According to Aleksandr Chervyakov, Russia has always been the key strategic partner for Belarus. However, in view of unfriendly actions of individual countries the realization of previously determined strategic directions on advancing economic integr...

According to the source, due to sanctions from unfriendly countries the main task of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to assist Belarusian companies with penetrating new foreign markets. The schedule for international exhibition eve...

According to the forestry minister, wood pellet prices remain the same. In the near future the industry will have to increase the output because it is possible to make so much more in Belarus at present.

Vladimir Putin said: “We will certainly consider proposals of our European partners with regard to shipments of fertilizers to them but it is necessary to tackle issues concerning sales of fertilizers to other countries, too. I'd like the Ministry ...

According to the committee, Belarus admitted 51,514 citizens of Ukraine. 15,876 Ukrainians came to Belarus directly from Ukraine, 29,155 arrived in Belarus via Poland, 5,505 via Lithuania and 978 via Latvia.

Aleksandr Chervyakov said: “We would like businesses to develop and grow larger. With an option to transition from one category to a better organized one. Creating more enterprises is the government's job. One of the suggested stimuli is transition...

On 9 September Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich met with UNICEF Representative in Belarus Tanja Radocaj in connection with the completion of her mission, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belaru...

In January-July 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $47.537 billion, 5.7% down from the same period in 2021. Import amounted to $22.363 billion (7.4% down). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $2.811 billion, up from $2.119 billion...

In August the base index of consumer prices, which rules out changes in prices for individual goods and services susceptible to administrative and seasonal factors, totaled 101.1% as against July 2022 and 116.8% as against December 2021.

Piotr Parkhomchik said: “In particular, the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry is working very well. It is due to food security of many countries. As our agricultural manufacturers sometimes joke, tractors and harvesters are selling like...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia's Federal Assembly Yury Vorobyov on 8 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Minis...

NOC President Viktor Lukashenko pointed out that the winners of those Games are true legends today not only for Belarusian and Soviet sports, but also for the entire global Olympic movement.

Piotr Parkhomchik said: “We regularly meet and it has a serious effect on our relations. We did very well in 2021. We secured a good increase in trade turnover. This dynamics continued into this year. We believe that all the prerequisites are in pl...

On behalf of the Belarusian people President Aleksandr Lukashenko has expressed condolences to King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Charles III, the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms and expressed ...

The bill was presented by the minister. The document laid out the new structure of small business. However, the president eventually sent the document back for revision, pointing out that the proposed system is too complex.

Viktor Karankevich said: “Radioactive waste in Belarus is generated by healthcare, manufacturing sector, science, and other areas where ionizing sources of radiation are used. There is also the matter of the Belarusian nuclear power plant."

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) plans to make it easier for Belarusian consumers to buy Russian metal, BUCE press secretary Roman Yaniv told a BelTA correspondent.

Sergei Nabeshko said: “Nowadays every economic forum takes place bearing in mind external changes and external challenges. It is obvious that regretfully sanctions and the resulting processes are the headliner of today's forum. Logistic, financial,...

The governor remarked that Western sanctions present additional challenges for Belarus and Russia. “But as we tackle those challenges, we grow stronger and more united and achieve new results in interaction,” the governor noted.

A bill has been drafted with a view to improving entrepreneurship activities. Its goal is to increase the contribution of citizens to the financing of state expenses by means of introducing simple terms and stimuli for organization and upscaling of o...

During the government conference Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the relevant officials do not always promptly act upon the president's instructions. As an example he referred to his recent proposal on working out measures to make wood for housing co...

The president asked to report on the plans to regulate the activities of unfair farm stay operators who have turned their facilities exclusively into hotel complexes. “We should have noticed such developments long before. We should have done it at ...

“As I have been told, it is high time we come to grips with various kinds of consultants. With absolute impunity, unscrupulous brokers (dubbed black and gray brokers) cash in on the elderly and even on quite progressive young people,” the head of...

Belarusians can be rest assured that the territory of Belarus will not be contaminated by radiation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he hosted members of the Council of Ministers for a meeting on 9 September, BelTA has learned.

The Russian region is one of the strategic partners for Belarus. Partnership relations are successfully developing in a wide range of areas, including trade, industry, agriculture, transport, construction, science, education, and many others.

The issue became one of the topics high on the agenda of the meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko with the Council of Ministers' members on 9 September.

The main goal of the agreement is mutual support to the process of commercialization of the NASB research and development in the Chinese market. The representative office will function at Zhongguancun Science Park.

The issues high on the agenda of the meeting relate to various sectors of the economy.

“Your country successfully implements plans to modernize the economy, increase social protection and the wellbeing of citizens, effectively solves the problems of regional security, strengthening its authority in the international arena,” the mes...

Belarus' world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka has failed to reached the US Open final for the second time in a row, losing to world number 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, in a 2-hour 11-minute semifinal showdown.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un as the country celebrates the Day of the Foundation of the Republic.

The launch of the procedure for Belarus to accede to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is expected as well. Apart from that, memorandums have been prepared to formalize the status of Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia as dialogue partners.

Tatiana Runets said: “We highly appreciate friendly and partnership relations between Belarus and Uzbekistan. Belarus views Uzbekistan as an important partner in Central Asia. Interparliamentary contacts and intergovernmental contacts have become s...

Aleksei Bogdanov said: “We hope it will be passed by the end of the year. The adoption of the document will simplify the import of goods, which import into our country has been forbidden due to Western sanctions.”

The press secretary said: "The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations identifies functions of diplomatic missions and those do not include hanging around in courts and evaluating the work of the court system, prosecutors, or lawyers. Western diplo...

Mikhail Myatlikov stressed that the Union State countries have excellent partnership relations.

According to Roman Golovchenko, the enterprises of Murmansk Oblast have traditionally been supplying raw materials which are vital for the Belarusian industry.

“It is also important that despite external pressure we've managed to prevent negative dynamics in other sectors of the economy. All the key industries will perform roughly at the level of January-July according to our estimates,” the official st...

Chairwoman of the Standing Commission on Economy, Budget and Finance of the Council of the Republic Tatiana Runets met with Deputy Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Galina Karelova at the 14th Sum...

The session focused on cooperation in counteracting drug crimes and information technology crimes, including Internet scams. The use of video analysis systems for finding suspects was also discussed in addition to the organization of electronic docum...

Food industry, agriculture, mechanical engineering industry, civil engineering, woodworking, healthcare, pharmaceutics, petrochemical industry, science and education will be represented at the expo.

More than 173,100 people aged 5-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 151,100 have been fully vaccinated.

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia's Federal Assembly Yury Vorobyov discussed Belarus-Russia cooperation prospects and integration processes within the Union State of Belarus and Russ...

According to Aleksei Bogdanov, the national food security doctrine states that domestic products should occupy 80-85% of the store shelf.

Domestic market is the main driver of economic growth under sanctions, Aleksei Avdonin, political expert, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), said on the sidelines of the Trade Dialogue international forum in Minsk,...

The summit has brought together women in top leadership positions in parliament to shape the parliamentary agenda on the basis of emerging political, economic and social changes that require unified and gender-sensitive solutions.

“Today we, together with all the companies that work with us (it is a joint decision), are going to focus on our Belarusian partners, friends and colleagues. Although many Europeans are already going to or ready to come back. Nevertheless, we will ...

According to the committee, from 6.00 on 7 September to 6.00 on 8 September, Belarus admitted 236 citizens of Ukraine. 186 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus via Poland, 36 via Lithuania and 13 Latvia. One person crossed the Belarus-Ukraine borde...

“I am convinced that all the economic issues from the point of view of even freight shipment costs can be resolved. We tightly cooperate with Russian Railways and the federal government. We enjoy full understanding and support in this regard,” An...

The Belarusian saw off world number 22 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinal. Next up for Aryna Sabalenka is Poland's world number 1 Iga Swiatek.

“You communicate a lot with the public (including through calls-in and meetings in person), what do people say? I have also met a lot with people lately. Maybe people do not tell me as much as they tell you, so this is very important,” Aleksandr ...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Andrei Metelitsa has met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Aisha-Farooqui.

Belarus and Murmansk Oblast of Russia may reach a new level of cooperation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Murmansk Oblast Governor Andrei Chibis on 8 September.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that so far the president of Belarus had been to Murmansk more often than the governors of Murmansk Oblast to Belarus. “However, you, fortunately, have discontinued this trend. You, the people from Murmansk Oblast, are al...

The Republic of Kalmykia would like to purchase Belarusian lumber, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE).

Belarusian agricultural workers have cleared 96.2% of the area under rapeseed or 345,000 hectares, threshed 876,700 tonnes of this crop with the average yield at 25.4 centners per hectare. Exclusive of this crop, all forms of agricultural producers t...

“The main goal of the exercise is to teach the military command bodies of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations of the Republic of Belarus uninterrupted force management while performing tasks,” the ministry noted.

A Belarusian delegation has met with Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov in Elista, the administrative center of the Republic of Kalmykia, to discuss transportation and logistics between Belarus and Russia.

Minsk is gearing up to celebrate its 955th anniversary.

Members of the Culture, Science, and Education Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia discussed the main directions of their work and the strategy for 2023-2024.

The trial conditions are not simple. The local fields have a complicated terrain, this is why the agricultural machines have to demonstrate great performance and durability. MMZ engines have successfully been able to do the job for years already.

The deer rut kicked off in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park in early September.

Belarusians seek to build a better understanding of their history in order to broaden their perspectives on the present and future, Chairman of the Board of the national public association Belarusian Society Knowledge Vadim Gigin told reporters.

The recent exchange trading in fruit and vegetables at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange resulted in the first contract to sell potatoes to one of the country's biggest domestic meat processing plants.

Igor Sergeyenko said: “Youth policy is a priority direction of the entire state policy of our country. The relevant legislation has been put together and is being improved with this in mind. In our daily work we may sometimes forget to pay attentio...

"In the near future we will sign an agreement on common rules of competition that will help us synchronize antimonopoly legislation. We have already been working quite synchronously and are happy with the interaction with Belarus,” said Maksim Shas...

An early autumn in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park

“Digital turnover in the economy is on the rise. The eyes of antimonopoly authorities of all countries will be increasingly focused on this area,” said Aleksei Bogdanov.

These days the Minsk World mixed-use and business, sports and entertainment, cultural and financial complex has shined not only with the rays of a warm autumn sun but also with the smiles of happy new tenants of a 22-storey Budapest house as they rec...

Iya Malkina said: “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union are major associations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization accounts for over 30% of the world's GDP, over 16% of the world's trade, and over 41% of the worl...

“For mutual recognition it is envisaged to use the COVID-19 vaccination certificates, approved in the states, either on paper or in electronic form using national information systems, including mobile applications,” said Iya Malkina.

Aleksei Bogdanov said: “Free competition and the observance of antimonopolistic practices are important for any state. But in complicated times one has to resort to tougher price regulations. The measures can vary. We actively use them in our count...

The central bank said: “As from August 2022 information about the volume of the international reserve assets will be published on the official website of the National Bank without breaking down their structure and without mentioning the factors tha...

In August 2022 individuals bought the equivalent of $868.5 million in cash and cashless forms and sold $923 million worth of foreign currency. In general, in January-August the net sale of foreign currency by individuals totaled $498.1 million.

“The parties discussed cooperation within the CSTO, Belarus' forthcoming presidency in the organization in 2023 and the CSTO tasks,” the spokesman said.

The cloud-capped Huangshan Mountain scenic area in east China's Anhui Province

“Belarusian agricultural workers have threshed 9,011 million tonnes of grain including rapeseed. This is 1.5 million up from the same period last year. The average yield across the country is also higher than the previous year's figures,” head of...

The parties discussed a wide range of trade and economic issues, including topical aspects of bilateral trade and prospects of investment cooperation. In addition, they discussed priority areas for interaction between Belarus and Hungary in industria...

According to him, sanctions and restrictions are a window of opportunity for strong people who are able to put new models of machinery into production. Amkodor has just such a team.

“The report is an overview of common approaches of states to regulate prices, especially in socially important markets, to ensure availability of medications, food and essential commodities at fair prices,” Arman Shakkaliyev commented on the docu...

The head of state expressed the conviction that the strong contacts between Minsk and Brasilia would withstand the trials of today's difficult time, allow filling the bilateral agenda with new specific content and effectively implement the existing p...

Igor Sergeyenko said: “The Belarusian national youth union BRSM is celebrating 20 years these days. 20 years is not so much at all. One can say it is a young age. Today the BRSM is a living organism. It is 350,000 best young people from various par...

The Belarusian delegation attended international food expos that took place in Istanbul: WorldFood Istanbul 2022 and CNR Food Istanbul 2022. The delegation held a number of negotiations with Turkish and foreign companies.

The parties exchanged opinions on the most important issues of Belarusian-Vietnamese interregional cooperation, with the focus on trade, economic, and humanitarian sectors.

The sides expressed hope that the meeting would contribute to the advancement of bilateral relations between the two countries and agreed to put efforts into invigorating bilateral cooperation and sharing the best practices.

According to the source, the international economic cooperation forum will take place in the National Library of Belarus on 9 September as part of Minsk City Day celebrations. Over 100 foreign delegations have already confirmed their plans to partici...

The Belarusian will next face world number 22 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic who overcame Belarus' world number 26 Victoria Azarenka, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, in the fourth round.

The West is trying to reduce consumption by their households at the expense of the conflict in Ukraine, Russian political scientist Sergei Kurginyan told the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

The official said: “We are in the final stage of signing the agreement with the Russian Federation. But it does not mean that work is not going on. The signing of the financing scheme is in the final stage while hard work is going on on business pl...

Nikolai Snopkov said: “Export is the most important thing in import substitution. This is why I am pleased to state that Belarus' export has been growing for four months in a row. The foreign trade surplus was traditionally record-high in the last ...

The final stage of the national tournament Leather Ball for young footballers kicked off in Minsk on 6 September. Matches will be played at the stadium of FC Minsk on 6-9 September.

According to Nikolai Snopkov, Belarus-China relations are developing in the most positive way. Mutual trade testifies to the fact.

Nikolai Snopkov remarked that getting Belarusian banks to connect to China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System will be an important part of Belarus-China cooperation. Belarusbank will be the first Belarusian bank to connect to the system. Other f...

Nikolai Snopkov said: “Finance is one of the fundamental components of cooperation with China. The relevant work proceeds very actively and positively. We are switching our debt payments to yuans.”

“China's direction is your personal responsibility. The second issue is import substitution. The third issue is the transfer of payments for the products supplied,” the head of state listed the topics for discussion.

"Do these people deserve to remain the citizens of Belarus if they fled from their native country and severed ties with it? In fact, many MPs and representatives of the general public suggested stripping people of their citizenship if they fled and a...

A bill has been prepared to amend the law on citizenship. The bill contains a number of novelties. The possibility of restricting rights and freedoms of Belarus citizens, who have a different citizenship, in cases specified by the Constitution and re...

According to the president, there are absolutely different people among those convicted, including those who committed crimes of negligence, as well as minor crimes, including acts of protest.