Events

International observers invited to monitor Belarus’ 2024 elections
"We have already accredited 58 international observers. Today the CIS mission has opened its headquarters that will be headed by CIS First Deputy Secretary General Leonid Vasilievich Anfimov"...

Krutoi meets with ambassador of Dominican Republic
The diplomats discussed ways to intensify bilateral political dialogue, including by arranging visits through the foreign ministries of the two countries...

Belarus, Russia draft resolution on launching single media company
"We have prepared a draft resolution of the Supreme State Council. It envisages the establishment of a single media company of the Union State that will take over coordination and publication of information in the printed press, on a TV channel and on a website (it will get a priority)"...

Belarus, Russia to discuss new Union State integration plan soon
After the meeting with the Belarusian head of state, Dmitry Mezentsev told journalists that the work on the 28 Union State programs was almost completed and the heads of government of Belarus and Russia reported on this at the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers...

Belarus, Qatar discuss ways to intensify trade, economic cooperation
The Belarusian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov, the Qatari delegation was headed by Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi...

Over 10,500 EU residents enter Belarus visa-free since 1 January 2024
Since the start of the visa-waiver initiative, 811,183 foreigners have visited Belarus visa-free...

Foreign ministers of Belarus, India discuss trade, manufacturing cooperation, regional security
The two officials determined a plan of interaction and contacts that will take place at various levels in the near future. They agreed on organizing a session of the Belarusian-Indian intergovernmental commission on cooperation in trade, economy, manufacturing sector, science, technologies, and culture in Minsk...

Nearly 4,000 Ukrainian citizens enter Belarus since 1 January 2024
All in all, since 24 February 2022, 150,469 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in our country from the Ukrainian territory...

State Quality Mark instituted in Belarus
The document approved the image and description of the mark. It is a red pentagon with a rotated letter K in the center, below the inscription “Belarus”...

Belarus’ FM meets with colleagues from Algeria, Philippines, North Korea at NAM summit in Uganda
Negotiations with Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad of Algeria Ahmed Attaf focused on cooperation in agriculture, deliveries of Belarusian machines, vehicles, and equipment, manufacturing cooperation projects, and the development of the legal base...

National plan on organizing Year of Quality adopted in Belarus
The document specifies 69 projects, steps, and measures aimed at enhancing Belarus’ economic potential, at securing quality indicators by stimulating a proactive attitude, forming personal civic responsibility for reaching high quality of living, and providing information coverage for the Year of Quality...

Belarus, Armenia committed to expanding cooperation in sport
The parties discussed the ways of expanding cooperation and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening ties between the Olympic committees and exchanging experience in sport...

Aleinik off to Uganda for 19th NAM Summit
Sergei Aleinik will speak at the plenary session of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in his national capacity and on behalf of a group of European countries...

FM comments on prospects for Belarusian-Saudi cooperation
"During the negotiations, we noted the similarity of our views on the main world processes. Both Belarus and Saudi Arabia are in favor of building a fairer world order that would ensure and consider the interests of all the states without exception. In many ways our views are similar, including on ways to resolve regional conflicts," Sergei Aleinik concluded...

30 Belarusian athletes receive FIG neutral status
Some Belarusian judges, doctors and coaches, including Irina Leparskaya and Marina Lobatch, were also included in the list...

Belarus, UAE discuss cooperation in law enforcement
The parties discussed the current state of cooperation and further development of bilateral relations between the Interior Ministries of Belarus and the UAE in law enforcement...

Lukashenko awards media and healthcare workers
The commendation acknowledged significant personal contribution to the implementation of the state media policy, high professionalism, objective and comprehensive coverage of socio-political and cultural events...

Belarus’ police getting ready to maintain security at upcoming elections
The minister noted that the personnel of the internal affairs bodies must be ready to take action even in the most difficult situation...

Belarus, Türkiye reaffirm commitment to developing political dialogue
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with the outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Türkiye to Belarus Mustafa Ozcan in Minsk on 12 January...

Belarus admits about 2,300 Ukrainian citizens since 2024 year-start
Since 24 February 2022, 148,774 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Belarus...