The investment project is estimated at Br5 million and is projected to pay off in one year. Raw materials will be suppled by large processing enterprises of Brest Oblast, Grodno Oblast and Minsk Oblast.

The head of state believes that cooperation between Minsk and Budapest will be fruitfully developing for the benefit of both countries and peoples.

“The EEC is set to address very ambitious tasks. These tasks will be fulfilled as planned and we will report on their progress at the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council that will be held in Yerevan in October,” Mikhail Myasnikovich...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states should strengthen cooperation amidst external pressure, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.

Over 820 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 20 August, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The governments of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states find solutions to key integration issues, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at the meeting of Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov with the heads of government delegations...

After meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 19 August, Taxes and Duties Minister Sergei Nalivaiko told reporters about the details of the campaign to fight the so-called envelope wages.

The design provides for detached educational wings, for creating a barrier-free environment and conditions conducive to the development of creative potential in kids and for doing sports.

In line with the document presidential decree No.358 on stimulating sales of goods of 11 August 2011 will become invalid as from 31 August 2021. That decree granted zero VAT on goods, which are imported by authorized economic operators to Belarus pro...

According to the source, not only the state budget will finance Belarusian R&D. The share of non-budget funding for science has been at 55-59% for the last few years. Funding coming from the real sector, from commercial organizations totaled 64% in 2...

The meeting will focus on five issues, including draft agendas of the meetings of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers and the CIS Council of Heads of State to be held in Minsk on 14-15 October and the draft agenda of the next meeting of the CIS Coun...

Dzianis Salotskikh secured gold in the 52kg event. Silver went to Artur Tuniev (60kg).

The NATO build-up in Poland and the Baltic countries, as well as the increasing number of NATO exercises in Europe are provocative and short-sighted to say the least, Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing on 1...

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee.

In January-June 2021, FEZ Grodnoinvest resident companies exported products worth $647 million, up 52% year-on-year. Russia accounted for 60% of the export, Poland 13% and Ukraine 9%.

According to the source, 45 international research centers from Russia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Italy and other countries operate on the basis of organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

"The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of Belarusian-Cuban relations and noted the mutual interest in expanding political, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between Belarus and Cuba," the Belarusian diplomatic ...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Belarus Xie Xiaoyung.

The official said: “Matters concerning the operation of our common market are also on the agenda now. Participants of the previous session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council decided to try to reconcile approaches to export regulation."

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko held a working meeting with Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

The prime ministers are set to discuss the issues of fundamental importance for the integration in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Entrepreneurs should pay adequate wages to employees rather than devise ways to line up their own pockets, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Taxes and Duties Minister Sergei Nalivaiko and Chairman of the State Control Comm...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I would like to raise the issue today. Judging by last year's lessons we've recently seen who is who and have started harshly demanding the payment of taxes and the normal behavior of simple businessmen."

“Not a single hair should fall from an entrepreneur who respects the law. We should support bona fide businesses. These are people who work for the state and serve its interests. There is only one thing: taxes must be paid, employees must be treate...

According to the source, tests prompted the need to replace one of the components of the turbine generator's exciter. The relevant work is in progress with assistance of the Russian manufacturer.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 465,210 cases. A total of 459,090 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I would like businessmen to hear me saying that nobody is going to settle a score with them. Some made mistakes. Some went astray. Some misunderstood some things. It is necessary to make things clear for them. I am even ...

The commitment to leave no one behind is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the Belarusian National Assembly, the National Coordinator for the SDGs Anatoly Isachenko said.

The analyst said: “Belarus has become the third country after Venezuela and Hong Kong [of the People's Republic of China] where color revolutions have failed, where it was possible to work out original counteraction mechanisms.”

The source noted that the export duties will not be levied for timber sold to the Eurasian Economic Union member states, to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

Roman Protasevich said: “Maybe yes. I sincerely believed in what I was doing. And I was doing it not quite for what the opposition is coming to now. I was indeed too committed to ideas in many aspects and I believed extremely strongly in some ideal...

The sides approved of expanding the practice of using the Russian payment system Mir and the Belarusian payment system Belkart in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

Belarus, together with its allies, successfully holds out against Western sanctions, political scientist Aleksandr Shpakovsky told BelTA.

Over 770 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 16.00 on 11 August, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The Georgian airline Georgian Airways resumed air service to Belarus on 11 August. Minsk welcomed a Boeing 737-700 with a water salute.

In January-July 2021, Belarusian enterprises that made transactions on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) gained over Br271 million in additional revenue and saving in expenditure, which was up by 69% year-on-year.

According to the scenario of the exercise local residents notified the authorities about the location of an illegal armed unit in the border zone. This tip was verified and the border service special operations unit OSAM was deployed to block and eli...

OOO Europlasteks Invest will spend over €5 million on setting up a metal-processing enterprise. The first products may be made as early as in 2022. Most of the output will be exported to Central Asia, Western Europe, the Near East and the Middle Ea...

Belarus withdrew its consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as U.S. Ambassador to Minsk, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

“This post is about the heroes of our time. Do you remember the cases of two boys who suffered severe burns one after another a few months back? Vadim's fishing rod caught on the electric wire. Roman was seriously injured when rescuing his little b...

“We have outlined three matters that require consideration of the head of state. One of them is the constitutional status of the Belarusian People's Congress, since it is a new institution in the system of government,” Piotr Miklashevich said.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 456,247 cases. A total of 450,248 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The exercise is supervised by a deputy chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command. The second stage of the exercise will take place after the troops redeploy to the Russian army exercise area Ashuluk. Live ammunition will be used there.

Pakistan greatly values its relationship with the Republic of Belarus and views it as an important partner and friend. Political cooperation between our two countries has evolved into a durable, broad-based and comprehensive partnership, the Ambassad...

Have you decided to start your own business or expand an existing one? Then your choice is the Minsk World multifunctional complex that offers a wide range of commercial real estate.

“The effective Constitution has this provision. In order to stay current with the times, we need to update this constitutional provision, since the Republic of Belarus is a member of the CSTO and is actually part of the military and political bloc,...

Belarus demands that Belgium investigate the torching incident at its embassy in Brussels, Spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told BelTA when asked about the follow-up of the incident.

Roman Golovchenko said: “Today upon the president's instructions state awards will be presented to the best representatives of the country's worker collectives. Every one of you is an embodiment of professionalism, reliability, and dedication to du...

Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has posted a comment on her Telegram channel where she opined on the statement of Lithuania's Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė about the protests in Vilnius.

In January-June 2021, Belarus exported its food products to 96 countries.

Children with COVID-19 in Gomel Oblast are admitted to Gomel Regional Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital.

In the first half of the day the Belarusian athletes tested the sports equipment at Mladost Stadium, and the coaching staff made last adjustments.

In the first days of the vegetable harvest campaign, the Kadino farm, Mogilev District, harvested about 10 tonnes of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, and beets.

“In January-July 2021, Minsk Metro carried 128.5 million passengers. This is almost 1.7 million more journeys on the metro compared with the same period last year. The growth was due to the introduction of the Zelenoluzhskaya metro line,” said An...

The Constitutional Commission convened for its regular meeting on 11 August to consider editorial revisions to the Basic Law, developed by the Constitutional Commission based on the comments of the members of the Commission.

Such joint projects are of great importance for the youth of the two countries. “This is very important for the promotion of the Union State. Young people will make friends and do science. This is an important point in the development of the countr...

Belarus' world number 15 Victoria Azarenka progressed to the round of Last 16 at the Omnium Banque Nationale, seeing off Romania's world number 40 Sorana Cirstea in two straight sets 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and 15 minutes.

Over 300 performers from all over the country, who successfully passed live preliminary audition, will soon share their personal stories and meet face-to-face with prominent mentors - Sergei Sosedov, Ruslan Alekhno, Sergei Parkhomenko (Seryoga) and O...

As of 11 August, 1.519 million hectares planted to grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were harvested, or almost 70.8% of the target. In the lead is Brest Oblast with 282,100 hectares, or 83.6% of the areas cropped.

The CSTO secretary general informed the Armenian head of government that the Collective Security Treaty Organization closely follows the situation at the Azerbaijan-Armenia border and is concerned about an increase in frequency and the expansion of g...

According to the DBRB website, in H1 2021 the bank continued supporting Belarusian export by providing export loans. In January-June the bank's export loan portfolio totaled Br755.7 million or the equivalent of $298.5 million, up by Br365.1 million (...

“The sanctions can also be regarded as the recognition by our opponents (we can already call them that) of the achievements of Belarusian athletes, the cohesion of the Olympic team and its support from the Belarusian people,” the NOC noted.

In January-June 2021 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $42.399 billion, 30.5% up from the same period in 2020. Import amounted to $20.337 billion (28.3% up).

In the opening round the Romanian saw off world number 37 Alison Riske of the United States 6-3, 6-4.

The Indian Cinema Week is taking place in the run-up to India's 75th Independence Day. The solemn opening ceremony was attended by Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus Shri Alok Ranjan Jha, Belarus' Deputy Culture Minister Valery Gromada, ...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has instructed the government to work out a set of additional measures against another loop of sanctions the Western countries have enforced against Belarus.

In July the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 100.4% as against June 2021 and 105.6% as against December 2020.

2020 Tokyo rhythmic gymnastics bronze medalist Alina Harnasko of Belarus chose Minsk Children's Olympic School No.4 of the Belarusian Sports Society Dinamo, where she held her first practice sessions, for Br10,000 assistance from the Presidential Spo...

The official said: “The state border protection system meets contemporary requirements and ensures the country's protection from foreign infringements. The facts that unfortunately happen at the Lithuanian border and the Polish one dishonor our col...

The parties reviewed the status of trade and economic cooperation, discussed ways to step up trade in food and farm products, engineering goods, products made by the Bellegprom light industry concern and also considered the prospects for cooperation ...

By imposing sanctions the United States of America and the United Kingdom are competing unfairly and are trying to squeeze Russian and Belarusian companies out of global markets, Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of t...

According to Aleksandr Volfovich, border service units and army units practiced finding and eliminating an illegal armed unit that had infiltrated into Belarus. A motorized rifle company of the 6th Independent Guards Mechanized Brigade was attached t...

Rostislav Vergun's men beat Romania 77-72 in Group D in Riga. Kiryl Sitnik led his team with 20 points. At the start of the competitions Belarus lost to Latvia 83-92. Latvia defeated Romania 108-72.

Thus, these countries have once again demonstrated a complete disregard for international law, their own international and bilateral obligations, and exposed the true goals of their policy towards Belarus, the ministry said

The sides also came to terms on finishing the pilot operation of communication channels with reduced roaming rates. Comfortable roaming rates will be offered to roaming mobile users of Belarus and Russia as from 1 September 2021 on a permanent basis.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 455,281 cases. A total of 449,186 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The Belarusian holds 8,645 points following the 2020 Tokyo Olympic tennis tournament.

Scientists from Belarus, Poland and the United States will intensify trilateral cooperation and joint activities in the field of biodiversity and conservation of unique natural areas.

According to the source, the group included three kids. One of the foreigners recorded a video of how representatives of the Lithuanian border service had treated the people. The video clearly demonstrates how Lithuanian border guard personnel left a...

As of 10 August, 1.449 million hectares planted to grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were harvested, or almost 67.6% of the target.

High quality and relatively low prices for Belarusian building materials drive the demand for them abroad. Export accounts for a large share of the total output of building materials.

Belarus is facing a continuous hybrid attack that seeks to overthrow its legitimate government using almost all possible tools, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas said at a meeting with Armenia's Act...

Belarus' economy remains on the growth track despite the pandemic and sanctions, Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big pres...

Deeper integration between Belarus and Russia is the imperative of the time, Editor-in-Chief of the Eurasia.Expert website Vyacheslav Sutyrin told BelTA. The expert took part in the Big Conversation with the President.

“I often cite Russian journalists as an example for Belarusian ones: look at how they work. I name certain journalists, especially those working on the RTR TV channel,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. At the same time, when Belarus approaches Russia f...

Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that education is of paramount importance. “If we fail to address problems in education, we will not be able to tackle a single problem in the society. This is our most painful issue,” he said.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, it was Vladimir Putin who advised him to arrange a rally of Aleksandr Lukashenko's supporters. Aleksandr Lukashenko admitted he had feared there might be clashes between his supporters and protesters.

About 300 people turned up for the Big Conversation with the President. About 1,000 applications for participation in the meeting with the head of state had been submitted. The number of foreign applications accounted for one third of the number.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I was glad that they had failed to achieve anything. I cannot say there were traitors everywhere but there were mad and crazy people. I think there are a handful of them left.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I want Belarus to be a calm country. We will buy all the other things. We don't need much. We will find money to buy things. We will make everything primarily thanks to our brains, our own hands just the way we are doing...

A corresponding proposal was voiced in May at the president's meeting with MPs where representatives of the public were also present. Back then Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that this issue should be scrutinized from a legal point of view.

“You are far away and you do not care about what is happening in Belarus. You cannot even locate it on a map. And after 10 minutes you forgot who you treated with cookies,” the head of state said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The tax maneuver needs to be calculated and compensated if such a decision is made. But some progress has been made in that regard. We've fulfilled our commitments and made the first step. As large as about 50%. We don't...

Aleksandr Lukashenko responded that according to his observations there is a reverse trend: the number of those willing to assume additional responsibilities dwindles because additional powers entail additional responsibilities.

According to the president, if Belarus wanted to do it, then together with Russia it would be able to bring Ukraine to its knees within 24 hours. In particular, it could stop supplying fuels and lubricants. “In this case Zelenskyy and everyone else...

“By the end of the year, everyone should be able to receive citizenship. We just need a system allowing these people to submit an application,” the president answered the question. In his opinion, the officials ‘botched this task'.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The FSB and the KGB maintain tight contacts. We borrow a lot from you and you have learned something from us. We cooperate and learn. We have a lot of common tasks. We help each other. The FSB provides material resources...