Events

Ante Jozic sees Minsk as possible venue for Ukraine peace talks brokered by the Vatican
"Minsk has previously been the center of negotiations and the place where even treaties were signed. I think it will be possible in the future," Ante Jozic said...

Belarus, Azerbaijan reaffirm commitment to strengthening cooperation in various fields
During the conversation, the parties touched on the topical issues of bilateral cooperation and reviewed the implementation of the agreements reached at the highest and high levels...

Belarus, Venezuela reaffirm commitment to strengthening cooperation
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik held a telephone conversation with Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa on 14 December...

Belarusian nuclear power plant background radiation readings now available online
According to the source, readings concerning background radiation in the area of the Belarusian nuclear power plant are now available on the nuclear power plant’s website. Radiation measurements are taken at the nuclear power plant itself and at various radiation control posts in the observation area. It became possible thanks to the deployment of an automated radiation monitoring system...

Two readings for Belarusian citizenship bill
The bill establishes a new ground for the loss of citizenship - a ruling of the court of the Republic of Belarus that has entered into force, confirming the participation of a person in extremist activities or infliction by a person of serious harm to the interests of the Republic of Belarus, if such a person is outside the country...

Bill on amendments to Electoral Code passes first reading in Belarus
"The formation of the highest representative body - the Belarusian People’s Congress - has been spelled out, the term of work of representative bodies has been extended to five years, requirements for candidates seeking to run for presidency have been toughened, certain restrictions related to participation in elections have been removed, institutions supervising the constitutionality and legitimacy of elections have been introduced, approaches to holding elections of deputies and establishing election commissions have been revised"...

Belarus’ PM sets tasks for foreign ministry
Belarus’ Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has set tasks for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as he introduced new Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik to the staff of the ministry...

Lukashenko appoints minister of foreign affairs, commander of Air Force and Air Defense
Sergei Aleinik has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. Andrei Lukyanovich has been appointed Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus...

Belarusian-Russian draft intergovernmental agreement on shipping on inland waterways okayed
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.422, which approved a Belarusian-Russian draft intergovernmental agreement on shipping on inland waterways as a basis for negotiations...

Lukashenko names guiding principles for political parties in Belarus
The bill on political parties has been discussed before; it was scrutinized at a meeting hosted by the president, and later fine-tuned...

Belarusian MPs take part in IPU summit in Geneva
The event is set to assess the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation and the contribution of MPs to the SDGs by means of improving the national legislative framework, exercising oversight over the executive authorities, representing the interests of their constituents and monitoring the effective implementation of SDG commitments...

Qatar seeks to raise relations with Belarus to higher level
As a result of numerous mutual visits of officials of the two countries at various levels, the governments have signed 26 agreements and memorandums of understanding. This has laid a solid foundation for building constructive relations in various fields...

Lukashenko announces new appointments
The head of state appointed: Denis Kapsky – Deputy Chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus...

Over 362,000 foreigners visit Belarus as part of visa waiver program
Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 362,300 arrivals: 25,389 non-citizens and 82,675 citizens of Latvia, 234,971 Lithuanian citizens and 19 265 Polish citizens...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Kenya
The head of state stressed that Belarus attaches great importance to the development of bilateral cooperation with Kenya in such sectors as agriculture and engineering...

Lukashenko sends Neutrality Day greetings to Turkmenistan
The friendly relations between Minsk and Ashgabat will help intensify the dialogue across a wide range of areas and further deepen the Belarus-Turkmenistan cooperation, the head of state is convinced...

UNFPA lauds Belarus' advances in protection of motherhood, childhood
The parties discussed cooperation between Belarus and the UNFPA, including within the framework of the UNFPA 2021-2025 Country Program to assist the government of Belarus in implementing national medical and educational programs in the field of reproductive health of women and girls, sustainable ageing and gender equality...

Belarus admits almost 69,600 Ukrainian citizens since February
From 24 February to 9 December, Belarus admitted 69,617 citizens of Ukraine. 15,890 people arrived in Belarus directly from the territory of Ukraine. 42 795citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 9,130 – via Lithuania and 1,802 - via Latvia...

Belarus, Russia to unify civil legislation
“I would like to mention the work done to implement the decision of the heads of state, our presidents, aimed at the unification of the civil legislation of Belarus and Russia,” said Sergei Khomenko...

Belarus takes part in meeting to discuss implementation of Basel Convention
The participants of the round table praised Belarus’ efforts to implement the provisions of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, in particular the high level of work to prevent illegal movements of hazardous wastes...