"We see how much importance the presidents of the two countries attach to our union. This also binds us together and obliges us to cooperate in all areas,” Boris Batura noted. "But we are even more connected by genetic kinship, our roots and desti...

The meeting of Belarusian and Russian sister cities is a symbol of friendship and unity of the two states, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian public association Sister Cities, Chairman of the Council of Elders under the Presidium of the Council ...

The Consulate General of Belarus will be opened before 31 December 2021.

The event will take place in the Palace of the Republic. Partaking in it will be about 450 representatives of organizations and enterprises included in the Belkoopsoyuz system.

The humanitarian aid includes medicines, canned meat and whole milk powder, a total of 14 types of items.

The new resident company – Aksiom Group LLC (Belarus) – will set up a production facility to manufacture special-purpose trucks for agricultural and forestry purposes. The facility will be up and running next year.

Due to high rates of economic growth, Belarus can fulfill its social security commitments to the full and reduce the burden on business, Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said during a working trip to Baranovichi District.

"Mass escapes are impossible as refugees are guarded by the armed police and the military round-the-clock. Guard dogs are also used. These so-called camps are equipped with fences, barbed wire and security equipment,” the State Border Committee not...

The man's body was found on 5 October in the shrubs 500 meters from the state border with Lithuania. The police found a mobile phone, bank cards and documents with him that helped identify the man as a 29-year-old citizen of Sri Lanka.

Over 2,500 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 7 October, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

Belarusian and Russian partners gathered to discuss the state and prospects of interaction across many areas, primarily in economy and social security. The theme of the meeting was “Twinning relations as an instrument to strengthen the Belarus-Russ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to participants of the 10th meeting of sister cities of Belarus and Russia.

The joint exercises will take place in the training area Kharbmaidon on 18-23 October. During the exercises the Belarusian army will be represented by 256 military personnel and five units of equipment.

Sergei Aleinik and Mahym Orazmuhammedova discussed Belarus' cooperation with the International Organization for Migration within the framework of the organization's program activities, including border management, assistance with the voluntary return...

According to Vladimir Gusakov, the new drivers of economic development will ensure long-term stability and quality of economic growth. Effective mechanisms are needed today, which can fully neutralize new threats and ensure economic security in the l...

The sides exchanged opinions about the state and prospects of development of Belarus-Turkey military cooperation.

Venezuela president's special envoy Adan Chavez Frias visited Belarusian State University (BSU) and met with its rector Andrei Korol in Minsk on 7 October, BelTA learned form the press service of the university

The Youth Parliament under the National Assembly of Belarus plans to develop cooperation with Chinese provinces, Chairman of the Youth Parliament Yegor Makarevich said at a meeting with director general of the integration platform of international ec...

Promising areas of partnership were discussed at a meeting of Director General of the state enterprise Beltopgaz Aleksei Kushnarenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Belarus Valeri Kvaratskhelia.

The final round of the Andrei Gromyko Competition for Young CIS International Relations Specialists is taking place in Moscow.

The all-year-round children's rehabilitation and health center Ptich in Petrikov District can accommodate 296 children from the Chernobyl-affected districts of Gomel Oblast for rehabilitation.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 551,800. A total of 528,208 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

"On 14 October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk," Maria Zakharova said. "I would like to remind you that Belarus is holding the...

The situation with illegal migrants in Belarus is completely under control, Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov said at a meeting in the Brest City Hall.

The speaker stressed that the relations between Belarus and Venezuela rely on a solid foundation. "We will do everything to ensure that they continue to develop very fruitfully," she said.

Speaking about prospects of cooperation with other countries in the sphere of transit of potash fertilizers and oil products next year, Nikolai Snopkov stressed that these goods will be delivered to customers bearing in mind primarily economic advisa...

The 21st session of the Belarus-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Military and Technical Cooperation took place in Minsk and Grodno. Heads of departments and leading companies of the defense sector met at the sanatorium Ozerny on 7 October to di...

“Such ATMs will help reduce the time spent on basic financial transactions to 30 seconds. The self-service pharmacy vending machine will read the prescription, select drugs (up to 500 items) and dispense them to the user,” representatives of the ...

The internal affairs minister said: “Some are trying to have fun by hyping about this death. About 200 citizens have been detained so far. They have written all kinds of filth in Telegram channels hoping nobody would find them. They called for taki...

Sergei Klishevich urged to reboot some areas of cooperation and discuss new possible projects. "Once again, we had good contacts. We need to maintain them in order to resist the enemies of our states together in the international venues," he stated.

The Minsk World multifunctional complex has become the official partner of Belarus' National Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai.

“We were unanimous that we need to restore the level of relations that we had, and take them further. Venezuela has everything we need. We have everything Venezuela needs. What is holding us back? We have to find ways of making mutual settlements a...

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that although the sanctions per se represent a challenge for the economy, this moment can be used to explore new opportunities, to get mobilized, and produce results regardless of any pressure.

Belarus' merchandise export rose by 36%. Foreign currency earnings of Belarusian enterprises totaled $6.5 billion. Foreign trade surplus exceeded $2 billion. It has not been as high since 2013. “There is a considerable demand primarily for trucks, ...

We reaffirmed our commitment to supporting each other. We agreed to restart those projects that we implemented earlier, and outlined new areas of cooperation: in energy, mining, technology, and agriculture, Adan Chavez Frias said.

"Another round of attempts to restrain and intimidate us is turning against the business and the economy of the country that imposes the sanctions” the head of state emphasized.

Databases of the customs service had to be updated from 12:00 till 20:00 on 6 October. This factor also contributed to the congestion of trucks at the border. According to the source, about 1,600 semi-trailer trucks are waiting to leave Belarus right...

The head of state recalled a previous decision to meet with the government every three months or more often if necessary to discuss economic matters.

Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus placed fifth in the women's 65kg event at the World Wrestling Championships 2021 in Oslo, Norway.

It is time we took stock of the relations between Belarus and Venezuela and built even stronger cooperation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Venezuela president's special envoy Adan Chavez Frias in Minsk.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have had a telephone conversation, BelTA learned from Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.

As of the morning of 7 October, winter crops were sown on the area of 1.35 million hectares, which is 92.7% of the target area (1,456,100 hectares). Grain and leguminous crops (including corn) have been harvested from 2.145 million hectares (90.9% of...

Adan Chavez Frias is currently paying a visit to Belarus. The program of the visit envisages a meeting with Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives ...

“We made the decision to bring the embassy office here from Khabarovsk because of the shifted focus on the development of the Far Eastern Federal District,” said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko.

According to the country's monetary guidelines for 2021, the volume of international reserve assets is expected to make up at least $6 billion on 1 January 2022.

Over 150 trucks are queuing at the Belarus-Latvia border at the Grigorovshchina checkpoint and more than 110 at Urbany.

Belarus' world number 100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich took a two-set victory over world number 71 Maraa Camila Osorio Serrano of Colombia, 6-0, 6-4, in the Indian Wells opener.

The program of the visit envisages a meeting with Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko.

Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that the close attention paid by Vladimir Putin to the Belarusian-Russian integration processes will continue to promote bilateral multifaceted cooperation and interaction within the framework of the Union St...

The international exhibition “Contemporary Avant-Garde: Vanguard Today” in Minsk kicked off in the art-hall High Place on 6 October featuring works of artists from Belarus, Russia and Armenia. On display are 40 works, made in different styles and...

Participants of the session discussed problems with fulfilling provisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 22 January 1993 and bilateral consular conventions.

Participants of the session discussed matters concerning the creation, operation, and development of the joint communications system of the CIS armies. They summed up results achieved in 2021 and determined the main events for the 2021-2025 period.

Hundreds of people have already joined the project. The more participants there are, the more help children with disabilities will receive. Therefore, the organizers decided to extend Move4Good at www.move4good.by until 30 October to attract as many...

Aleksandr Volfovich made a working trip to the frontier Kamenets District where he met with local executives, discussed the socio-political and socio-economic situation in the district, and assessed the situation on the border.

Vladimir Makei stressed: “The emerging negative trend of Western countries aggressively using unilateral coercive measures against other sovereign states runs contrary to the UN Charter and a number of international commitments."

At least 25,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries are enrolled in major and additional programs in Belarus, Belarusian Education Minister Igor Karpenko said during the plenary session of the international educational forum of foreign grad...

According to Vladimir Makei, the integration topic should become an important line of work for UNCTAD as a new dimension of multilateralism on the international agenda.

According to the source, a military transport delivered the refugees to the Belarusian-Polish border. Once they saw a Belarusian border patrol, the Polish law enforcement personnel recognized they had no way out of the situation and abandoned their i...

The international exhibition-fair BelTexIndustry 2021 is running at the BelExpo national exhibition center in Minsk from 6 to 8 October. It is the largest trade fair of light industry goods in Belarus.

Trade has been growing in these difficult days of the pandemic and political turbulence. Exports of goods from Georgia and Belarus have been on the rise. This is all an indication that we need to go forward, together, and that the interest is mutual,...

Belarus' world number 138 Olga Govortsova was unable to make it through to the Indian Wells main draw, losing to Kazakhstan's world number 108 Zarina Diyas, 3-6, 3-6, in the second qualifying round.

They shared the silver medal with students from the University of Wroclaw (Poland), the University of Cambridge (UK), and the University of Bucharest (Romania).

Today, Mogilev Oblast and Primorsky Krai have roadmaps of cooperation in a number of areas," Mogilev Oblast Vice Governor Valery Malashko said. “Despite the distance, we have established close economic, cultural, historical and socio-political rela...

On 6 October Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova met with Ukrainian politicians Aleksandr Moroz, Aleksei Berezhnoi and Vasily Tsushko.

ENSREG is conducting a peer review of the national action plan, which Belarus put together after stress-testing the nuclear power plant. According to Oleg Sobolev, the experts are evaluating how Belarus has responded to the proposals made at all stag...

The Belarusian lost 3-9 to Ukraine's Mahamed Zakariiev in the bronze bout. Second bronze went to Mojtaba Goleij of Iran.

The official said that an IRRS mission took place in 2016 and covered ten thematic modules as well as a number of additional fields Belarus had requested as a nuclear energy newcomer country.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 549,817. A total of 526,648 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Maintaining contacts in the transport sector is extremely important for Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Russian Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev in Minsk on 6 October.

The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was disconnected from the power grid on 12 July when the automatic protection of the generator kicked in. Equipment and systems of the turbine generator underwent diagnostics. The first unit was re...

Absurd and ridiculous are the statements about certain willingness to help “people in a difficult situation” announced by the country that beats up and ousts refugees not sparing even disabled children and that imposes a state of emergency to cov...

The sides discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation in the area of smart cities and digital government within the framework of possible participation in programs financed by the Korean government.

According to the source, 300 semi-trailer trucks are waiting to leave Belarus right now. Bilateral agreements specify how many trucks a border checkpoint is supposed to let through over a certain period of time.

The two towns have a similar history. Veliky Novgorod was the birthplace of the Russian statehood. It is one of the three towns where St. Sophia Cathedral was built. By the way, the cathedral has survived to this day. Likewise, Polotsk was the cradle...

Apart from the meetings at the Minsk office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Perm entrepreneurs held bilateral talks at the companies of Minsk, Mogilev Oblast and Gomel Oblast, and also negotiations in the form of video conferences...

The urban settlement of Dribin is Belarus' smallest district capital, its population is about 3,000 people. It is also the youngest district capital of Mogilev Oblast.

The regional breakdown of the sowing progress is as follows: Brest Oblast (sowing complete), Minsk Oblast (313,200 hectares or 91%), Vitebsk Oblast (194,600 hectares or 84.2%), Grodno Oblast (182,800 hectares or 92.8%), Gomel Oblast (180,600 hectares...

For a long time, the area under winter crops equaled that under spring crops in our country. But in recent years, due to global warming, droughts have become more frequent. In this regard, the Agriculture and Food Ministry, together with the National...

“After someone showed some empty shelves somewhere, it prompted consumers to ‘panic buy' sugar. We started delivering 1,800 tons of sugar every day. In September we shipped 15% more sugar than in the same month last year. Sugar is well stocked,�...

For a hundred years, Belarusian State University (BSU) concluded more than 500 agreements with universities from 59 countries, BelTA learned from the press service of the university.

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 on 5 October.

On 5 October Education Minister Igor Karpenko took part in a time capsule laying at the site where the Student Brotherhood architectural structure will appear. The same day the international friendship club of foreign students and graduates was unvei...

European fallow deer is the draw of the Vitebsk Zoo. It is a species of ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.

Belarus' representative mentioned the importance of evaluating the human rights situation in all countries objectively and from the same angle, including the usage of special tools of the UN Human Rights Council.

KIOGE 2021 is one of the most important events in Kazakhstan's oil, gas, and energy industries. It gathered 155 companies from nine countries and is taking place alongside the Eurasian forum Kazenergy.

The event coincided with the 55th anniversary since the company's foundation: the order to set up Belorusneft was signed in February 1966. The first commercial oil flow was secured in the Rechitskoye oil field in 1964.

"Currently, the commission is forming a working group that will develop an international agreement to set up the Eurasian Reinsurance Company. The agreement is slated for signing for the first half of 2022," Iya Malkina said.

A number of factors contributed to the export growth. Firstly, the reputation of Belarus-made products that are known for their optimal price/quality ratio. Secondly, the effective work of company managers who promptly adjusted production plans, mark...

“The unemployment rate in the EAEU decreased by 66% in August compared to the same month a year earlier. The number of people registered with employment services at the end of August amounted to 1.36 million people,” Iya Malkina said.

“This year the Belarusian energy system is celebrating its 90th anniversary. We direct all our efforts to make the anniversary forum a worthy and interesting event for all the participants. More than 200 organizations will take part in the forum a...

It will showcase the works of Belarusian artists. The Belarusian Corner is an initiative of Turkish collector and philanthropist Erol Uruglu, who has Belarusian and Russian roots (his mother is a native of Grodno, and his father is from St. Petersbu...

“In January-August 2021 the export of Belarusian products totaled $4.1 billion, up $400 million, or 10.8% over the same period last year,” the minister said.

The 27th international exhibition Medicine and Health 2021 opened in Minsk on 5 October.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 547,826. A total of 525,144 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Pakistan is interested in intensifying economic cooperation with Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan said at the opening of the fifth session of the Belarus-Pakistan Business Council.

According to Vladimir Ulakhovich, Pakistan imports some $47 billion worth of products annually, and Belarus, in his words, can be an important partner for Pakistan in this regard.

Relations between Belarus and Pakistan are growing strategic, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich said as he opened the fifth meeting of the Belarus-Pakistan Business Council.