Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made a speech during the festival Alexandria Gathers Friends in Shklov District, Mogilev Oblast on 9 July.

On 7 July Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG and Citibank, N.A., London Branch informed they will no longer operate as the registrar, fiscal agent, paying agent, and transfer agent for Belarus' eurobonds. The decision will come into force within 60 d...

In January-May 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $33.009 billion, 5.5% down from the same period in 2021. Import amounted to $15.638 billion (6.9% down). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $1.732 billion, up from $1.346 billion ...

Roman Golovchenko said: “It is necessary to finish building a modern IT infrastructure for the tax service and ensure full digitization of tax payment records.”

In this time of sorrow, the president extended the words of compassion and support to the family and loved ones of Shinzo Abe, and also to all the Japanese people over the great loss that befell them.

The National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia have signed an agreement on cooperation to develop Paralympic sports.

The regional universal trade & industrial forum Armenia Expo will be held in Yerevan on 16-18 September. Belarus will traditionally take part in the event and bring a representative official delegation.

The Belarus 1 TV channel has showed footage of the scandalous escape of Vitaly Kuznechik and Vladislav Kuznechik from the Swedish Embassy in Minsk.

The future of Ukraine will look like the Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita), Russian political expert Semyon Uralov told the On Point online project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

The participants of the NATO summit held in late June decided to significantly increase NATO military presence in the Baltic countries. Under the Enhanced Forward Presence program, NATO will bolster the multinational battlegroups from battalions up t...

In January-June 2022 individuals bought the equivalent of $4.552 billion in cash and cashless forms and sold $4.957 billion worth of foreign currency. In June the net sale of foreign currency by individuals totaled $41.3 million.

According to Anatoly Glaz, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the future international security architecture should be based on some legally binding documents that regulate relations between all countries. “Definitely legally binding bec...

The pilot batch weighed 75 tonnes and cost $250,000. The trial deal was aimed at identifying possible bottlenecks in mutual settlements and logistics.

On 7 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees on the dismissal of two ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the deputy chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences.

"We are definitely against the relations that go along the lines of ‘mentor-student', 'we say, you listen' or the relations that we see in some countries, including in the neighboring ones, when an emissary or a commissioner, whatever you call the...

The Lord of the Village nationwide competition among rural families kicked off in Gorki, Mogilev Oblast.

The main task of the office is to deliver innovation to the public healthcare system by implementing national programs in the field of digital transformation of the health sector.

Massive windfall was a result of a heavy squall that hit the region in May.

According to the State Border Committee, from 6.00 on 24 February to 6.00 on 8 July, 36,366 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus: 15,838 entered Belarus from the territory of Ukraine, 17,402 people passed in transit through Poland, 2,650 through Li...

The West throws pluralism of opinions and the freedom of speech out the window if its interests are affected, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told the ONT TV channel.

The visa waiver for the citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland has proved effective, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told the ONT TV channel.

"Despite the high level of development, the Republic of Korea is facing a number of serious economic problems. Belarusian business can help Korea deal with some of its problems on beneficial terms,” ambassador said.

The European Union's individual sanctions against Belarus' officials attest to the moral high ground of these persons, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Due to unmotivated concerns of the Polish side about the situation around a location outside the village of Mikulishki, Oshmyany District, Grodno Oblast, which for some reason Polish mass media describe as a m...

Sergei Naryshkin said: “The last 30 years indicate that the rather aggressive policy of the NATO bloc led by the USA represents the main threat, the main destabilizing factor for international security.”

Whether it is Boris Johnson in power or someone else nothing will change in the British policy, Andrei Savinykh, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of Belarus, said on the air of the First Nati...

Sergei Naryshkin said: “The new situation in the world, the crisis in Ukraine, and the special military operation create new conditions and formulate new tasks for our two agencies.”

"Vietnam is a gateway to Southeast Asia for Belarus. Belarusian-Vietnamese cooperation has shown good dynamics: the trade exceeded $200 million in 2021, with exports and imports being on a parity basis," Ambassador Vladimir Borovikov said.

"Indeed, in recent years we have made great progress in advancing the integration, strengthening the Union State, and promoting cooperation between literally all ministries and departments," Sergey Naryshkin said.

Sergei Naryshkin said: “The work of intelligence services revolves around gathering intelligence and informing top political bodies of the state power of our countries and other ministries and government agencies."

"Indeed, in recent years we have made great progress in advancing the integration, strengthening the Union State, and promoting cooperation between literally all ministries and departments," Sergey Naryshkin said.

Belarus has been long and consistently working to expand its cooperation with Asian countries, Director of the National Center for Marketing and Price Study Nikolai Borisevich said before the opening of the expert seminar “Pivot to Asia: Reality, P...

Poland's actions in respect of Ukraine are a reflection of its ambitions, and can complicate the situation in Europe, Russia's SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin told the media following a joint meeting of Belarus' KGB and the Foreign Intelligence Service...

Negotiations were held between KGB head Ivan Tertel and SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin.

The address was adopted following the meeting of the working group on cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Cuba at Belarus' National Assembly with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez.

"We must unite, work together. We do work together at all venues. We help each other. We do not say ‘sanctions'. We say ‘blockade'. This is what the West is doing in respect to Belarus and Russia. Belarus and Russia are an example of how they c...

"Cuba is our closest ally and partner on the Latin American continent. It was in Cuba that Belarus opened its first embassy in Latin America. In the context of geopolitical struggle and geopolitical divisions, Belarus and Cuba are the beacons that t...

“Belarus and Cuba are united by long-standing friendship between our peoples. We respect and love each other. We have many years of contacts. We have very good economic and political relations,” Santiago Perez Benitez said.

The Belarusian delegation was denied the visas necessary to participate in the summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “You are perfectly aware of the situation we are in. People kind and fair are everywhere. Those, who work hard, have not even noticed these sanctions. But if you feel that you have to do more somewhere, it means you have ...

The meeting was also attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Sports and Culture and the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan. The parties discussed the participation of the Kazakhstan team in the 2nd CIS Games in Belarus in 2023 and othe...

"The parties discussed the current agenda of the Belarusian-Iranian relations, including the development of political dialogue and the intensification of economic cooperation between the two countries," the ministry said.

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus needs to bring all laws in line with the new Constitution in 2022-2023, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko told reporters after he met with Belarusian Presid...

Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the new director of the holding company Geoinformation Control Systems about the operation of the company in detail, including in conditions of Western sanctions. The president drew attention to the need to develop reliable...

The parties discussed the current situation of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, the interaction of the Holy See and the official Minsk, and a number of issues on the multilateral agenda.

Such conferences are held regularly. Matters concerning the daily operation of the capital city are discussed during such conferences.

“All of it has to be fleshed out into laws. And, I emphasize one more time, while seeing our state as sovereign and independent in the future,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “We are sufficiently smart, as I've said, in order to build normal relati...

The Belarusian Parliament will need to pass a wide array of laws in furtherance of the new Constitution, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladim...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced new appointments on 7 July.

“The situation is not easy, but not critical. The most important thing is that everything is in our hands. I would like to remind you that a famine is looming, everyone is talking about it. It might really happen. The situation in the world will no...

The West was wary of Belarus' delegation and what it had to say, Andrei Savinykh, the Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, head of Belarus' parliamentary delegation to ...

A reminder, the Belarusian delegation was denied the visas necessary to participate in the summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Some 9,300 hectares of winter barley was harvested in Belarus, or 15.8% of the land under barley, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

A few years ago Inna Chubikova from Mogilev started cultivating lavender in her farm in Mogilev District.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants of the solemn event timed to the 140th anniversary of the birth of the national poet of Belarus, the classic of Belarusian and world literature Yanka Kupala.

“In June the country honored its foreign and domestic obligations in foreign currency to the amount of about $210 million in equivalent. The revaluation of monetary gold and special drawing rights by the International Monetary Fund had a negative i...

There is no unity in the European Union any more, Oleg Gaidukevich, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

“Of course, we cannot but be concerned about the situation in Uzbekistan. We have friendly relations. There are very good relations between the presidents, we are actively cooperating economically,” Sergei Rachkov said.

Russian political expert Semyon Uralov told the On Point online project on BelTA's YouTube channel why the Belarusian model of agricultural towns is attractive to Russia.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has always demonstrated determination to defend the interests of the Belarusian people, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei...

Sergei Aleinik said: “In the current conditions we mainly focus on advancing economic relations with remote countries, in particular, with China, India, Indonesia, Southeast Asia countries, countries of Africa and Latin America.”

SZAO Industrial Park Development Company, UJU Holding Ltd, and Belarusian producers (Minsk Dairy Plant No.1, Neman Glassworks, and Bellakt's official representative in China OOO United Lavie International Trade) signed memorandums of cooperation.

Aleksandr Yaroshenko said: “Belarus and the People's Republic of China have achieved high results in trade and economic cooperation. The opening of the national electronic pavilion is a very important stage in further enhancement of cooperation."

"The sports industry is adjusting. It is now Eurocentric. But we have to shift focus on domestic competitions. There are 5 or 6 sports where we have very strong sports communities. Therefore, we have a chance to raise domestic competitions to a new ...

The appropriate resolution was signed by Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko.

Alesya Abramenko said: “Digitization growth, gradual transition to electronic commerce represent a driver of key changes in the world economy and respectively a driver of interaction of two strategic partners – Belarus and China. Trade between th...

According to the committee, all of them came to Belarus from the EU countries: 127 entered Belarus from Poland, 34 from Lithuania and 4 from Latvia.

According to the committee, all of them came to Belarus from the EU countries: 127 entered Belarus from Poland, 34 from Lithuania and 4 from Latvia.

On 6 July the Vitebsk Regional Scientific and Methodological Center of Folk Art launched a n exhibition "Do you happen to be from Vitebsk?..." dedicated to the poetics and poetry of Marc Chagall

Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals from Lithuania and Latvia on 15 April 2022. Since then 68,700 citizens of Lithuania, 26,300 citizens and 8,600 aliens of Latvia visited Belarus.

Piotr Parkhomchik and Denis Manturov shared information about the current situation in the manufacturing sector and summed up results of fulfillment of previous agreements.

Chinese-Belarusian trade and economic cooperation has a great future, Minister Counselor of the PRC Embassy in the Republic of Belarus Luo Shixiong said during the opening ceremony of the national pavilion of Belarus on the Chinese platforms Jingdong...

There are regular trains between Belarus and Russia's Moscow, St. Petersburg, Anapa, Adler, Kaliningrad, and Murmansk.

Despite the sanctions, the country is moving forward, the government is fulfilling all the tasks, Natalya Kochanova noted. “There is no doubt that we will maintain momentum and that all social support activities, all social security programs will r...

The Sport and Tourism Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry of Sports of Russia have signed three cooperation agreements.

Comprehensive and strategic partnership with the People's Republic of China is a priority avenue of Belarus' foreign policy, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Aleinik said.

Nikolai Snopkov said: “The year 2022 marks an important date – the 30th anniversary since Belarus-China diplomatic relations were established. Belarus-China interaction evolved greatly in this period: from friendship in the 1990s to modern, all-r...

Aleksandr Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the situation around Belarus and Kazakhstan and in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Nursultan Nazarbayev inquired in detail about the situation in the region.

The event is an initiative of the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. The initiative is intended to stimulate trade cooperation between the two countries. The project is designed to step up economic activity and advance bilateral trade.

Member of the Communist Party of Switzerland Davide Rossi told reporters that he wants to tell everyone the truth about peaceful and open Belarus, BelTA has learned.

"I would like to note that at the moment the sanctions are not hurting Russia and Belarus in fact. The two countries have managed to find new markets," said Davide Rossi.

As of 6 July, agricultural workers cut down grass on 89.8% of grassland in Vitebsk Oblast as part of the first grass cutting. Brest Oblast, Gomel Oblast, Grodno Oblast, Minsk Oblast, and Mogilev Oblast have already hit the first grass cutting target....

Belarus is ready and open to cooperation, the MP noted. "We have not closed our door on anyone and are ready for productive and constructive cooperation with all interested countries," he added.

"I am sure that as time goes by, this erroneous opinion will be washed away from European minds and Europeans will take a sober look at the things that are happening now,” Davide Rossi said.

Members of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives are meeting with member of the Communist Party of Switzerland Davide Rossi.

Brest is gearing up to welcome the strongest athletes from Belarus, Russia and other countries. By the way, national records are expected to be set at the tournament. Spectators will be able to watch strongmen compete in squat, bench press, and deadl...

Two Mi-8 helicopters with water discharge devices remain on duty in Turkey. “Aviation can help detect wildfires at an early stage and quickly eliminate them, thus minimizing the repercussions,” the Emergencies Ministry noted.

More than 200 Russian schoolchildren will spend summer vacations in the Svitanak children's rehabilitation and recuperation center in Pinsk District under the Union State program, director of the center Igor Nevar told a BelTA correspondent.

“We have a number of tools to curb and stabilize prices. Some of them were set forth in the Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 214 that provides for strict price regulation, among other things. The adopted program envisages a set of economic meas...

The sides discussed the importance of pooling efforts for the sake of expanding interaction between representatives of the Belarusian private sector and the Vietnamese one.

Amkodor's products on display include the universal skid steer loader Amkodor 211, the universal loader with a telescopic boom Amkodor T400-70, the excavator-loader Amkodor 732, and the universal loader Amkodor 342S4-07.

Over 1.3 million Douyin users watched the stream over the course of one hour. Meanwhile, sales of Belarusian chocolate and snacks exceeded 900,000 Chinese yuans or about $135,000.

Sergei Nikiforovich said: “Independence is not simply a status. It is something you have to defend every hour, every minute. And the possibility of import substitution is one of the components of the country's independence."

Head coach of Belarus' national swimming team Andrei Lipnitsky summed up the results of Belarus' Open Cup held last week, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian swimming federation.

SCST Chairman Sergei Shlychkov met with UAE Ambassador to Belarus Ibrahim Salim Mohamed Al Musharrakh to discuss cooperation in high technology, attracting investments from the UAE to Belarus and export of innovative developments to new markets.

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations Office at Geneva Larisa Belskaya took part in the discussion with the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism during the 50th session of the Human Rights Council.

A Belarusian delegation led by Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik is on a working visit in Yekaterinburg for the the 12th international industrial exhibition Innoprom.

Kirill Koroteyev said: “A stream was arranged on the Douyin platform today with participation of the Belarusian embassy in China. Over the course of 2.5 hours the number of subscribers of the national pavilion went from 70,000 to 193,000. The numbe...

Olympic Games medalist in Tokyo Alina Harnasko won five awards, four of which were gold. The Belarusian scored highest in the all-around, and topped the field in the ball, clubs and ribbon events.