Attempts to discredit Belarus in the international arena are a series of meaningless ostentatious moves, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with senior local government officials to discuss topical social and political issues.

“We have not seen such a scale of restrictive measures before, and we are not overdramatic. Yes, the West understands the lameness of sanctions tactics for themselves. Therefore, they introduce sanctions step by step, package by package,” Aleksan...

“This work relied on official publications and statistics, and was done in close collaboration with the inter-ministerial working group on the preparation of the report who helped to identify opportunities and develop solutions for harnessing rene...

The West is irritated by the fact that Belarusians thwarted color revolution attempts, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with senior local government officials to discuss topical social and political issues on 30 July.

"Our country, being a link between the West and the East, got into the epicenter of civilizational confrontation. We are not laying it thick. We are just stating the fact: NATO has been methodically building its offensive military infrastructure alo...

“I believe that such short but very important meetings should become our tradition. They are necessary not only to inform people who came from regions but also to strengthen the spirit, to unite the power vertical,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya clocked 11.47 seconds to finish fourth in the Women's 100m Round 1. However, only the top three athletes could advance further. The Belarusian will next perform in the Women's 200m Round 1 on 2 August.

More than 120 heavy-duty trucks are waiting to cross the border with Lithuania at the Vidzy checkpoint, over 290 at Kotlovka, more than 260 at Kamenny Log, over 250 at Benyakoni and more than 250 at Privalka.

The Belarusian boxer faced New Zealand's David Nyika who dominated his rival throughout the entire bout. The Dobrush-born athlete tried to reverse the situation but could not seize the initiative. As a result, he finished fourth in the Men's Heavy (8...

The experienced Belarusian scored 571 points to place 36th. Only eight best athletes advanced to the final.

The two judokas were equally favored to win, but the Korean athlete prevailed due to using Kesa-gatame mat hold. Thus, all medal hopes of the Belarusian judo team were dashed.

The experienced Belarusian was outperformed by Italy's Lucilla Boari. The Belarusian was in the lead most of the time but lost momentum at the end.

The athlete from Vitebsk Oblast cleared 2.37m on his best attempt. His teammate Dzmitry Nabokau was knocked out of the race with 2.25m.

“In line with the loan agreement signed by Belarus and the OPEC International Development Fund on 24 December 2020 (Public Healthcare Emergency Response Program, Phase I), a $20 million loan was transferred to the Belarusian budget on 28 July 2021,...

Aleksandr Mikhnevich was also relieved of his position as Belarus' permanent representative to the European Union, to the European Atomic Energy Community with concurrent accreditation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The program specifies goals, tasks, and priority directions of the country's social and economic development for the five-year term. It also specifies implementation measures, targets to measure the development of specific industries, spheres of econ...

Tensions relating to the mass inflow of illegal migrants to southern and eastern borders of the European Union member states is not a new and unexpected phenomenon. The inflow of illegal migrants reflects deep geopolitical processes in the OSCE space...

This year, most of the transit transactions were in timber products, industrial and consumer goods. For example, Russian companies actively supplied sawn wood of coniferous trees to the Baltic states and Poland. In H1 2021, BUCE handled 77 such trans...

Belavia will start flying from Minsk to Sochi from 7 August. Regular Minsk-Krasnodar-Minsk flights will resume from 8 August. The schedule and ticket prices are available on Belavia's website.

Each region of the country should show high-quality economic growth, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting hosted by the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee to take stock of the region's social and economic development in January-June 2021.

"For the first several days since the decree was enacted, Belarus has vaccinated citizens of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia on a paid basis," the press service said.

Yauhen Tsurkin of Belarus clocked 52.90 seconds to finish 42nd in the Men's 100m Butterfly and complete his medal contention at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In the Men's Sailing RS:X event the Belarusian placed 20th among 25 participants. The best ten athletes will continue their Olympic medal run on 31 July.

The gold medal event will feature two athletes from China.

The negotiations were organized to discuss the possibility of setting Belarusian trade and logistics centers in Samara Oblast and trade and logistics centers of the Russian region in Belarus, the BelCCI noted.

Starting the production of so-called kraft paper out of the pulp seems like a good idea. “It is a popular kind of packaging now. The market is changing rapidly: paper and paper packaging are replacing plastic.

“We will sort things out at universities, it is a very serious issue,” the head of state said. “Many rectors left their posts, and the biggest problem was that they became rectors and forgot that they were responsible for thousands of young peo...

Victoria Chaika of Belarus scored 291 points to place 8th among 44 competitors on the first qualification day. The experienced Belarusian athlete is taking part in her sixth Olympic Games.

Work to prepare the construction site will begin in August. The manufacturing division will be able to make 160,000 tonnes of paper per annum. The approximate cost of the project is €126 million. Work on financing it is in progress. The Development...

The president suggested channeling resources into the most promising sports and teams.

To date, it has been proposed to include 19 issues to the agenda of the autumn session: 18 bills and a presidential decree. The vast majority of them are to be debated in the second reading.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 443,864 cases. A total of 438,050 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

“You are aware of the recent developments around Belarusian Oil Company, especially those initiated by the West,” the Belarusian leader said addressing the new head of Belarusian Oil Company. “But I think there are no unresolvable issues. You n...

Kirill Dragun will take up the post of Consul General of Belarus in Munich, Germany. Ruslan Varankov has been appointed Consul General of Belarus in New York, the United States.

Initially the bank intended to allocate Br500 million for buying assets and leasing them in accordance with Belarus president decree No.164. The initial sum has been raised from Br500 million to Br700 million. The extra Br200 million will be allocate...

The education reform should be completed by September 2022 to bring education to a higher level, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made new appointments on 29 July, BelTA has learned.

The head of state recalled that he began his political career as a member of parliament, he led an anti-corruption commission of the Supreme Council and worked to ‘weed this evil out'.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments on 29 July.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) did not allow Maryia Zhodzik (Women's High Jump) and two members of the Women's 4x400m Relay team to perform at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo because the minimum testing requirements of the Anti-Doping Ru...

In January-May 2021, the city of Minsk posted a record-high foreign trade growth, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Minsk City Hall Vladimir Naumovich said on 29 July, at a meeting to discuss Minsk's social and economic development in the firs...

Aleksandr Lukashenko admitted that he had required additional scrutiny for some of the suggested candidacies many times.

The head of the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament underlined that time requires all the bodies of power to take concerted and balanced decisions in order to protect the sovereignty and independence of Belarus.

FC BATE Borisov has the best chance of qualifying for the next stage, after defeating FC Dinamo Batumi 1-0 in an away match a week ago. Pavel Nekhaichik scored the winner in the 83rd minute.

Belarus is grateful to Azerbaijan for support in inter-parliamentary organizations, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipote...

Relations between Belarus and Azerbaijan rely on a solid foundation, outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Latif Gandilov told reporters.

The parties discussed in detail all the areas of bilateral cooperation, including the construction of dairy complexes in Kazakhstan, the production and supply of building materials, and also the setting up of a trading house of Belarusian building ma...

“In January-May 2021, the country's GDP showed a strong growth of 3.3%. We expected such a result. The industrial sector provided the major contribution to these figures, accounting for almost 80% of the overall growth,” said Belarus' Economy Min...

Karyna Kazlouskaya lost to Alejandra Valencia of Mexico 0-6 at the Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations. The Mexican athlete moved further and defeated Belarus' Karyna Dziominskaya 5-3 in the round of Last 16.

The Belarusian lost to Germany's Karl-Richard Frey in the opener.

In Final B (7th-12th places) Belarus' men's coxless pair Siarhei Valadzko and Dzmitry Furman finished 2nd to secure the 8th place overall (6:25.88). Niki van Sprang and Guillaume Krommenhoek of the Netherlands finished in 6:22.85.

Economic effect from the operation of the Customs Lab exceeded Br280,000 in H1 2021 taking into account recalculated customs payments. The lab is busy working to prevent attempts to transport low-quality products, counterfeit products or precious goo...

Upon arrival the Belarusian soldiers had to pass through customs control and rigorous sanitary control. All participants of the games are now going through quarantine in a Chinese army training center in the city of Korla. Once quarantine is over, th...

The Development Bank of Belarus financed more than 700 projects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in H1 2021, BelTA learned from the bank.

61-year-old Georgy Kondratyev was the acting coach of the national football team. He replaced head coach Mikhail Markhel, who resigned after Belarus' 0-8 defeat to Belgium in the 2022 World Cup qualifications.

The event will be broadcast live. Several hundred people are to be invited to take part in the event.

The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) moved 307 positions up and is among the top 10% of the world's best universities, ranking 3279th in the latest edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

There are over 137,000 construction workers in Belarus. “This number of workers is sufficient for our country. But considering instructions to increase the export of goods and services, we need more [workers],” Igor Kostyukov said.

As part of the hot trials specialists will check the ability of the unit's primary equipment to perform at levels specified by design documents, including the unit's compliance with safe operation norms.

Belarusian Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky met with a delegation of the Nigerian Ministry of Interior at the Education Center of Life Safety of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry on 28 July.

Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee took part in the session of the expert group which was held via video conference on 28 July.

State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Belarus Latif Gandilov.

The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve has developed unique bear viewing tours.

Belarusian swimmers Anastasiya Shkurdai and Alina Zmushka have missed out on the Tokyo 2020 semifinals in the 100m Freestyle and 200m Breaststroke respectively.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 442,831 cases. A total of 436,903 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The valley at the headstream region of the Yangtze River in China offers a variety of reliefs and picturesque landscapes.

Sergei Shoigu said: “We are going to stage the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021 in September in order to practice actions meant to ensure military security on western borders. All the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries...

Belarusian First Deputy Architecture and Construction Minister Igor Kostyukov spoke about promising Belarusian construction projects in Kazakhstan and other countries at a press conference to discuss development prospects of the national civil engine...

From 28 July to 15 August, every client will receive a 1% off. It will add to the promo that is currently in force!

The construction of rental housing is gaining momentum, with 74,000 m2 commissioned in H1 2021. Individual housing construction is also in high demand, with 908,000 m2 built so far.

According to the source, considerable efforts are being poured into increasing the export potential, into enabling export of construction materials, engineering and construction services. Tight cooperation has been established with certain regions of...

Belarus' Alena Furman and Ina Nikulina failed to reach the Women's Lightweight Doubles Sculls final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

On behalf of Belarusian people and himself, the head of state expressed condolences to families and friends of the victims, and also wished a speedy recovery to those injured and the restoration of the affected states.

“You are a guiding star for all servicemen, for all citizens of our country, a symbol of determination to defend the country, a symbol of patriotism,” Viktor Gulevich said congratulating the hero.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent a letter of birthday greetings to People's Artist of the RSFSR Natalia Belokhvostikova.

Wreaths were laid at the Eternal Flame in the Ceremonial Square of the Brest Fortress to mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Brest from the occupying German forces.

The parties exchanged views on challenges and threats to military security and measures to neutralize them. Viktor Khrenin voiced Belarus' position on this topic. Since 2015, Belarus has had an observer status in the organization.

Belarusian Dzmitry Furman and Siarhei Valadzko did not make it to the Men's Pair medal race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Today, on the feast day of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles, a baptismal Divine Liturgy was celebrated on the Neman River near St. Elisha of Lavrishevo Monastery.

She defeated the famous German archer Lisa Unruh 6-4 in the 1/32 eliminations and eased past Azusa Yamauchi of Japan 6-0 in the 1/16 eliminations.

The head of stat thanked the veteran for everything he has done to protect, preserve and develop the Fatherland, for the unparalleled feat in the name of freedom and independence of Belarus.

The United States routed Iran 120-66 in Group A at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournament. Damian Lillard led the team with 21 points.

Belarusian cyclist Alena Amialiusik posted the 16th result in the Women's Individual Time Trial at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Belarusian Darya Barysevich has withdrawn from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo where she was going to compete in the 1,500m.

Belarus' world number 66 Ilya Ivashka has lost in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Tennis Event third round. The Belarusian was defeated by Japan's world number 69 Kei Nishikori who will proceed to the quarterfinals.

Over 1,500 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 08.00 on 28 July, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

Colonel Aleksandr Mosolov was appointed First Deputy Chief of Support Services of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus - Chief of Support.

Armenia is interested in purchasing a bigger assortment of agricultural machinery made in Belarus. This matter was discussed at a meeting of top executives of the Bobruiskagromash Holding Company with a delegation from Armenia.

The current state and prospects of advancing Belarus-Pakistan cooperation were discussed, including the liberalization of visa regulations. Approaches to developing the legal base of Belarus-Pakistan relations were compared.

The roadmap contains over 40 events and projects, including those relating to nuclear energy, genetic research, nuclear medicine, the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, and other areas.

Representatives of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) met with a business delegation of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan to discuss prospects for using BUCE to invigorate the trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Bashko...

The international construction expo Budpragres 2021 will be running for four days, from 14 to 17 September. Visitors will be invited to learn about new tendencies and solutions in the construction sector.

Heads of the defense ministries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states will participate in the conference. Belarus has been an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization since 2015.

White storks are nesting in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.

The synergy of Belarusian and Russian scientific expertise facilitates the forward movement of the two countries, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with a delegation of the Russian national research center Kurchatov Institute...

Belarus' world number 66 Ilya Ivashka has reached the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Tennis Event third round defeating Kazakhstan's world number 127 Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3.

Dmitry Mezentsev had participated in a meeting of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko with top officials of the Russian national research center Kurchatov Institute earlier that day.

Women's Team Epee Event was held at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on 27 July.

Mikhail Kovalchuk said: “It is our joint proposal with the president of the Academy of Sciences to set up a joint research infrastructure of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. Thus, Belarusian scientists will get access to the entire infrastruc...