Events

Voter turnout on single voting day in Belarus at 73.09% according to latest update
The official noted that according to preliminary results of the elections, all the 1,284 local councils of deputies have been formed...

Voter turnout on single voting day in Belarus at 72.98% as of 20:00
According to the CEC, voter turnout stood at 75.82% in Brest Oblast, 74.74% in Vitebsk Oblast, 75.85% in Gomel Oblast, 76.90% in Grodno Oblast, 74.20% in Minsk Oblast, 77.03% in Mogilev Oblast, and 61.54% in the city of Minsk...

Belarus, Nepal seek closer business ties
Director of the Belarusian National Center for Marketing Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador of Nepal to Russia and concurrently to Belarus Milan Tuladhar...

Lukashenko: Parliament’s role will be increasing
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media after he cast his vote in the parliamentary and local elections on 25 February...

Belarus’ 2024 elections: Early voting turnout at 41.71%
A total of 44.72% of ballots were cast in Brest Oblast...

Health ministries of Belarus, Zimbabwe thrash out cooperation plans
According to the press service, the negotiations in Harare covered a wide range of matters in medicine and pharmaceutics...

Zimbabwe president confirms readiness to visit Belarus
"The parties confirmed mutual interest in developing interstate contacts," the ministry said...

Additional options for spending family capital early offered to Belarusians
The decree forbids parting with the housing that has been acquired using family capital for five years as from the property ownership registration date for the premises, the right to own which was registered prior to 2022...

MFA: Belarus counts on constructive cooperation with Armenia in the future
“As for the legal aspects of the CSTO's activities, we have not received any official notifications in this regard,” the spokesperson said...

Increasing momentum in cooperation between CECs of Belarus, Uzbekistan welcomed
Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev said during a meeting with Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko...

Belarus, Equatorial Guinea agree on mutual recognition of academic certificates
The agreement between the governments of the two countries was signed in Malabo on 9 December 2023. The Council of Ministers of Belarus, based on Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On International Treaties of the Republic of Belarus” of 23 July 2008, decided to approve the agreement...

Zimbabwe president expected to visit Belarus in 2024
Participants of the session discussed practical steps for advancing Belarus-Zimbabwe cooperation in politics, economy, social sphere, and security matters...

Belarus’ CEC: 23 foreign nationals accredited as independent observers
The CIS election observation mission has 238 observers. Of them, 44 observers were sent by the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, 12 by the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, 25 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State, 4 by the Union State Standing Committee...

Belarus' MFA pledges tough retaliation against Vilnius' unfriendly border policies
Lithuania’s decision to close two more border checkpoints Kotlovka - Lavorishki and Privalka - Raigardas on 1 March 2024 and to restrict passenger traffic is an absolutely politically motivated step, prompted, among other things, by the election campaign considerations...

Belarus, Zimbabwe agree on mutual support in international organizations
The parties exchanged views on topical issues on the international agenda, matters of global and regional security...

Belarus’ diplomat joins Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in Bangkok
The participants of the forum share experience and best practices of their states in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and put forward proposals for intensifying and increasing the effectiveness of regional and international cooperation in this area...

Khrenin unveils location for Belarus-Russia military exercise in 2025
According to the defense minister, the next exercise will take place on the territory of Belarus in 2025. Viktor Khrenin recalled that the decision to hold the joint military exercise on the territory of either Belarus or Russia every two years was made by the leadership of the two countries back in 2009...

Defense minister promises tough response to violation of Belarus’ airspace
According to the defense minister, six incidents of breaching Belarus’ airspace have been recorded since August 2023 alone...

Belarus’ CEC accredits observers from EU states
“To date, 23 representatives of the European Union states have been accredited. These are Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Italy, Sweden and a number of other countries,” said Yelena Baldovskaya...

Belarus, Zimbabwe sign military cooperation action plan
A Belarusian delegation took part in the signing of a military cooperation action plan between the defense ministries of Belarus and Zimbabwe. Members of the Belarusian delegation are part of the defense committee of the Belarus-Zimbabwe Standing Commission for Cooperation...