Aleksandr Lukashenko called information and communication work no less important in the work of civil servants.

“If lawmakers of all levels had seen the activity of people and managed to build cooperation with them, then, during the active phase of information attack on Belarus, we would have had a support in the form of a socially responsible civil society,...

"The government and society will always keep in dialogue. There is no opposing each other and, I am sure, there will not be. It's just that we all should double down our effort and perform better," Igor Sergeyenko said.

The origins of Belarusian political traditions go back to the times of ancient veches, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and forms of public communication at the grassroots level,...

According to the president, no matter how hard it was during various periods of Belarusian history, the country has always maintained the established standards like social justice, equal rights and opportunities for all, national, cultural values and...

The members of the council will be briefed on the work carried out by the CSTO Secretariat and Joint Staff to improve the organization's crisis response mechanism in modern geopolitical realities.

“The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to cooperation in the transport sector. They reached a preliminary agreement to build bridges and other infrastructure facilities with the participation of Belarusian road companies in Rostov Ob...

Belavia's decision came after Uzbekistan lifted entry restrictions related to COVID-19.

Belarus-Iraq cooperation in the agricultural industry was discussed at the meeting between Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo and Iraqi Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Karim Al-Khafaji, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Mini...

“The parties discussed cooperation prospects in agriculture and agreed to promote cooperation in animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, agricultural education, and to exchange best practices in crop production,” the ministry said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 198 to establish a new holiday - Father's Day. It will be marked on 21 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The State Savings Bank Amonatbonk is Tajikistan's largest state bank. It was founded by the Finance Ministry. The bank is a member of the Interbank Consortium of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

A delegation of Russia's Republic of Mordovia visited the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. The park management presented the park's history and development in the innovative center and explained terms of investment activities and infrastruc...

Cooperation will concentrate on two areas: import-substituting production of non-woven fabric and manufacture of hygienic, medical products made of linen and also technical fabric of the "tarpaulin" type, which is used to make overalls for workers i...

Belarus' world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka secured her second victory at ‘s-Hertogenbosch defeating Arianne Hartono (World No.172) of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-3.

“The parties discussed ways of expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation, ensuring food security of Iraq and increasing supplies of Belarusian agricultural products to this country,” the press service said.

Belarus put forward a number of proposals to intensify cooperation in the agricultural industry. One of the main proposals was to ramp up direct deliveries of Belarusian food products and agricultural raw materials under direct contracts of trading c...

The parties welcomed the close cooperation between Belarus and China on human rights issues in multilateral and bilateral formats based on the principles of non-interference in internal affairs and recognition of the right of each state to an indepe...

The national exposition of Belarus is on display at the 23rd edition of the Kenya International Trade Exhibition that is running in Nairobi on 9-11 June. Belarus' exposition features a dozen domestic companies producing foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals...

Roman Golovchenko said: “Representatives of Russian regions have been intensively visiting Belarus recently and we are very glad about it. Trade with Kursk Oblast grows steadily, including this year. It is groundwork for the future but our potentia...

"The World Bank's forecast for surging prices for oil, energy, fertilizers, food, in fact for everything, has come true earlier than expected. The increase is 50% on average," Vasily Koltashov said.

The Chinese national handball team is playing friendly matches in Minsk these days. In the first of them the visitors beat BSUFK-SKA 27-26.

The delegation of Kursk Oblast headed by Governor Roman Starovoit visited the international forum on information and communication technologies TIBO 2022.

President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus Viktor Lukashenko visited the exposition of the international exhibition TIBO 2022.

Minsk is hosting a two-day national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and forms of public communication at the grassroots level. Addressing the participants of the forum was Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko, BelTA ...

Franklin Ramirez Araque said: “A broad choice of tropical fruits is grown in Venezuela and exported to many countries in significant amounts. A major supplier of these products has recently contacted us with a request to help it penetrate the Belar...

The Minsk World multifunctional complex ushered in the summer with a holiday!

"Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei has arrived in Yerevan to participate in the meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council," the ministry said.

The Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC) is a great project, Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoyt told reporters after he met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.

The integration is instrumental in fighting back against the Western sanctions, Chairman of the Belarusian State Control Committee Vasily Gerasimov said at a joint meeting of the boards of the State Control Committee of Belarus and the Accounts Chamb...

Kursk Oblast receives colossal financial resources to implement national projects and is going to spend them, among other things, on the purchase of Belarusian machinery and equipment, Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoyt said after he met with Bela...

The Chinese national handball team paid a visit to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus on 9 June.

Belarus is ready not only to develop trade with Kursk Oblast of Russia but also to implement turnkey projects in the region, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoyt on 9 June.

Russia will allocate $1.5 billion for Belarus' participation in import substitution programs, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's Kursk Oblast Roman Starovoit.

Roman Starovoyt noted that he brought a big delegation of more than 40 people to Belarus. Among them are rectors of universities, company owners, and entrepreneurs.

According to the head of state, Belarus has the necessary resources to participate in Russian import substitution programs. Cooperation in this area was discussed at the highest level.

Belarus and Russia's Kursk Oblast need to shift from traditional trade to creation of joint manufacturing companies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoyt on 9 June.

In April, the Wimbledon administration banned tennis players from Belarus and Russia from participating in the tournament, which caused a wave of criticism in the sports community.

“Support for small and medium-sized enterprises is one of the focal points of the Development Bank policy, including loans. Support options are different: in the current and short term, as well as in the future and long term. This is venture financ...

The round table with the representatives of the dean's offices, heads of the departments, young scientists and the Institute for Professional Development and Retraining of Baranovichi State University focused on specific cooperation avenues.

In connection with the influx of refugees from Ukraine this year, the deputy minister expressed his gratitude to the UNHCR representative for coordinated and task-oriented work of all UN agencies on the matter.

Dmitry Mulyar said: “The situation in the world has changed but at present Gomselmash sells machines as soon as it makes them. Ready-made products are promptly shipped to customers. Now we have to make and ship harvesters on time. The company has e...

Deputy Economy Minister Tatiana Brantsevich said: “We've identified five groups in order to systematize the regions. Those are the capital city and the surrounding districts, oblast capitals, industrial centers with the population of 80,000 people ...

Chairman of the Gomel City Executive Committee Piotr Kirichenko and Kursk Mayor Igor Kutsak signed an agreement on twinning the two cities. The document will give another impulse to all-round cooperation between Belarus and Russia's Kursk Oblast.

About 29,000 participants of electronic trading from 70 countries are currently registered with the exchange, Chairman of the Board of BUCE Aleksandr Osmolovsky told the guests.

"I liked Minsk very much and I was surprised by its cleanliness, cultural sights, good souvenirs and gastronomy. I think we will find points of contact in the tourism sector,” said Marina Zhulina.

The sanctions have provided an additional impetus to cooperation between Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Taxes and Duties Minister Sergei Nalyvaiko told the media in Minsk on 8 June.

Speaking about cooperation prospects, the minister mentioned the most important areas in his opinion. They include the development of foreign economic activity, investment, industry, agriculture, transport, social, cultural, scientific and technical ...

The prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union member states will meet in Minsk on 21 June, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina told a briefing in Moscow on 8 June.

Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan and Minister of Digital Development, Information Policy, and Mass Communications of Chuvashia Kristina Mainina discussed cooperation options.

The ceremony took place in the headquarters of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. The cooperation agreement was signed by chairman of the club Maksim Malakhovsky and president of the federation Dmitry Dubrovsky.

Minskers are basking in the balmy 26°C on 8 June

Belarus is ready to supply halal products to Tajikistan, Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo said at the meeting of the Belarus-Tajikistan intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation.

Speaking of trade cooperation, Nikolai Snopkov said: “We are able to increase mutual supplies with Kazakhstan by $200 million.”

Rosatom presented cutting-edge products and technologies in the area of digital solutions and infrastructural solutions at the 28th international information and communication technologies forum TIBO. Rosatom's delegation is taking part in the main e...

"The project is young. A pilot project of the Presidential Sports Club was launched in Borisov District last year. When it was opened, Dmitry Lukashenko and I agreed that during 2022 we would scale up the project across district centers in Minsk Obla...

"We have a great interest in farm and utility vehicles, construction and logging equipment. A lot of work is to be done on this front as we need maintenance and training centers, specialists, spare parts, warehouses, and logistics," Vladimir Sidorov...

Belarus' world number 49 Ilya Ivashka reached the ‘s-Hertogenbosch second round defeating world number 51 Mackenzie McDonald of the United States, 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 6-1 in two hours and 15 minutes.

In this period Lithuania allowed 45% of the number of trucks it is supposed to clear daily to enter countries of the European Union. Meanwhile, the Polish border checkpoint Bobrowniki (Berestovitsa on the Belarusian side) allowed 36% of the agreed nu...

Belarus in general and Gomel Oblast in particular, the Russian Federation is the strategic partner, Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko said as he met with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture of Bashkortostan Ilshat Fazrakhmanov in Gomel on...

Belarus' world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka went off to a good state at ‘s-Hertogenbosch seeing off world number 142 Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1, in an hour and 20 minutes.

“We are glad that your delegation has come to Belarus to take part in the Belagro 2022 exhibition. Your visit is important for expanding our trade and economic relations. We have reserves and we should make the most of them,” Leonid Zayats said. ...

“Today we have witnessed the opening of a multi-purpose sports ground in this beautiful historical place. Such projects will be many. Every district of Minsk Oblast will get such a sports ground. It may be slightly different, but in principle they ...

Nearly 200 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus in the past 24 hours. All of them came in transit via the European Union countries.

Minsk Motor Plant has displayed its advanced engines MMZ-2LD, gas-diesel MMZ-3LGDT, D-246.4, MMZ-4DTI, D-262.2S2, GD-243, diesel engine generator set MDG, and a compressor train station and a diesel pumping unit produced by Gomel starting motors plan...

Participants of the conference exchanged opinions concerning the fulfillment of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963, the realization of the Convention on Legal Aid and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases of 22...

“During the session of the commission, the parties charted out priority steps to intensify Belarus-Cuba trade and discussed a number of promising projects,” the foreign ministry informed.

Over 22,000 kids and teenagers receive hospital treatment at the Mogilev Oblast Children's Hospital every year. More than 60,000 children get consultations and about 6,000 patients are operated here.

The main task is to build a plant to produce inactivated vaccines in Vitebsk. We will create a platform to produce medicines against any infection. In the same place we will set up a complex to conduct pre-clinical and clinical studies.

The incidence rate of COVID-19 now stands at about 3% of its peak value, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich said in an interview with the SB. Belarus Segodnya daily.

Belarus and Russia are taking stock of their competencies to ensure further import substitution, Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Yaroshevich told the Mir 24 TV channel, BelTA informs.

The meeting took place at the Economy Ministry and focused on cooperation in the agricultural industry. The parties reviewed progress in implementing the action plan to fulfill the agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and socio-cultura...

Dmitry Yaroshevich spoke at length about the work of two export-oriented presidential decrees – No.466 and No.534. “They have been in effect for years and are rather effective. They offer genuine support to buyers of our products and represent an...

MAZ's press service noted that in line with the memorandum the sides will work together to improve consumer qualities of automobile transport, its reliability, environmental friendliness, and accessibility for all population groups.

Delegations of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took part in the session. A delegation from Turkmenistan was present as an observer. The Belarusian delegation was led by Andrei Kozhan, Head of the Central C...

The Belarusian Tennis Federation has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne against the decision of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to suspend the Belarusian Tennis Federation's membership in the organization.

Cuba is interested in purchasing Belarusian agricultural machinery and food products, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez told reporters at the Belagro 2022 international expo, BelTA has learned.

Belarus is the only CIS country where both Belarusian and Russian have the status of official languages, Head of the Center for Belarusian Studies of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Mezhevich said.

Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Istanbul Aleksei Shved met with a delegation of Belarus Red Cross headed by Secretary General Dmitry Shevtsov, BelTA learned from the Belarusian foreign mission in Istanbul.

Despite a challenging external environment, Belarus and Russia have huge economic potential, Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said at the Belagro 2022 international expo, BelTA has learned.

The fourth season of the U12 tennis tournament "Golden Racket" will kick off in Minsk on 7 June.

The Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus held an Open Doors Day for high school students of Minsk.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Mongolia Dmitry Gorelik has visited the Dornod aimag (Mongolian administrative unit).

Belarusian farmers intend to increase agricultural production by almost 5% this year, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo told he media on the sidelines of the international exhibition Belagro 2022.

Belarus and Russia maintain food security in full despite the sanctions, State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev said at the Belagro 2022 international expo, BelTA has learned.

“As for my project in Minsk, you will soon see the construction of the exhibition center (groundwork is almost complete, the territory is fenced off). We are planning to launch the construction of a residential quarter next to it in three months. B...

"Thanks to the balanced government policy to develop agricultural engineering, support science, thanks to the diligence of Belarusians, our country has ensured its food prosperity. We have become a self-sufficient export-oriented country," Leonid Z...

The sides have worked out kind of a cooperation roadmap, which takes into account all the matters of future cooperation. Starting with investments and ending with IT education, which is by the way very important.

Taking into account the importance and prospects of digital transformations, the plenary session will focus on the most pressing issues of digital transformation of the economies of the countries of the Eurasian space.

Primorye Territory has an interest in Belarusian vehicles and elevators, First Vice Governor - Chairwoman of the Government of Russia's Primorye Territory Vera Shcherbina said at a meeting with Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats in Minsk ...

All categories of military personnel, army units, command and control bodies will have to take a series of consequent drills to practice transition from peace footing to war footing.

According to Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Managing Director of the Emirati company Emaar Properties, the key factor for successful development of the IT industry is people and quality education.

Belarus and Mordovia intend to make maximum use of trade and economic potential, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats said during a meeting with a delegation of the Republic of Mordovia of Russia in Minsk.

"We see the sanctions imposed by European states, the United States as very serious stimulus to find alternative solutions to strengthen our enterprises, improve the welfare of people and the strength of our states in general," Leonid Zayats said.

According to Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats, the delegation of Primorye Territory has come to Belarus with new interesting proposals.

"Today we will focus mostly on our main project - Northern Waterfront - that you intend to implement. This is a project of a huge scale. I think no other projects in Belarus have been as big as this one,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.

In May 2022, the country's gold and foreign currency reserves went down by $351.5 million (or 4.5%) following the April growth of $189.4 million (2.5%).