"I must tell you that we talk about the Balkans at almost every meeting with President Putin. Who do we have in the Balkans? Right, we have Serbia. The foothold of the Slavs in the Balkans in all times. It still is today. Very often we discuss the p...

Aleksandr Lukashenko assured that Belarus has always been determined to support Serbia and the Serbian people as much as possible. “We also feel this support from Serbia. The main thing now is to survive the hard times,” the Belarusian leader sai...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has met with Belarus' Honorary Consul in Belgrade, Chairman of the Serbia-Belarus Friendship Group in the Serbian Parliament Dragomir Karic.

“You went through a very difficult time. We were ready to support you any time. All this time we have continued our cooperation. We love Belarus and your people very much,” said Radiy Khabirov.

The bill on the genocide of the Belarusian people will be discussed by MPs at the autumn session, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko told reporters.

Cooperation between Russia's Bashkortostan and Belarus has a great potential, the head of Russia's Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov said during a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Belarus' response to the fifth round of sanctions should be tough enough to hit hard people in the countries that impose restrictions against Belarus, Professor at Belarusian State University Mikhail Kovalyov told the Respublika newspaper.

In January-October 2021 Belarus' export of food products and agricultural raw materials rose by 14.1% and totaled about $5.4 billion.

The aircraft is set to arrive at Minsk National Airport at 2:50 and leave back for Damascus at 3.30.

“Our main objective is obvious and attainable. We want to restore the pre-crisis level of trade as soon as possible,” the president noted. In his words, in January-September 2021 the bilateral trade fell by 16% from the same period of the previou...

The aircraft is expected to arrive at Minsk National Airport at 12.45. The plane will fly back to Erbil at 13.45.

“Ukraine's impertinent and alarming actions show the coordination and approval of these unfriendly steps by their Western partners," the MP said.

Refugees have been staying on the Belarus-Poland border for 30 days already. They are living in a temporary accommodation facility at the transportation and logistics center near the Bruzgi border crossing point. Most of the refugees are Iraqi citize...

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.

Business representatives presented their own unique developments for the Industry 4.0 concept development. These included an electronic trading and logistics platform (marketplace) to promote and organize sales of industrial products in foreign and d...

Refugees have been staying on the Belarus-Poland border for nearly a month. They have been living in a temporary accommodation facility at the transportation and logistics center near the Bruzgi border checkpoint. Most of the refugees are Iraqi citiz...

Participants of the session are expected to discuss challenges and threats to military security in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia collective security regions as well as matters of further development of the collective air force and th...

In his words, European neighbors are to blame for the migrant crisis from the global point of view and from the tactical one. As for the global one, they have destabilized Africa and the Middle East. As for the tactical one, they have terminated coop...

The official said: “Apart from that, attracting anchor projects will be prioritized. I am talking about investors that bring companies with the volume of investments in excess of $50 million. We have to attract at least five such companies to the G...

"We are really in much better conditions compared to the forest. We have a roof over our heads, food, warm clothes. It is a better way to wait for our issue to be resolved,” said the young man. He stressed that people who are staying in the logisti...

“More than 3.732 million Belarusians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Of them 2.969 million have received their second jab,” the press service noted.

The Chinese market is attractive not only due to its capacity but also due to favorable market conditions. Thanks to these factors, Vitebsk Meat and Dairy Products plans to expand cooperation with China through both increasing the volume of supplies ...

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The sanctions policy of Western countries creates powerful additional incentives for the dynamic development of foreign economic relations with China, Director of the Institute of Economics at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky...

Opening the first of the meetings, Marina Yezhova, the head of the Main Department of Economic Integration at the Economy Ministry, recalled that this is the third round of negotiations between Belarus and Turkey.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 665,125. A total of 654,000 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Qiangtang National Nature Reserve is located in southwest China. Its area is about 300,000km2

The government of the Republic of Belarus has banned the import of a number of goods originating from the states applying the illegitimate anti-Belarusian sanctionsю

Refugees have been staying on the Belarus-Poland border for 29 days already. People are staying in a temporary accommodation facility at the transport and logistics center near the Bruzgi border crossing.

“By reinforcing air security of Belarus, Russia takes care of its own security within the framework of the joint air defense and ballistic missile defense system,” Igor Korotchenko stressed.

“It is important to note that all the attacks on Belarus, on official Minsk have to do with the failed attempt to stage the coup last year. Great intellectual, financial and political efforts were invested in this attempt,” the expert said.

According to the source, a Ukrainian helicopter of the Mi-8 type violated the Belarusian state border in the air space near the village of Novaya Rudnya, Yelsk District, Gomel Oblast on 4 December 2021.

By suggesting to host Russian nuclear weapons Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has responded to the West's threats to deploy its nuclear capabilities in Poland and the Baltic countries, Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko said.

“There can be no opposition from among fugitives in Belarus,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “If you run away, stay there. If you manage to come back, you can become part of the society somehow but not the government. Their key purpose now is to dr...

Minsk will be needed as a platform for European security dialogue, since the West understands that Aleksandr Lukashenko is the real and uncontested leader of Belarus, Igor Korotchenko, a military expert and Editor-in-Chief of the Russian magazine Nat...

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If the United States deploys nuclear weapons near the borders of Belarus, our response should not be long in coming. "We will be in our right to ask Russia to deploy nuclear weapons in our territory, said MP Igor Khlobukin.

The president admitted that the authorities might have poorly interacted with such people. Now their kids have grown up and some of them do not support the government policy either.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved new appointments to the national government bodies.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments on 6 December, BelTA informs.

“You should be very careful when selecting people for your team. Do not start a witch hunt, do not see an enemy in everyone. After all, many people were misguided then,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

“The information technologies industry and the production sector still remain growth drivers. The industrial sector will grow faster than the rest of the economy. The industrial output growth is expected at 3.3-3.5%,” Dmitry Krutoi said.

"Of course, there is nothing good about this. But there are no reasons to lament, whine and prepare for the worst," Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

The head of state pointed out that the West accuses Russia of allegedly planning to attack Ukraine. “They need a reason to pound on Russia. So they've come up with these accusations. Although no one in Russia intends to attack Ukraine. Russia sees ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko explained the reasons for amending the Constitution as he appointed new heads of local authorities on 6 December.

Asked how much oil Belarus intends to buy, Dmitry Krutoi said: “As much as this year. The state budget specifies a more conservative scenario – as much as 12.5 million tonnes will be processed. But the target is 16-17 million tonnes. Some will be...

Belarus is facing a risk of losing its statehood if the sanctions keep piling up, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel.

"Despite all the difficulties we must look ahead. The country must develop, no matter what. We will not have a quiet life. But sitting idle whining about anti-Belarus policy is not our approach either," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

He is convinced that good executives, even if they got an appointment in a brand-new field of activity, can work with professional people with good knowledge of the agricultural and manufacturing industries, the services sector, business, entrepreneu...

The official said: “Naturally, taking into account the pressure of sanctions and the analysis of the affected enterprises the matrix of deliveries to Europe has been compiled more creatively. We don't expect any decrease in the shipment of the good...

"When meeting with a number of colleagues, they were surprised to learn that the EU was going to impose sanctions that day. They say that ‘we have not yet discussed it at our level, at the level of foreign ministers'," Vladimir Makei said.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei shared his impressions of the recent OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Stockholm in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel.

It was reported earlier that Belarus and Russia had reached an agreement on the price of gas for 2022. It will not change from this year's price. According to Dmitry Krutoi, this is a competitive advantage.

“I had a number of meetings with my counterparts, which were reported officially, including on the website of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most of the meetings, however, were held behind closed doors, and we did not report about them...

The airport informed on its Telegram channel that a total of 419 passengers (including four children under two) had registered for the Iraqi Airways flight Minsk-Erbil.

The minister stressed that Belarus should be ready to respond adequately to such things. In his latest interviews the Belarusian head of state clearly spoke on this matter, the diplomat noted.

“They [the sanctions] are the only serious threat to the economic security of our republic. But I think that right now we cope with the sanctions pressure well. We have mobilization plans for every scenario. I do not see any global problems in this...

China is ready to defend, together with Belarus, the national interests of each other and strengthen strategic partnership, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Belarus Xie Xiaoyong told Be...

Solar eclipses in the southern hemisphere, especially over Antarctica, are very rare. The last such eclipse occurred on 23 January 2003, and the next one will not take place until 2039.

The behavior of the European Union countries on the Belarusian border is absolutely different from the European democratic values that they preach, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that in the past 100 years Finland has made huge progress in its development, has become an example for many states in terms of living standards, education, innovations and healthcare.

Roman Golovchenko added: “We are not perfect. We have problems. We know our bottlenecks. But we are doing everything to remove them. Whatever the difficult situation, we will cope with it.”

“Thanks to your efforts and innovative leadership, Kyrgyzstan is a success at carrying out state reforms, ensuring sustainable economic growth, strengthening its positions on the international arena,” the message of greetings reads.

“We kept working as usual during the weekend. We continue distributing hot breakfasts and lunches, food sets. Sufficient stocks of warm clothes and blankets, and other essentials have been created. Now we are studying refugees' needs in specific th...

"I want to emphasize that we are not going to use all possible instruments. Yet, retaliatory measures have been worked out, and the next round of measures will not be asymmetric, as we said, but symmetric,” the prime minister emphasized.

The Belarusian women's team of Iryna Leshchanka, Dzinara Alimbekava, Elena Kruchinkina and Hanna Sola were 57.9 seconds off the winners (no misses and six reloads).

“We are provided with accommodation, food and clothing. However, despite all the help from Belarus, I still want to go to Germany. My relatives already live there. They promised me to help solve my hearing problems: I can't hear in one ear,” she ...

Roman Golovchenko emphasized that real salaries, household incomes and pensions are growing. “Of course, we would like them to be bigger. Anyway, we are already ahead of our own plans set for this year. And this is all happening in a very difficult...

The residence of the Father Frost in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park hosted the Belovezhskaya Fairy Tale event that heralded a new tourist season in the national park.

During the plenary session of the summit Sergei Aleinik spoke in favor of further strengthening the role of the Central European Initiative as a platform for dialogue and for advancing regional cooperation.

Director General of the Russian state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin noted: “At a certain stage we may integrate our assets into a single asset the way Europe has done. I'd like us to seriously discuss the establishment of the Eurasian Space ...

In January-November 2021 MTZ made over 30,000 units of equipment. Thus, the company is close to making 35,000 units of equipment per annum.

The document is designed to further advance Belarus' strategic partnership with China across a broad spectrum of avenues in 2021-2025 and represents a logical continuation of a similar directive for the 2015-2021 period.

"We are very grateful to Belarus for help. This is especially important now, when it gets colder every day. We have food, water, children are clothed and have proper footwear. I, too, have everything I need,” the woman said.

More than 3.683 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 2.929 million have been fully vaccinated.

The MP said: “I've looked at the new package of sanctions. It is harder and harder for European officials to keep even a resemblance of a face! You teach democracy and enforce sanctions against reporters, who have their own point of view."

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 660,204. A total of 648,305 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

A pile of documents for study had been handed over to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on the eve of the meeting on social and economic issues. Photos of the president's desk in one of conference halls of the Palace of Independence were post...

The senator described the 61st session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Minsk as a historic event. During the session Belarusian and Russian MPs demonstrated their unity, adherence to the same ideals.

Winter scenery of Wulungu Lake in China

The Olympic champion scored 94.60 to land third. China's Xu Mengtao placed first scoring 99.49 points. Her teammate Kong Fanyu finished second with a total of 95.52.

BC Tsmoki Minsk celebrated their second victory in the EWBL new season, defeating Young Angels Kosice 74-69 on 2 December.

The decision of the Dakar Rally 2022 organizers to remove the MAZ-SPORTauto team from the list of participants proves that sport and politics do mix, pilot and leader of the team Siarhei Vyazovich told reporters.

Память о Великой Отечественной войне мы сохранили в сердцах и наша задача передавать ее молодому поколению. Об этом заявила председател...

Roman Golovchenko said: “We have less than one month till the end of the year. We already see how it ends. And we see that in most indicators we will exceed the goals we set ourselves. Despite all the apocalyptic forecasts from so-called independen...

Several dozen people, including many children, lined up with handwritten posters addressed to the Pope, Europe: "Your silence is killing us", "We want to see your humanity".

"The world has entered an era of high inflation, the reasons are known: an unprecedented money issue by the central banks of the Eurozone, the United States, and the price growth due to disruption in production and logistics chains," the prime minist...

Robust export growth in Belarus is primarily due to the ability of domestic companies to get their bearings fast and seize the moment, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters on 3 December.

“We are realists, we understand the conditions under which we will have to work, but we set a task to achieve growth. Of course, exports will be the main reserve for growth,” the prime minister added.

Roman Golovchenko reminded about attempts to rock the economic situation in Belarus and instigate some depression and defeatist mood among the citizens.

The government will honor all its social obligations in 2022 despite the fact that the 2022 budget will run a deficit, Belarusian Finance Minister Yuri Seliverstov told the media.

The latest package of Western sanctions against Belarus is puzzling, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told the media.

“Next year I want the government to step up efforts to protect the population. You must preserve what we have this year and reduce inflation a bit. Join efforst with Kallaur [Chairman of the Board of the National Bank Pavel Kallur]. All of you shou...

The finance minister explained that various bodies in Russia account for over half of the sums of foreign loans Belarus owes. “Since we owe most of the money to partners in Russia, I think we will be able to come to an understanding with them,” t...

“We have prepared and will introduce in the coming days a package of economic measures in retaliation to the restrictive actions taken against our country,” Roman Golovchenko said.

“The new illegitimate sanctions by the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom against Belarusian officials and entities of 2 December 2021 clearly demonstrate how far bellicose democracy promoters are willing to go in their futile efforts to ...