Events

Belarus hosts over 43,500 visa-waiver visitors since 1 January 2024
These included 25,072 citizens of Lithuania, 8,622 citizens and 2,091 non-citizens of Latvia, and 7,950 citizens of Poland...

Lukashenko sends national day greetings to Bulgaria
“I am confident that spiritual affinity, fellow-feeling and respect between the Belarusian and Bulgarian peoples will eventually help resume constructive cooperation between our countries, primarily in trade and humanitarian matters. Belarus is ready for that,” the message of congratulations reads...

Belarus’ CEC publishes final election results
On the single voting day Belarusians elected 110 members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and 12,511 members of various municipal councils of deputies...

Belarus’ CEC: New Parliament will convene for first session on 22 March
The decision to convene the first session of the House of Representatives will be approved at a meeting of the CEC on 1 March...

Belarusian war veterans to be honored with jubilee medal on 9 May
On 29 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 75 on the establishment of the medal “80 Years of Liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders”. The document also approves the regulations on the anniversary medal, its description and a sample certificate to it...

Over 14,000 Ukrainian citizens enter Belarus since 1 January 2024
All in all, since 24 February 2022, 160,497 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in our country from the Ukrainian territory...

Medal to mark 80 years since liberation from Nazis instituted in Belarus
The medal will be awarded to veterans of the Great Patriotic War, former prisoners of Nazi camps, prisons, ghettos and other places of forced confinement created by the Nazis and their allies during the Second World War, foreign citizens and stateless persons who permanently reside outside Belarus and took direct part in the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War...

Belarus’ MFA hosts UN representative to discuss sustainable development projects
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich met with UN Resident Coordinator a.i. in Belarus Erol Arduç on 29 February...

Xie Xiaoyong: Youth plays an important role in strengthening Belarus-China relations
According to the diplomat, regional and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries is also yielding fruit...

Belarus’ CEC to decide on convening parliament’s first session on 1 March
Participants of the session will summarize results of elections to the 8th convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. Heads of oblast election commissions and the Minsk city election commission will present reports on results of elections to the 29th convocation municipal councils of deputies...

Top priorities for Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research identified
In his words, results of studying the processes going on in other countries will always be in demand. These materials are used to shape bilateral relations and implement Belarus’ foreign policy on the whole...

Belarus reminds EU about existing cooperation possibilities
In particular, the ministry mentioned protection and management of Belarus’ borders with Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia...

Deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus described as forced defensive step against NATO build-up
The ministry also emphasized that the European Union's reference to the Budapest Memorandum does not stand up to any criticism...

Employment bill passes first reading in Belarusian parliament
The draft law introduces job quotas for the employment of disabled persons and defines the main tasks of the State Employment Service...

MFA: Belarus is open to human rights cooperation based on equal footing
“International cooperation on human rights is intended to serve as a respectful complement to national efforts to ensure that they are nourished by best practices and to help improve legislation and practices at the request of interested governments,” the diplomat said...

Belarusian MFA: Human rights long turned into tool of pressure by West
Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich said at a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva...

MFA: Belarus is in favor of peaceful evolution of human rights
According to him, the declaration, together with the two covenants that followed, was a beautiful attempt to formulate a single standard that all peoples must meet to ensure peace and harmony both within and between countries...

Belarus, Türkiye reaffirm commitment to strategic partnership
The diplomats discussed a wide range of issues on the bilateral agenda, with a focus on efforts to maintain political dialogue, step up trade and economic interaction, and implement agreements reached at the high and highest levels...

Employment bill to get first reading in Belarusian parliament
The draft laws which are supposed to go for the first reading will include the bills “On Amendments to the Laws on Employment”, “On Accreditation in the National Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus”, “On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Customs Regulation in the Republic of Belarus”...

Belarus attends UNEA-6 session in Nairobi
The session is planned to adopt a number of important resolutions and declarations aimed at solving environmental problems...