Taking part in the session will be representatives of government agencies working in the field of science, innovation and education, representatives of research and manufacturing centers, universities, start-ups, as well as entrepreneurs, heads of in...

The document was signed by Belarusian Consul General in Guangzhou Andrei Popov on behalf of the Minsk Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice President of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade of Guangdong ...

The parties also discussed the need for a coordinated policy of the Eurasian Economic Union on the climate agenda and prevention of discrimination of domestic goods in foreign markets in connection with the introduction of cross-border carbon regulat...

The event aims to raise awareness of air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions.

Leading specialists of Belarus, experts from Russia and Europe will discuss advancements in diagnostics and treatment of intraocular tumors and adnexal tumors.

Over 1,080 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 22 September, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

The Commission on Economic Policy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State will hold a video conference in Minsk and Moscow on 28 September.

The foreign minister will speak at the General Debate of the 76th session of UNGA 76 and the UN Food Systems Summit and will take part in the ministerial meeting of the Group of friends in defense of the Charter of the United Nations where he will ra...

The statement reads: “The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and are deeply saddened by the deaths of four individuals near the border between Poland and Belarus. The organizations are calling for a...

During the conversation the sides discussed topical matters of Belarusian-Turkish relations and exchanged opinions about Belarus-Turkey cooperation in trade and economy.

Belarus confirmed 1,917 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 1,362 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

According to Maria Zakharova, the campaign against the Belarusian-Russian army exercise Zapad 2021 definitely proceeded under some common oversight not only in mass media but in public statements of official representatives of NATO member states at v...

“One of the objectives for next year is household income growth. Household incomes are expected to increase by 2%. At the same time, the average nominal salary will be Br1,551 in the economy as a whole, and more than Br1,600 in the real sector of t...

Participants of the meeting discussed a number of matters concerning the social dimension. Aleksandr Lukashenko gave instructions to organize a similar meeting with representatives of the Belarus President Administration in a week.

Consolidated budget revenues are projected at around Br47 billion. As for social spending, salaries remain the biggest spending category, the minister said. “The salary fund for public-sector employees will be expanded by about 12-13%. This will al...

“One of our tasks for next year is to boost export. Export revenues are to reach $46 billion, with a surplus of more than $2 billion. This is a crucial task for us. We should seize the moment to increase export. Markets are growing, and our objecti...

Roman Golovchenko said: “The state budget will keep its social focus. Spending on public sector salaries, on pensions for the military, on support for large families, and other things will be raised significantly next year."

“Next year, we plan to achieve an economic growth of about 2.9%. This is the program level, and we are trying to meet the target,” said Aleksandr Chervyakov.

The grounds to use family capital prematurely will be expanded when it comes to the purchase of housing, medical treatment and education. Thus, families where children or parents have disabilities might be able to claim family capital ahead of schedu...

During business meetings agreements were reached to promote MMZ special vehicles in the Serbian and Hungarian markets. In particular, an agreement was signed with Agropanonka to sell generator and compressor stations in Serbia.

The negotiations took place on the sidelines of the 65th session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Viktor Karankevich informed Muhammad Naeem about the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

“There was a heated debate. Representatives of the central government and local authorities spoke out. Not all of our proposals were accepted. The draft decree will be adjusted,” the minister said.

Belarusian Education Minister Igor Karpenko revealed the details. He said: “For now there are certain issues relating to the creation of the legal base. We will continue working on it. But the president backed the idea."

Belarus' world number 52 went off to a good start at the Astana Open defeating Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-2, 6-4 in the opener.

According to the State Border Committee of Belarus, 1,120 semi-trailer trucks are waiting to leave Belarus right now. The bilateral agreements specify how many trucks a border checkpoint is supposed to let through over a certain period of time.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Andrei Molchan has met with Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Tourism Leticia Gomez.

“An additional voluntary contribution pension plan as an opportunity for people to improve their income in old age, was discussed at the 6th Belarusian People's Congress. Proposals on approaches to solving this problem have already been worked out,...

Belvin Trade Kft., accredited at BUCE as a non-resident broker, will be engaged in bringing potential buyers to the auction and promoting Belarus-made products on the Hungarian market.

The project is designed to bolster the national nuclear security regime and contribute to enhancing nuclear security at the regional level and the global one. “We will be grateful to the International Atomic Energy Agency for support with realizing...

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Aleksandr Guryanov has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev.

Yana Yakubovich is a grandmaster, reigning world champion, ranks 5th in the world in Russian draughts among women. She also won silver in the rapid round, losing to Vera Khvashchinskaya. Bronze went to Polina Petruseva of Belarus.

As part of the campaign We Care About Veterans, the Belarusian Peace Foundation helps equip veteran wards with refrigerators, TV sets, beds and diagnostic kits.

The head of state is set to get familiar with several draft decrees regarding support to large families, pension system, housing construction, civil and youth initiatives.

Additional support to large families in housing construction was discussed at a meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko with representatives of the Council of Ministers on 21 September.

Over 50 trucks were queuing at the Belarus-Latvia border at the Grigorovshchina checkpoint, and more than 110 trucks at the Urbany checkpoint.

The Belarusian number one is currently 2nd in the WTA and has already secured her debut singles appearance at the year-end showpiece. The other qualifiers include world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia and the Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikov...

In June 2021, Russia increased the number of regular flights to Belarus up to 10 per week. As of 1 August, the Russian Federation doubled the number of flights from Moscow to Minsk and increased the number of flights from Sochi and Krasnodar.

The head of state expressed his confidence that there were no objective obstacles to the development of fruitful bilateral cooperation on a wide range of matters.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a decree and an order to award the Medal for Labor Merits and the Letter of Commendation to a number of heads and employees of various institutions.

The head of state noted that over the years of sovereignty Belarus and Armenia have both maintained and strengthened their multi-pronged and mutually beneficial bilateral ties.

Belarus intends to import a total of about 300 million kWh of electricity from Russia in September. There are no plans to import Russian electricity in October, the Belarusian Energy Ministry said.

Taking part in the exercise are about 5,500 military personnel from Belarus, Russia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Over 1,200 weapon systems, military and special hardware units have been deployed. The Be...

Last week two Mi-8 helicopters based in Bergama and Kutahya as well as a Mi-26 helicopter based in Milas, Turkey performed 8 flights and dropped water 21 times (63 tonnes). Their flying time totaled 15 hours and 35 minutes.

The Belarusian number one did not play last week and remained second with a total of 7,720 points. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka went down three spots to 35th with 1,801 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich rose to 107th with 740 points, and Olg...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: “With deep pain and sorrow we heard news about the dreadful tragedy in the Perm State University that resulted in deaths and injuries of innocent people.”

The minister said that vaccination would help deal with this wave of COVID-19 in the first place.

Belarus has become the largest foreign participant of the exhibition, with products of more than 30 companies on display.

The Belarusian clocked 26:18.94 to reaffirm the champion title she won in 2019. Zsofia Kisban of Hungary came in second in 26:37.32. Bronze went to Maria Mailliard of Chile (26:39.51).

Mikita Borykau of Belarus clocked 1:38.87 to win gold in K1 Men 500m at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Demark.

Viktor Karankevich noted that the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is in the final stage. Papers to begin commercial operation of the first unit of the nuclear power plant were signed in June. The completion rate of the second unit ...

Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko and Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission Andrei Slepnev have discussed joint response of the EAEU member states to sanctions.

The University 3x3 Basketball Tournament kicked off at the sports grounds of the State School of Olympic Reserve during the 1st Youth Festival marking International Day of University Sport on 20 September.

Belarus' winning time is 1:48.62. Second was Hungary (1:49.40). Bronze went to Ukraine (1:49.79).

Polish and Lithuanian security forces beat and use disproportionate force against migrants in order to intimidate them, to make sure that migrants start perceiving Poland and Lithuania as the countries where xenophobia and racism are promulgated not ...

Viktor Karankevich informed Rafael Grossi about work in progress at the Belarusian nuclear power plant. The energy minister remarked that the safety of the nuclear power plant and openness remain indisputable priorities for Belarus at all the stages ...

Belarus will expand its economic presence in Brazil, Sergei Lukashevich, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Brazil.

The new head of the diplomatic mission emphasized the importance of good contacts between the presidents of the two countries.

Aleksandr Lukashenko wanted to know the details of how the candidates for ambassadorships were selected. “You understand that we cannot make a mistake in appointing ambassadors,” the head of state told Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei.

The president pointed out that agriculture would always be a priority task for local government executives.

The Seoul house is scheduled to be delivered in December 2022, while the Kuala Lumpur house will be commissioned in February 2023. As the sale of apartments has just started, the prices are the lowest - from Br2,400 per m²!

The diplomat said: “The Republic of Korea is our partner, a country that is rather close to us. It is important to promote all-round cooperation with the country, primarily trade and economic cooperation.”

The head of state reminded about the organization of the referendum and stressed that municipal authorities will also help organize the process. “Everyone will have his or her functions but there will be one goal,” he said.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made a number of personnel decisions on 20 September, BelTA has learned.

The Economy Ministry took stock of the results of the working trips of the ministry's senior officials across the regions. These trips were designed to help the regions come to grips with certain issues and to study development prospects, which is ne...

The husband said: “My wife was not feeling very well, she had blood pressure problems. She was very tired and was walking very slowly. And one Polish soldier put on gloves. There was metal on them. And he pushed her very hard. She fell. When I look...

He stressed that the observers from the Parliamentary Assembly exercised their functions openly and independently, being guided by the principles of political neutrality and non-interference in the electoral process.

Over 120 trucks are waiting for their turn to enter Lithuania via the border checkpoint Vidzy, 160 trucks via Kotlovka, over 270 trucks via Kamenny Log, over 230 trucks via Benyakoni, and over 200 trucks via Privalka.

The diplomat arrived in Minsk in 2017 and now his tenure is drawing to a close. He admitted that over this time he analyzed and rethought the relations of the two states. “For 30 years of independence Belarus has never acted in an unfriendly way to...

The diplomat expressed hope for a sound policy in the further development of relations between the two states and also confidence that cooperation would continue in a positive way.

Belarus will always be committed to friendly relations with Moldova, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova to Belarus Victor Sorocean on 20 September.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will receive Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova to Belarus Victor Sorocean at the Palace of Independence on 20 September on the occasion of the completion of the ambassador's diplomatic m...

The president addressed special words of gratitude to the veterans who laid a solid foundation for the effective work of the Belarusian customs service to suppress smuggling, illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and weapons, counterfeit and low-qual...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated the national canoe team on their brilliant performance at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Denmark.

The Belarusian quartet of Marharyta Makhneva, Nadzeya Papok, Volha Khudzenka and Maryna Litvinchuk reclaimed the K4 500m crown at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Denmark.

More than 1.8 million people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko told the ONT TV channel.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Our country's most ancient tradition of grassroots democracy lies at the heart of the people's unity. We choose our historical and political status together at referendums and Belarusian people's congresses. We vote by h...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Here is my address to you, to our Belarusian nation. I would like to congratulate you on the new state holiday, which will occupy a place in our modern history as worthy as Victory Day and Independence Day."

The president noted he had just come back from the friendly country of Tajikistan. Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Tajikistan is an unbelievably beautiful country with a rapidly growing population. There are plenty of mountains over there and comp...

The entire history of Belarus' sometimes difficult and dramatic road towards gaining and preserving its statehood has more than once confirmed the ancient wisdom of strength in unity, Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

The session will focus on the current state and prospects of development of bilateral cooperation in various fields, including hydrometeorology, environmental monitoring, use and protection of subsurface resources, biodiversity preservation, and othe...

The delegation includes heads of Belarus' leading industrial enterprises and is led by Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik. The minister met with Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic on 17 September.

Over 40 trucks are waiting for their turn to enter Lithuania via the border checkpoint Vidzy, 190 trucks via Kotlovka, over 120 trucks via Kamenny Log, over 60 trucks via Benyakoni, and over 60 trucks via Privalka.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikalai Barysevich has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation in the Republic of Belarus Abdulrahman Hamid Moha...

In line with the agreement, the Development Bank will provide loans to the pan-African bank to finance the supplies of Belarusian products to West African countries. According to Aleksandr Yegorov, this agreement will facilitate the export of Belarus...

During the meeting the diplomats reaffirmed interest in stepping up Belarus-Qatar cooperation and discussed up-to-date directions of bilateral cooperation in politics, trade, and economy.

Belarus' Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik who is on a visit to Serbia as part of Belarus delegation met with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic on 17 September.

More than 1,852,000 Belarusians have received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Belarus' Ambassador to Austria Andrei Dapkiunas has visited the federal state of Vorarlberg, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Vienna.

The agenda of the plenary session of the 65th General Conference includes matters concerning nuclear and radiation safety, nuclear security, measures being taken to fight COVID-19, possibilities for stepping up the IAEA's work in the area of technica...

The parties discussed the agenda of Belarus-Venezuela relations and also preparations for mutual high-level visits.

The company has already completed registration of documents and has become the first Japanese resident accredited on the BUCE. Thus, the geography of stock trading has expanded to 68 countries.

By its parliamentary elections, Russia has drawn certain conclusions from the events that took place during and after the 2020 presidential election in Belarus, Oleg Gaidukevich, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of ...

Mikhail Demidenko said: “The National Bank of Belarus has not decided whether the digital Belarusian ruble will be introduced or not yet. We are starting to look into the possibility. As a rule, central banks go through a long process before introd...

The foreign ministers discussed ways to intensify political cooperation and a possibility to resume contacts at the highest and high levels, as well as interaction in international organizations.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko earlier suggested joining efforts of the two organizations to resolve the Afghan crisis and hold a joint meeting.

According to Mikhail Myasnikovich, it would be a good idea to pay attention to promising multilateral projects within the framework of interaction of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

This year the organization celebrates its 20th anniversary. The SCO summit in Tajikistan took stock of the progress made by the organization over the past 20 years and discussed the state and prospects of multilateral cooperation. Aleksandr Lukashenk...

Igor Sergeyenko said: “I would like to congratulate all of you on the new state holiday of Belarus – People's Unity Day. 17 September 1939 became an act of historic justice. It was on this day that the reunification of Western Belarus and Eastern...