The IAEA experts are in Belarus as part of a follow-up mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS). The experts visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant while accompanied by employees of the Nucle...

The mercury is forecast to dip to as low as -23°C in Belarus on 8 December.

Representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the CSTO Joint Staff are visiting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on 5-9 December.

The bill was brought into the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament by the Council of Ministers on 8 September. It was developed for the sake of ratifying the Belarusian-Russian intergovernmental agreement, which was signed in Moscow on 19 Febru...

The first group will live in Beijing that will host speed skating, figure skating and short track competitions. Another group of athletes will stay in Zhangjiakou that will stage skiing and biathlon events. Yanqing will house the third group competin...

Belarus' law enforcement fully controls the situation in the country, Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told reporters prior to the National Coordination Meeting on Combating Crime and Corruption.

Russia supports Belarus in its efforts to counter Western sanctions that are aimed at triggering new protests in Belarus, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Pankin told RIA Novosti.

In January-September of 2021 the export of services by the High-Tech Park resident companies surged by 25% and exceeded $2.3 billion.

Belarus and Bashkortostan would like to cooperate in the field of land and property relations. This matter was discussed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Property Committee of Belarus Dmitry Matusevich with Minister of Land and Property Relati...

The decision to impose food embargo on a number of products from Western countries in response to the sanctions is absolutely right and reasonable, member of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidu...

“At 08.24 Cham Wings Airlines Airbus A-320 with 96 passengers on board took off from Minsk National Airport and headed to Damascus,” the message reads.

According to him, these goods can be roughly divided into three types. “Goods that are fully replaced by domestic producers or manufacturers from friendly countries. Goods that are locally produced, but in insufficient amounts, and the so-called cr...

The citizenship was granted to persons who applied for it following the instructions that Aleksandr Lukashenko gave during the Big Conversation with the President, a big press conference held on 9 August 2021.

The head of state believes that thanks to the joint efforts, the CIS will keep effectively responding to the challenges and threats of our time remaining an important factor in international life.

Gomel is hosting the final stage of the 18th edition of the Music of Hope international children's competition (drums and horns) on 6-10 December 2021.

Mikalai Barysevich and Janitha Abewickrema Liyanage discussed prospects of invigorating Belarus-Sri Lanka cooperation in specific areas and coordinated approaches to joint efforts meant to enhance the bilateral relations.

The diplomat said: “I will answer the key question right away: the migrant crisis at Belarusian borders emerged through no fault of Belarus. People leave their homes in war-torn countries in search of a better future. Belarus didn't force them to d...

According to the source, the Belarusian government has taken measures in response to continued attempts of the collective West to use sanctions to pressure the country. In line with the Council of Ministers' resolution a food embargo will be introduc...

We all want a speedy resolution of the situation. I'm tired of the West's lies. They've promised us one thing, now they say another. We read the news and do not understand what is happening, what the future holds for us," a refugee said.

More than 3.002 million Belarusians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Belarusian Consul General in Guangzhou Andrei Popov took part in the annual conference of the Guangzhou Office of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, Zhejiang Province.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 666,137. A total of 655,001 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko has paid a visit to Shandong Province, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Beijing

According to Aleksandr Osmolovsky, the dynamics of trade with Russian regions testifies to the effectiveness of the commodity exchange as a trade tool. Trade with Russian regions rose steadily throughout 2021.

It is important to increase the localization of production amid sanctions, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers.

"In the conditions when we are not allowed to trade freely on the market and when our contacts are disrupted forcefully, we need to look for the instruments to balance out our losses. Therefore, import substitution as an instrument of countering sanc...

Nine mechanical engineering companies and seven metal-working companies operate as part of FEZ Grodnoinvest. Electronic and optical equipment is produced by Terrazit Plus and Zavod Optik.

The cargo includes hygiene kits for each family, as well as children's hygiene and education kits.

The official said that Mogilev Oblast traditionally maintains tight and friendly relations with all the regions of the Russian Federation. There is no doubt that cooperation with Altai Territory, the largest region of the Russian Federation, is very ...

The information about the fascists and their accomplices who committed crimes in the Belarusian territory during the Great Patriotic War will be shared with the public, Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told the media,

Today is the 30th day for the refugees at the border. They are living in a temporary accommodation facility in the transport and logistics center near the Bruzgi checkpoint. Many are not losing hope for a positive outcome. On 7 December, refugees, m...

“We are restoring the map of Belarusian villages burned during the war, including settlements, the information about which had been lost. This work is underway. Unfortunately, the list of such places continues increasing,” said Andrei Shved.

Iraqi Airways' Boeing 747-400 departed from Minsk National Airport en-route to Erbil at 14.07.

The official said: “On the whole, there are about 350 new sites already that have to be examined starting next year when the weather permits. We assume that civilians and Red Army military personnel were killed there. It is primarily information su...

“Of course, the genocide does not have a statute of limitations. One of the objectives of the investigation is to scrutinize the list of members of death squads and find out who of them are still alive. Unfortunately, this list is growing bigger. M...

The popularity of Dana Mall is growing every day and, in terms of attendance, is already comparable to major shopping and entertainment centers of Moscow.

“I will leave for Serbia now. Usually, when I show up in the parliament they ask me (I have many friends): “Dear Dragomir, how are things there? They ask with apprehension. I say: “Relax, dear! Everything is fine there. Of course, it is fine.�...

The Serbian MP stressed that there are no topics to avoid in cooperation with Belarus. “I could put it shortly: one nation lives in two countries – Serbia and Belarus,” he said.

“Today's event is a logical continuation of the parliamentary activities to ensure legislative protection of fundamental values of the Belarusian people. The broad public dialogue in Belarus revealed the need to enshrine in the Constitution and leg...

Belarus and Russia can resist any external pressure together, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said during a meeting with the head of Russia's Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov.

According to the source, Belarusian and Russian aviators once again demonstrated high professionalism and the ability to carry out assigned missions together on 7 December.

The West's irresponsible aggressive policy has reached a critical point, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said during the roundtable "Historical Memory: Genocide of the Belarusian People".

Radiy Khabirov said: “We have seven million hectares of arable lands. It is a huge figure. And we need hundreds of tracked tractors. This is why together with our colleagues from the Belarusian Industry Ministry we are going to consider the possibl...

Mount Kailash, also known as Mount Gang Rinpoche, in southwest China is one of the most mysterious and mystical places on the planet.

"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.

The E433 electric bus of the Vitovt series is one of the latest products made by BKM Holding (formerly known as Belkommunmash). The articulated bus is 18 meters long and can carry 190 passengers at a time.

“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 ...

The queue is more than 25km long.

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.