In 2022 the town will mark its 150th anniversary.

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Belarus is interested in Chinese investments into its mining industry, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

The European Union will either fall apart or be divided into several segments, Marina Lenchevskaya, a member of the Standing Commission on National Security of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, told the ONT TV channel,...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich has met with United Nations Organization's special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Felipe Gonzalez Morales to discuss the results of his three-day visit to Belarus, BelTA learn...

“The fruitful bilateral cooperation and close interaction in various sectors based on respect and assistance contributed to the formation of reliable contacts,” the message of congratulations reads.

Well-conducted harvesting is crucial for Belarus' food security, Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Valery Ivanov said at the Zazhinki regional festival that took place on the field of the Alexandriyskoye agricultural compa...

Boris Gryzlov went on a tour of the enterprise. The ambassador saw the main assembly line, took a close look at samples of MAZ products, and met with the MAZ SPORTauto team.

The political analyst is convinced that sooner or later Belarus will learn the identity of those, who are really behind these provocations. “Their goal is to discredit the Republic of Belarus and instigate some elements of destructive activities in...

Speaking about the beginning of construction at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the official noted that the Belarusian side had reviewed all the documents sent by Russia. It was decided to begin construction with residential premises, which are already bei...

Mikhail Kasko said: “When the industry was being modernized, we set out to achieve several goals. Import substitution was one of them. Summing up results of H1 2022, we can say that we are even ahead of the goals set by the import substitution prog...

The 30km and 77km cycling races will be held during the national cultural and sports festival "Vytoki. A Step Towards Olympus" in Gorki. The sports event will start at the Grieving Mother memorial a2 12.00 on 22 July.

"Not so long ago, we conducted a survey: about 80% of the Ukrainians who have come to Belarus are not planning to return to their home country. They want to stay with their families in our country,” Dmitry Shevtsov said.

This agreement was reached during a working meeting between representatives of the Library of Alexandria and a Belarusian delegation which included chairwoman of the Belarusian Trade Union of Culture, Information, Sports and Tourism Workers Tatiana ...

Belarus' national exposition will be presented in Istanbul on 2-5 November as part of MUSIAD Expo.

Dmitry Yaroshevich reiterated that only joint work on these priorities will strengthen the adaptability and resilience of the economy to new realities.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) reviewed two matters the other day – the Ryanair Flight 4978 incident in Belarus' skies on 23 May 2021 and Belarus' complaint about consequent actions of European countries, which introduced sanc...

ICAO reviewed two matters the other day – the Ryanair Flight 4978 incident in Belarus' skies on 23 May 2021 and Belarus' complaint about consequent actions of European countries, which introduced sanctions against Belarusian civil aviation. ICAO's ...

The manufacturing company from the Altai Republic of Russia made a debut at BUCE. The buyers were two domestic oil producing enterprises, and the total volume of purchases totaled 2,000 tonnes in the amount of Br3.2 million.

“Citizens of Ukraine continue to arrive in Belarus from Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, over 70% of them came to our country via Poland,” the State Border Committee said.

Today the Belarusian defeated Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic (75) 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour 15 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Aliaksandra Sasnovich will take on the winner of the match between Belgium's Maryna Zanevska (72) and Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik of Ro...

During a business briefing it was noted that force majeure circumstances are a matter of concern for heads of diplomatic missions now. Ambassadors talked to representatives of enterprises. Over 200 heads of Belarusian enterprises signed up for the me...

After a business briefing at the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Nazaruk named the countries that are viewed as priority markets for Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The adoption of the law “On the Belarusian People's Congress” is of particular importance for the social and political system of our country, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told BelTA.

"During the meeting, the special rapporteur was briefed about the rights and guarantees that Belarus provides to migrants and refugees in terms of employment, social protection and assistance," the press service said.

The work plan of the Council of Ministers of Belarus and the Presidium of the Council of Ministers for H2 2022 was approved by the government's Resolution No. 469 as of 18 July 2022. The document was officially published on the National Legal Interne...

Director of the National Center for Marketing and Price Study Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Belarus Valeri Kvaratskhelia to discuss cooperation between Belarusian and Georgian companies, BelTA ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin love their Fatherlands, their people endlessly and devote themselves fully to promoting the national interests, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National ...

The political scientist went on saying: Europe needs to stop being under the sway of the USA and Great Britain. “Everything depends on the special operation. What is happening today in Ukraine is an important, weighty, media reason to put pressure ...

The meeting was attended by employees of the Main Investigations Directorate of the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the center “Sistemnaya Pravozaschita” [“Systemic Human Rights Protection”].

It was noted that so far this year the Industry Ministry has ensured the achievement of all the key performance indicators the head of state and the government assigned to the manufacturing sector. Tasks concerning future development of the country's...

Aleksei Avramenko said: “It is necessary to prepare a long-term strategy for developing the enterprise, including the modernization of the production sites and the physical infrastructure.”

According to the source, Belarus puts every effort into resolving problems with transactions concerning eurobonds despite the complicated situation arising from restrictions introduced by the West.

Energy Expo 2022, the 26th installment of the Belarusian energy and environmental forum, will be held in Minsk from 11 to 14 October.

Belarus' Championships in Fire and Rescue Sports are running at the the Civil Protection University of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry.

Staritsa-Agro farm, based in Kopyl District, began harvesting the second-cut silage. The first-cut yielded 100 centners per hectare. The farm is set to store about 8,000 tonnes of silage.

The National Center for Intellectual Property of Belarus and the Intellectual Property Office at the Economy Ministry of Armenia signed the memorandum of understanding on the sidelines of the 63rd Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the WIPO Memb...

Felipe Gonzalez Morales noted he had come to Belarus as an independent person and intended to find out why the migrant crisis happened at the Belarusian-Polish border in 2021 and what steps should be taken to rule out such situations in the future.

The agricultural company Domanovo, a subsidiary of Brestoblgaz based in Ivatsevichi District, began harvesting winter rapeseed and triticale.

The admission campaign is running the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.

Vladimir Garkun said: “I think the state-guaranteed order will be fully met. The population will be well-supplied with food grain and cereals. There will be sufficient amounts of brewer's barley and grain to make alcohol.”

No other government in the world cares so much about its citizens as Belarus; huge resources are channeled into the healthcare sector, and this should be acknowledged and appreciated, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembl...

As of 19 July winter barley was harvested from 45,100ha of land (75.6% of the targeted area), with 236,100 tonnes produced and the average yield at 52.4 centners per hectare. Winter rapeseed was gathered in from 7,080ha of land or 59.1% of the target...

The area under sugar beets has been increased this year, there are no problems with sugar supply, Agriculture and Food Deputy Minister Vladimir Grakun said at a press conference on 19 July, BelTA has learned.

Foreigners who come to our country and see that this is a calm, clean, beautiful and very comfortable country will be able to convey this point of view to their politicians, and relations between our countries will begin to improve, the governor said...

Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded that the need to build such a facility in Grodno had been discussed before. "Because we need to build an oncological center in the west for Grodno Oblast,” he said.

Vladimir Karanik said: “We saw a slight decrease in output figures in the last six months. But in the period of external shocks we primarily focused on financial effectiveness of the work of enterprises and the oblast as a whole. Those figures are ...

"It's a peculiar issue. We have launched a visa-waiver program for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. First of all, this is your area of responsibility as you lead the frontier region. What are your impressions, your point of view on this?” ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko raised the issue of Belarus' visa waiver program for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland as he met with Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko set a task to sustain economic growth in the country as a whole and each region as he met with Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik. The head of state noted that he had earlier familiarized himself with th...

Despite the progress achieved in fulfilling the international commitments in the relevant area, in October 2021 Belarus faced a biased and discriminatory attitude and pressure from the governing bodies of the convention.

Hunger and food deficit do not threaten Belarus, economic analyst Georgy Grits said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs.

According to the committee, 134 Ukrainian citizens entered Belarus in transit from the territory from Poland, 36 from Lithuania and 3 from Latvia.

In Round of 32 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (WTA No.35) eased past Germany's Nastasja Schunk (WTA No. 146) 6-1, 6-4. The match lasted 1 hour 15 minutes. She will next take on either Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic (WTA No. 75) or Germany's Sabine Lisicki (WTA No...

The Chinese company China Merchants CHN-BLR Commerce and Logistics Company (CMCB) will help bring suppliers and buyers to the import substitution platform of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), BUCE Spokesman Roman Yaniv told a BelTA ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a law setting forth the new version of the Land Code, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br87.4 billion in current prices or 95.8% as against January-June 2021 in comparable prices. In January-June 2022 the GDP deflator index equaled 116.3% year-on-year.

Vladimir Makei said: “A lot of fake information concerning results of World War Two is being generated today to suit political ambitions of some Western elites. Established historical facts are being distorted.”

In January-June 2022 retail trade totaled Br32 billion, 99.6% in the same period of last year in comparable prices.

Last week, the best Belarusian tennis player did not play and remained sixth with 3,267 points. Former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka is the 220th (2,016 points).

Since the visa-waiver program was launched on 15 April Belarus has welcomed 129,872 people: 84,888 citizens of Lithuania, 10,565 aliens and 33,399 citizens of Latvia.

Vladimir Makei noted that all the partner states are informed about Belarus' stance on events of the Great Patriotic War and the stance is also presented at international platforms and in integration associations.

Vladimir Makei remarked that today the world's durability is being sorely tested, principles of multilaterality are eroding, some countries revise results of World War Two, and attempts are being made to equate rights of victims and butchers, liberat...

Belarus should adopt the best solutions of other countries in a number of areas, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss the state of affairs in healthcare as well as postgraduate training of medical professionals, Be...

"As for our policy, from now on it will depend on the behavior of Western partners. In no way we intend to contribute to escalating the arms race or confrontation. On the contrary, we have an interest in ensuring greater stability and peace in our r...

Vladimir Makei said: “Participation in such conflicts in the capacity of mercenaries is a criminal offence in Belarus. We are getting information about the capture and deaths of a number of Belarusian mercenaries, who are fighting somewhere in Ukra...

Vladimir Makei speculated the Western countries are not acting smart in this regard. In his words, the Belarusian side is now looking into the legal side of the matter.

“Our assessment is unequivocal - these are horrible actions that affect children's mental health. I think if children pull through, this situation will harden them for the rest of their lives,” the diplomat added.

The future world order must ensure peace and stability on the planet, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media.

Anatoly Glaz noted that Felipe Gonzalez Morales and his team entered Belarus on 16 July and went to the city of Grodno where they started working actively as part of the visit on 18 July.

The procedure for obtaining Belarus citizenship for residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland might be relaxed, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media.

The opening ceremony was attended by employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions and consular offices and foreign diplomats accredited in the country.

Felipe Gonzalez Morales met with representatives of the Grodno Oblast administration. The dialogue touched upon matters concerning the migrant crisis that started in November 2021. Over 2,500 people stayed in Grodno District during the first wave. Re...

566 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus over the weekend, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Now is the best time to invest in prestigious real estate in the multifunctional residential complex Minsk World.

In his words, Belarus will pay close attention to cooperation with Kaliningrad Oblast. Belarus intends to increase export to Russia by a third this year and may increase export to Kaliningrad even more than that, the ambassador noted.

The participants of the meeting were to consider a draft decree prepared by the Healthcare Ministry. The draft decree provides for the transition to a new form of postgraduate training of doctors – clinical residency.

Vladimir Semashko reminded that Russia is now trying to resolve serious problems in the automobile industry. The withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market has slowed down the production of cars and trucks in Russia due to the poor local...

The joint creation of energy accumulators for electric vehicles is one of the promising areas. The sides discussed the gradual localization of manufacturing of energy accumulation systems in Belarus using Renera's technology and taking into account r...

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that he has recently visited Vitebsk Oblast, Mogilev Oblast and Gomel Oblast to see how things were.

Opening the seminar, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei outlined the current environment that Belarus is operating in and recalled the foreign policy priorities.

The head of state noted that Anatoly Isachenko has been running the region for only six months. Yet, he is not new to the region, he had previously worked there in various roles, and therefore he knows the situation on the ground well.

"On the one hand, in January-May of this year the commodity exports shrank by 4.4% (almost $650 million). The main reason was the reduction in the export of oil and petroleum products, potash and nitrogen fertilizers. But on the other hand, the expo...

Belarusian agricultural workers have harvested winter barley on more than 70% of the area, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

"India has always been and will continue to be our priority partner in Asia. This is the key partner with whom we have developed good relations in all avenues: in politics, economy, and culture," Ambassador Andrei Rzheussky said.

Belarus and Russia have agreed on 14 joint projects as part of the import substitution effort, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk told the Belarus 1 TV channel.

In today's situation the military language is becoming more common than the diplomatic language, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The large-scale hostilities are the result of the West's irresponsible policy that aggravated disagreements in the European region, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates o...

The ongoing developments prompt diplomats to come up with a new response to the policy of the West, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions and consulates of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

We are going against the tide addressing our tasks in a new environment, Belarus' Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk wrapped up on 17 July, BelTA has learned.

Taking part in the event were the country's leading producers of makeup products.

Vitebsk hosted the 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to journalists of the Riga Children's Academy of Radio and Television before the opening ceremony of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk.

During the meeting Valery Revenko summed up what Belarus and China had managed to achieve in military cooperation with the current attaché Senior Colonel Li Yong in office. Valery Revenko thanked Li Yong for his contribution to the advancement of Be...

Aleksei Overchuk said: “We already use our currencies as much as possible. Their share was already close to 80% last year. Taking into account the measures unfriendly countries are taking against Belarus and Russia, we expect the share of national ...

Salaries accounted for 64.8% of the total money income, revenues from doing business and other gainful activities – 8.1%, transfers to the population (pensions, welfare benefits, scholarships, and other kinds) – 22.3%, property income and other k...

The future civil engineering specialists visited the demonstration wing of the education and training center of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. The students saw a full-scale simulator of the nuclear power plant control room where engineers practi...

On the night of 15-16 July 2016, attacks were carried out against the parliament building, strategic facilities and infrastructure, an attempt was made to assassinate the president of Türkiye. As a result of the clashes, more than 250 people were k...