oblast. Progress in sowing these crops reached 97.7% in Mogilev Oblast, and 76.5% in Vitebsk Oblast.

"The level of cooperation is quite high. We cooperate in some areas very closely. In others the potential is still untapped. We aim to develop mutually beneficial cooperation," said Dmitry Gorodetsky, deputy chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Co...

The Healthcare Ministry explained that COVID-19 jabs help vaccinated people develop immunity, prevent the disease, its severe cases, and unfortunate outcomes. However, vaccination under 60% of the population will not help develop herd immunity and cu...

“The pulp and paper industry and wood processing are in the list of crucial branches of our economy. Belarus is rich in a valuable renewable resource – our forest – which much be used carefully, comprehensively and rationally,” the message of...

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The official said: “Our security services have the proof. Our security services worked together [with Belarusian ones] to mount an operation designed to foil criminal plans meant to overthrow the legal government in Belarus. The security services h...

The official said: “Leading specialists of the ministry's system are involved, primarily employees of the National Applied Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, the Belarusian State Medical University, the Gomel Medical University, and...