The idea to keep amalgamating agricultural companies holds a lot of promise, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District on 21 June, BelTA has learned.

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission discussed the stability of the internal market of the Eurasian Economic Union, taking into account the food situation in the world.

An agreement was reached to set up a joint venture that will use innovative technologies developed by the National Research Center for Transfusion Medicine and Medical Biotechnology (Belarus). The parties also discussed registration of plasma-derived...

Discipline and compliance with technology in agriculture will bring results, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District on 21 June.

Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats is well aware of this problem. I need him to make a proposal on how we will proceed with land reclamation this year. We need to determine the sources of financing, the proportion, volumes, the president said.

According to the committee, two people came from the territory of Ukraine, 138 Ukrainian citizens arrived in transit through the territory of Poland, 26 people entered Belarus through Lithuania and three through Latvia.

The head of state will be briefed on the progress in agricultural work, procurement of fodder, and preparation of machinery for the harvest season in Belarus, Vitebsk Oblast and Orsha District.

The meeting is attended by deputy prime ministers of the EAEU countries - members of the EEC Council. The Council is chaired by First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev.

The event was attended by representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, experts from leading energy companies and organizations, and also the CIS Executive Committee.

According to the Belarusian representatives, the forum has proved to be an effective platform for discussing the most topical issues of international cooperation, business, priority areas of joint cooperation.

“The parties discussed in detail the state and areas of the development and strengthening of the bilateral dialogue, including between the regions of Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina, various sectors of interaction,” the Belarusian embassy said...

Yuri Seliverstov said: “Thanks to the simplification of lending procedures and exporter support procedures manufacturers will be able to acquire resources more easily in order to organize shipments. This process will take less time. I'd like to not...

Roman Golovchenko said: “We have to be on the defensive in a global economic war. I am convinced we have everything we need in order to live through this complicated period and make the Eurasian Economic Union even stronger.”

For the sake of further integration of the national transport systems of the Eurasian Economic Union countries into the world transport system and for the sake of increasing trade volumes participants of the session are expected to discuss the develo...

The Belarusian will next face world number 6 Stefanos Stistipas of Greece.

Brest is gearing up to host the tenth edition of the Belarusian-Russian Youth Forum on 20-22 June.

Belarus claimed three gold medals: Hanna Marusava in the women's individual, Anton Kurovkin in the men's event and Karyna Dziominskaya and Raman Nikitsionak in the mixed team.

Aleksandr Lukashenko invited guests to his native house in Alexandria. Only foodstuffs made by the local agricultural company OAO Aleksandriyskoye and dishes cooked in a wood furnace according to traditional recipes were put on the table.

The 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia approved the report of the Council of Ministers of the Union State on the Union State budget 2021.

Trade and economic cooperation between the two countries is developing successfully, he said. Direct interaction between the regions plays an important role in the development of trade and economic relations. “I am convinced that the forthcoming Fo...

There will be more Union State programs to advance the integration of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk.

As of 20 June Belarusian gas distribution organizations had paid in full to OAO Gazprom Transgaz Belarus for the natural gas delivered in January-May 2022 in accordance the contract timeframes.

A week ago the Belarusian was fifth. She moved down one place after an unfortunate performance in Berlin. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is 20th with 2,146 points, Aliaksandra Sasnovich is 34th with 1,411 points.

Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin have visited the Amkodor machinery producer.

Notifications about the resumption of verification activities have been sent to all the OSCE member states today. Belarus will take appropriate measures in the absence of reciprocal steps.

“It is necessary to improve the efficiency of the Union State Parliament. We talked about it at the session today. A number of decisions taken before have been considered and implemented since the moment the Parliamentary Assembly was set up,” sa...

Belarusian-Russian relations have passed a tough test of sanctions, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko told the media following a meeting of the 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and ...

Roman Golovchenko thanked Uzbekistan for supporting cooperation projects. “This applies to MTZ tractors, and special equipment based on MAZ vehicles, and the localization of production of rescue and quarry equipment,” he noted.

Belarus and Uzbekistan have potential to expand bilateral trade, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.

Roman Golovchenko and Abdulla Aripov were made familiar with the operation of the Hi-Tech Park, legal conditions for doing business in the park, and with products of the resident companies.

The parties had an interested and detailed exchange of views on the most pressing issues of the global and regional agenda.

It is high time the Union State built a fully sovereign financial system, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Chairman of the International Affairs Commission of the House of Representatives of the ...

According to him, the states cannot allow the real work to be replaced by the preparation of endless concepts, projects, and be overshadowed by the practical implementation of the reached agreements.

The West should not be allowed to silence our voice on international parliamentary platforms, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said at the 62nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of...

"Despite the unprecedented political and economic pressure, the Union State is standing tall. Effective steps are being taken to ensure the sustainability of social and economic development, to prevent a sharp drop in living standards," Vladimir And...

Andrei Savinykh said: “Belarus and Russia have already become objects of military threats, economic sanctions designed to destroy our economies, and an information war with absolutely unprecedented underhandedness and cynicism."

The official noted that the nuclear power plant system is designed and built in a way to rule out interference with control systems of the nuclear power plant. “Cyber attacks cannot affect the work of the technological equipment,” he assured.

Abdulla Aripov was greeted by Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko at the airport.

The world is becoming more multipolar and this is good news, Aleksandr Dyukov, director of the Russian Historical Memory Foundation, said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.

“Uzbekistan is eying the Eurasian Economic Union. Work with India and Egypt is intensifying. This suggests that the Eurasian Economic Union is really attractive because of its opportunities and that countries would like to see a more convenient sys...

Decisions on foreign verification checks in the territory of the Republic of Belarus will be made on a reciprocal basis.

The task is to reach a gross grain harvest of 9-10 million tonnes in the near future, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a working visit to Mogilev Oblast on 20 June.

Belarusian checkpoints are operating in a routine mode, the committee said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is starting a new week with a working trip to his native land - the agricultural town of Alexandria, Shklov District - where he will discuss the state and prospects of the country's agricultural industry, Bel...

The real objective of the Western sanctions is to make the entire third world suffer, Stanislav Mezentsev, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Executive Director of the Coordinating Committe...

“We were the first to be targeted by sanctions in 2007, so we have already adjusted to a certain extent. Of course, the level of sanctions is unprecedented now, but we are finding ways,” Belneftekhim Deputy Chairman Oleg Kurilin said.

Belarus accounts for nearly half of mutual trade in foodstuffs in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Artak Kamalyan told BelTA.

Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko held talks with heads of six regions of Russia at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, BelTA learned from the press service of the diplomatic mission.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Belarus-Russia Union State will survive the redivision of the world, there is no other way, Doctor of Economics, Professor Irina Novikova told the Belarusian TV channel STV, BelTA has learned.

There are plans to make up for the closure of Western markets by increased supplies to Russia, Andrei Yarotsky, First Deputy Director General - Director for Economy and Finance at the Amkodor holding company, said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV chann...

A BelTA correspondent took a walk around Donetsk in the evening and learned how the city, which has been under shelling for the past eight years, lives

235 settlements have been liberated in the Donetsk People's Republic, head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin told the media in Donetsk.

Leonid Marinich stated that amid the irresponsible and confrontational policy Western countries and their military political and economic bodies pursue nowadays, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization plays an important role in minimizing threats, ens...

Lengthy and intensive fighting has changed Mariupol beyond recognition. The city is in a deplorable state and its restoration will require considerable time and effort.

According to official statistics, Belarus' GDP growth slowed down to 96.6% in January-May. According to Dmitry Yaroshevich, it was only to be expected because the Belarusian economy is going through active transformation.

The sides also exchanged plans on military cooperation between the Belarusian Defense Ministry and the Serbian Defense Ministry for the year 2022. The documents had been previously signed via diplomatic channels.

Invited to take part in the Games are athletes from Belarus, member states of the SCO, BRICS, CIS and other states. The program will include nine sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, archery, taekwondo, wheelchair fencing, football, draughts a...

The purpose of the event, which was opened by Chairman of the Belarusian State Science and Technology Committee Sergei Shlychkov, was to discuss practical issues of devising and operating joint innovation infrastructure projects in Belarus and China...

Industrial development is the way forward for the Eurasian Economic Union, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich said during the breakout session "EAEU: A new quality of integration" on the sidelines of the St...

"From 6.00 on 24 February to 6.00 on 17 June, 32,437 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus: 15,810 arrived in Belarus from Ukraine, 14,271 from Poland, 2,015 - from Lithuania, 341 – from Latvia,” the State Border Committee said.

The head of state mentioned trade in potash fertilizers as a case in point. “Hunger is looming in the world. Today foreign partners are already starting to look for ways to purchase fertilizers. I say, please come and buy. Belaruskali will not bell...

The problem of grain export from Ukraine was artificially inflated and dropped as soon as a number of transportation routes were proposed, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the staff of the Belshina company in Bobruisk.

Speaking about the sanctions, he explained why they were introduced. “If you were not competitive, if you did not stand in the way of American, Japanese manufacturers (they treat us as their rivals), if we had nothing to offer, no one would pressur...

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br70.6 billion in current prices or 96.6% as against January-May 2021 in comparable prices. In January-May 2022 the GDP deflator index equaled 114% year-on-year.

The head of state emphasized that the situation in Ukraine is extremely difficult, but he had always cared about the Ukrainians. This is due to a number of reasons, including the Ukrainian roots of the Belarusian head of state, the fact that he did m...

In his words, the main goal in the short term is to reach $1 billion in exports.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the entire West got involved in the war. For the time being Russia is using conventional weapons. Yet Russia has enough other weapons

We did not say adults and children at school the things we are saying now that this is our history and we should be proud of it. Thirty million Soviet people died to bring us this Victory. What is Victory? It is our pride,” said the Belarusian lead...

Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that some European leaders had paid a visit to Kiev a day before.

“Putin has never asked me to go and kill someone in Ukraine and the rest. But they [the West] are pushing us towards this conflict in order to sort out both Russia and Belarus and set up a frontline – a line from St Petersburg to Rostov. In order...

“We will have to respond to this, because we cannot allow the Poles to encircle us. This is a dangerous development. I once said that the Ukrainians would ask us and the Russians to help them maintain their integrity, so that no one would chop off ...

"Why did the Ukrainians refuse to talk to the Russians? This dialogue started here, in Belarus, I was involved in it, and I did my best to persuade them to come here. They have withdrawn. Why?," the Belarusian leader said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Bobruisk is a major promising city. We are going to develop Bobruisk. We are going to build less housing in Minsk but instead we will encourage our people towards major cities like Bobruisk and towards smaller ones. ...

Rumors about a possible cholera outbreak are spread by Ukrainian media resources, head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin told the media in Donetsk.

Last year the head of state signed a decree on the Great Stone. It gives an opportunity to attract subjects of innovative activity to the park with the provision the same preferences within two years that we give to the resident companies.

Viktor Karankevich said: “The number of participants of the exhibition grows higher every year. It once again underlines interest in the development of electric transport. Comfortable conditions have been enabled and stimulating measures are in eff...

The global security system as such is in crisis, but the CSTO is convinced of the need for a political settlement of all current contradictions, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas told the media following the meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secret...

“Nobody knows how the situation will end there. Nobody knows how the situation will develop. What is happening in Ukraine is just the beginning. This is one of the elements of a major redivision of the world. They will break and crumble. Small coun...

Over 20 companies are taking part in events of the Electric Transport Day in Minsk on 17 June. This year's exhibition has been arranged near the National Library.

There are no prerequisites for pardoning the foreign mercenaries sentenced to death in Donbass, head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin told the media in Donetsk.

Aleksandr Chervyakov said: “The government's requirements for the investment projects we intend to realize in every district are not going to be reduced in current conditions. Those should be business ideas, which will have a substantial effect on ...

The president mentioned his recent meeting with the ambassador of India, during which he was assured of India's readiness to continue buying Belarusian goods. The difficulties however are connected with the United States that is beginning to strangle...

The rise in prices is mostly due to external factors, and no one is allowed to cash in on it, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to the staff of the Belshina company in Bobruisk, BelTA has learned.

Viktor Karankevich said: “The first unit is now going through a scheduled preventive repair. Nuclear power plants undergo such repairs every year. It is a common practice. The repair is supposed to end in July and the unit will be once again reconn...

Belarus has always strictly complied with the international treaties and agreements on disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control, a Belarusian delegation said at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna on 16 June.

Viktor Karankevich said: “Since the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was connected to the national power grid on 3 November 2020, it has generated 9.3 billion kWh of electricity, which allowed substituting 2.4 billion m3 of natural ...

“The situation in the world is not easy. I don't want to scare anyone. Of course, the number one task for us now is to promote import substitution. We are having a hard time as we were affected by the pressure put on Russia,” the head of state sa...

The CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils discussed efforts to neutralize security challenges and threats in the CSTO member states at the meeting in Yerevan.

Belarusian and Russian fertilizer exports are hindered by the United States, the European Union and their allies who have imposed the sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted.

The parties reaffirmed their willingness to maintain close cooperation on topical issues on the international agenda through the foreign ministries of the two countries.

As of 17 June, Belarusian agricultural workers did the first cutting of grass on 96.4% of the designated area in Brest Oblast, 30.7% in Vitebsk Oblast, 70.8% in Gomel Oblast, 67.3% in Grodno Oblast, 77.5% in Minsk Oblast, and 59.8% in Mogilev Oblast.

“We are going to push you forward. Import substitution is a chance to meet challenges. On the one hand, it is a chance. On the other hand, it is hard work,” said the president. “We need to involve the industries that are not working to the full...

The main objective is to create favorable working and living conditions across the country. More so that today the topic of import substitution is relevant like never before.

The head of state is expected to visit two large enterprises - Bobruiskagromash and Belshina. During the visit to Bobruiskagromash, the president will be briefed on import substitution in the Industry Ministry organizations amid sanctions.

During the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum an investment agreement was signed between the government of Bashkortostan, the Corporation of Development of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Belarusian Amkodor on two investment proje...

The parties discussed bilateral trade and economic relations, exchanged relevant information on support of activities in foreign markets and international business cooperation.

Director of the National Center for Marketing and Price Study Nikolai Borisevich held a meeting with President of Venezuela's Foreign Trade Bank Guillermo Lara.