Official documents

Aviation inspectorate to be set up in Belarus
The new organization will be subordinate to the Aviation Department of the Transport and Communications Ministry. The inspectorate will perform a number of duties as an authorized body in civil aviation in line with the states’ international commitments...

New projects added to Belarus’ innovative development program
The document approves amendments and addenda to Belarus’ innovative development program for the period of 2016-2020. The decree amends the list of projects that are critical for the country’s innovative development. The list features 21 new projects...

Visa-free travel area, travel time expanded in Brest Oblast, Grodno Oblast
The existing separate visa-free travel areas around Brest and Grodno have been combined into one visa-free travel area named Brest-Grodno. Five districts in Grodno Oblast have been added to the new area...

Lukashenko passes law to amend Criminal Code
The amendments to the Criminal Code will allow judges to be more flexible while imposing a sentence in each different case taking into account all circumstances of a crime...

Exams to 5th form in Belarusian gymnasiums abolished
The move will ease stress put on primary school students, which in general will benefit their health...

Commentary to Decree No. 166
The document envisages a “one-stop shop” principle for the park. Public authorities now should send employees to the park to carry out administrative procedures at park’s request. The decree envisages the establishment of a free-trade zone in the park. The document envisages a mechanism to coordinate inspections of the park’s resident companies with the park’s administration...

Belarus’ social and economic development program for 2016-2020 enacted
The program has been prepared by the government on the basis of the main provisions the fifth Belarusian People’s Congress had approved earlier. The document gives an assessment of development of the national economy in 2011-2015 in addition to formulating goals, tasks, priorities and expected results of the country’s social and economic development in 2016-2020...

Belarus, Azerbaijan sign administrative agreement on pension coverage
The administrative agreement signed on 28 November determines responsible agencies (countries), the procedure of interaction in the calculation and recalculation of pensions...

Improving national competitiveness named Belarus’ major priority for 2017
The document also specified key priorities of Belarus’ social and economic development in 2017. These are the macroeconomic balance, financial recovery of real production sector organizations, development of an efficient employment system, higher labor productivity, creation of new jobs...

Monetary policy priorities for 2017 approved in Belarus
In 2017, Belarus’ monetary policy will retain continuity and will promote Belarus’ sustainable and balanced economic development by means of the price stability...