As of 14 June, Belarusian agricultural workers did the first cutting of grass on 747,900ha of grassland, or 56.3% of the target. Progress was estimated at 85.9% in Brest Oblast, 21.1% in Vitebsk Oblast, 54.7% in Gomel Oblast, 56.5% in Grodno Oblast, ...

The international parliamentary conference opened on 14 June and will run for two days. The conference has brought together representatives of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of Belar...

Centralized testing campaign began in Belarus with the Belarusian language test on 14 June.

The diversification of trade and the change in logistics schemes allowed Belarus to maintain a record high trade surplus, Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Yaroshevich said commenting on the outcomes of foreign trade in January-April 2022, BelTA learned...

Some 160 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus in the past 24 hours, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

This year, the camp has teamed up with the 72nd guards joint educational center for training of warrant officers and junior specialists.

The new place of mass extermination of civilians during the Great Patriotic War was discovered in May during the investigation of the genocide case. Numerous skeletal remains, wire (presumably from a victim's wrist), fragments of a sole, and a spoon ...

Flemish graphics, treasures of Pakistan, golden Khokhloma, samovars from all over the world – all this will be on display at the Vitebsk Regional Local Lore Museum in the run-up to and during the Slavianski Bazaar festival, director of the museum T...

Doctor of Political Sciences, professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) Yelena Ponomareva commented on the Western sanctions and food shortages as she spoke to the On Point online project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

Boris Gryzlov said: “Belarus-Russia cooperation has been successfully developing for decades. This year will mark the 30th anniversary since the diplomatic relations were established. Today our relations are as high as they can be. At present Belar...

Roman Golovchenko said: “Belarus and Russia are the most important trade and economic partners for each other. Now we are moving towards a new level of Union State integration. It is happening thanks to a constructive and trustful dialogue at the t...

As of 13 June Belarusian farmers cut down grass on 693,500ha of land, 52.2% of the targeted number. Progress was at 82.1% in Brest Oblast, 17.7% in Vitebsk Oblast, 49.9% in Gomel Oblast, 52.7% in Grodno Oblast, 61.5% in Minsk Oblast, and 40.5% in Mog...

MINSK, 13 June (BelTA) - Participants of the international parliamentary conference "Historical Memory: The Great Victory Gained by Unity" will lay flowers at the Victory Monument in Minsk on 14 June, BelTA learned from Lilia Ananich, Deputy Chairwo...

Bishkek will play host to the fourth edition of the CIS Science Forum on 16-18 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

The Belarusian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Shestakov, the Venezuelan delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Europe Daniela Rodriguez. The diplomats exchanged views on a wide range of issue...

Possible interaction options in import substitution between BUCE and RTS Tender, one of the major trading platforms in Russia, were discussed during the visit of the head of the RTS Tender corporate business department Viktor Smirnov to the BUCE head...

The forum is a traditional event to present the potential of enterprises and districts of Vitebsk Oblast. It is no coincidence that this year the Free Economic Zone Vitebsk has been chosen as the venue of the main economic event of the region for the...

Belarus is represented by six female and 14 male athletes. The women's team comprises Kseniya Danilovich, Hanna Burakova (both under 52kg), Ulyana Minenkova (under 57kg), Yana Makretskaya (under 63kg), Zhanna Osipovich (under 70kg), and Darya Kantsav...

“The president drew attention to the need to expand Belarus' exhibition activities abroad and in Russia in the first place. He first mentioned the premises of the Belarusian pavilion at the VDNH expo in Moscow. The president noted that he made the ...

"By 1 September we are going to overhaul the lineup of national products, first of all with products of our flagships - Bellegprom, Belpishcheprom. Our exposition will get a new lease on life," Maksim Ryzhenkov emphasized.

The head of state remarked that close attention is paid to work on the Russian market in current conditions. And advertising and exhibition activities are significant. “Goods need to be advertised and demonstrated. And in order to advertise them, w...

First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar suggested setting up a Belarusian food hub in Kazakhstan to jointly supply products to China. “I find this proposal quite interesting. Kazakhstan is building trade and logistics warehouses all ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The current situation around Belarus, particularly in economy, determines special topicality and certain unconventional actions are required because of it. It is clear that in the current situation the Russian Federation...

The state of things and development prospects of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus were discussed at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. The president heard out reports of the head of the Belarus President Admin...

"Relations between regions are the most effective, the fastest. Every year the head of state travels or meets with heads of two or three dozen regions. This means issues are solved, organizational structures are set up to advance cooperation in indu...

Responding to the question about cooperation under the external pressure, Pavel Utyupin said: “Belarus and Kazakhstan have been and will remain strategic partners. The level of relations between the two heads of state, contacts at the governmental ...

The Belarusian ranked 6th last week. After reaching the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch she moved one spot up with a total of 4,145 points. Victoria Azarenka remained 19th with 2,330 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich goes 38th with 1,341 points. Aryna Sabale...

Belarusian checkpoints are operating in a routine mode.

The CIS headquarters hosted a regular meeting of the expert group for further elaboration of the draft concept to develop information exchange between the competent bodies of the CIS member states and the CIS bodies in security and law enforcement in...

“We have implemented five government programs in the agricultural sector. Each had its own distinctive feature. We reconstructed our dairy farms and processing enterprises and cleaned up our villages,” said Igor Brylo.

“The West imposes a chess game on us beyond any rules. We must not give in. We have our own plans on economic integration, implementation of 28 Union State programs. We are heading into the homestretch in their implementation,” Dmitry Mezentsev s...

Aleksei Bogdanov said: “Together with other government agencies we've worked out and forwarded to the government a program to tame price growth. The program stipulates a number of short-term measures. I expect the document will be adopted soon and ...

In January-April 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $26.644 billion, 3.3% down from the same period in 2021. Import amounted to $12.691 billion (4.5% down). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $1,261 million, up from $970 million ...

“Well, they can try,” Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked. The president stressed that Belarusian authorities know names of participants of such armed units: “We know last names of all of them and know that we will get them soon. We just need time fo...

School graduation ceremonies were held across Belarus on 10 June.

Belarus' world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka has reached the ‘s-Hertogenbosch semifinal solving Belgium's world number 46 Alison Van Uytvanck, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), in two hours and five minutes

The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expressed deep concern about the continuing degradation of the international security system, runs the statement of the CSTO ministers of foreign affairs on international securit...

In his words, the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was not directly discussed at the meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council, but the Armenian side informed about the recent developments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

"I would describe the level of our relations as very, very high and dynamic. Next year we will celebrate 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between our states, but today we can state that political contacts between our countrie...

The head of state pointed out that Ukraine does not have as much grain as they say they do. “We have a precise analysis and data concerning the grain. Seven directions for grain export are already available for grain transportation. It's been more ...

In May the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 101.4% as against April 2022 and 112.2% as against December 2021.

Vladimir Makei expressed concern over the unprecedented level of escalation of military-political tensions in the European region against the background of the crumbling system of checks and balances based on international treaties in the field of a...

Russia's Penza Oblast is actively establishing ties with Brest Oblast of Belarus, not only in agriculture, but also in logistics, Head of the Penza Oblast Export Promotion Center Alexandra Bessonova told BelTA at the international exhibition Belagro ...

Gomel Oblast of Belarus and Khatlon Region of Tajikistan intend to develop cooperation in agriculture and industry. Gomel Oblast First Vice governor Dmitry Kozel met with a Tajikistan delegation headed by First Deputy Chairman of the Khatlon Region a...

Vladimir Makei said: “We believe that our organization has to know how to adequately respond to the challenges and threats that regretfully appear virtually every day. We paid considerable attention to this matter during the private session and the...

"We have adopted a statement on the situation in our region which clearly states the need for observing the principle of indivisibility of security. The security of one state cannot be built at the expense of another," Vladimir Makei said.

"We have adopted a statement on the situation in our region which clearly states the need for observing the principle of indivisibility of security. The security of one state cannot be built at the expense of another," Vladimir Makei said.

“Operational efficiency of companies keeps improving. Revenues are increasing faster than production costs. This pushed up net profit that rose by almost 23%. The profitability of sales inched up by 0.8 percentage points to 8.2%. As a result, the n...

Aleksandr Lukashenko also stated: “We will fight against those parties, which endeavor to destroy the country. The justice minister is a general and will not let any charlatan bent on destroying the country pass. Regardless of what parties those wi...

In the opener Belarus suffered a narrow loss to Slovakia, 0-1, and then drew with Azerbaijan, 0-0.

Aleksei Moiseyev said: “I think that today we will discuss the floatation of bonds of the Belarusian Finance Ministry in Russia. We are ready for the floatation to happen. I've met with representatives of the exchange, they are ready for the bonds ...

A roundtable session to discuss the main directions of development of agricultural machine building for the sake of ensuring macroeconomic stability of the Eurasian Economic Union member states has been held for representatives of the EAEU member sta...

Having listened to the speeches of the participants of the seminar, the head of state instructed Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko to implement the proposals voiced at the meeting during the summer period.

According to Douw Vermaak, the visit to the Belagro exhibition and a number of meetings helped build a better understanding of cooperation prospects between South Africa and Belarus.

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that the conversation about the simplification of administrative procedures and the debureaucratization of the state administration has been going on in Belarus for a long time.

Local authorities should address people's concerns in a fast and efficient way, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and forms of public communication at the grassroots level, BelTA ...

The parties discussed the ways of expanding bilateral cooperation, stepping up trade and increasing shipments of rock haulers, cargo, utility and passenger vehicles to Sakhalin Oblast.

The head of state noted that the local authorities have learned to work in tandem with regional journalists.

The president recalled the practice of holding dialogue platforms during the discussion of amendments to the Constitution and expressed confidence that such forms of public discussions should be practiced more often in the future.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Register your political parties and work.” “We are an independent country and should act in our own interests,” he said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We, executives, may sometimes fail to see initiatives of the population. We may not know how to integrate them into the state construction process. We may not let people feel their involvement and let them be useful. And...

The state should take care of citizens, but people should contribute to its development as well, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and forms of public communication at the grassro...

"Don't you notice it? Everything is in flames around: there is a hot war in one place, a hybrid war in the form of information warfare coupled with economic pressure in another. Everything is in flames around us. They will not leave us in peace, but ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Time has come to understand that people should not walk to the government but the government should run to the people. It is how the social role of the society changes: people stop being supplicants and become our partne...

Some people in Belarus are trying to take advantage of the sanctions to line their pockets, but the government will thwart these attempts, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and fo...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that events like today's seminar are not organized for the sake of gloating over accomplishments.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “You know that effective work with the population is an indicator of the competency of top officials of oblast administrations, district administrations, and individual enterprises. And complaints are an indicator of our ...

“The time has come to understand that it is not the public who should accommodate the interests of the government, but it is the government who should reach out to the people. This is how the social role of the public is changing: people turn from ...

Speaking about the legal status of civil society, which will be spelled out in the relevant law, the head of state stressed that civil society should be focused on dialogue with the government and should be committed to the centuries-old values and ...

"The bureaucratic apparatus are not ‘demigods' in our country. This is something we can be proud of. In layperson terms, at the helm of the country are not oligarchs or hereditary rulers, but ordinary people who have worked their way up from the g...

The most important task for the current five-year term is to even out social standards in urban and rural communities, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national seminar-conference to discuss new methods and forms of public commun...

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.