Events

Belarus’ government approves list of state programs for 2026-2030
The programs cover key areas including healthcare, sports, roads, housing construction, tourism, culture, science, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environmental protection, law enforcement and other areas...

Turchin departs on official visit to Kazakhstan
Aleksandr Turchin is expected to meet with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The two-day visit also includes talks with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov in both narrow and expanded formats. A number of international documents are expected to be signed...

International peace and human rights award conferred in Minsk
The main criteria for presenting the award are the laureate’s considerable contribution to enhancing human rights in the world and protecting them, public recognition of the laureate’s accomplishments in protecting human rights, and the social significance of the efforts...

Lukashenko ratifies six international agreements with countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America
Intergovernmental agreements on the abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic, official, and service passports with Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Guinea-Bissau have been ratified...

Belarus to open embassy in Slovakia
The reestablishment of Belarus’ permanent diplomatic presence in Slovakia will significantly boost work on advancing political, trade, economic and investment ties, enable practical exploration of industrial cooperation opportunities, and facilitate joint entry into new markets...

Lukashenko hears report from PM on upcoming government visit to Kazakhstan
The main topic of the report was the agenda for the upcoming visit of a Belarusian government delegation to Kazakhstan. Key current issues and promising avenues of Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation to be discussed during the negotiations were reviewed...

Belarus, Iran set course for deeper air force cooperation
It is planned that the foreign delegation will visit the Military Academy of Belarus, military units of the air force, and learn about the latest models of electronic warfare equipment...

‘Belarus will not kowtow to anyone!’ Lukashenko describes independence and sovereignty as highest national values
Over the years a multi-vector policy has become a distinctive feature of Belarus. When Aleksandr Lukashenko came to power, he immediately outlined the foreign policy priorities: our main partner is Russia, but we want to live in friendship with all our neighbors and develop relations even with the most geographically distant countries...

Belarus’ 2026 monetary policy targets approved
The list of indicators corresponds to the goals for the National Bank and the banking system as a whole, namely, to promote economic growth while maintaining price and financial stability...

Belarus hosts over 196,000 visa-waiver travelers since 1 Jan 2025
They included 394,668 visitors from Latvia, 655,021 people from Lithuania and 125,897 visitors from Poland. On 19 July 2024 the visa-waiver program was extended to include 35 more countries. A total of 53,006 citizens of these countries have visited Belarus...

Lukashenko confirms Belarus' interest in strengthening ties with Panama
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President José Raúl Mulino of Panama as the country celebrates Independence Day...

About 10,000 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Belarus in October
Since the start of 2025, a total of 97,805 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Belarus...

Lukashenko plans to visit Algeria soon
According to the president, Belarus and Algeria are already demonstrating such cooperation on international platforms by supporting the principles of sovereignty and rejecting the policy of sanctions pressure...

Lukashenko names condition for ‘big deal’ with USA
“I tell the Americans: you have to understand me… Trump acts the same way. They [U.S. representatives] say Trump is ready to meet with you, to make a big deal. What is the essence of a ‘big deal?’ We do what they want, and they do what we want – that’s a big deal. I say: ‘We are ready, but we have our own interests,’” the head of state said...

Lukashenko confirms plans to deploy Oreshnik missiles in Belarus in December
He recalled that peaceful agreements had been reached in Minsk, but the opponents decided to act through deception, which led to the current situation...

Lukashenko details how Poland derailed prisoner swap deal involving Pochobut
“Yesterday late at night, the KGB reported to me: ‘They have reneged on this position as a sign of solidarity with Lithuania because of these balloons.’ I said: ‘Send them my regards. They stepped back – fine, we’ll step back too. We are halting the process. When you are ready – come, and we will talk,” the president stated...

Lukashenko: Belarus deployed newest nuclear weapons from Russia
“They [opponents abroad] are rearming, 6% of GDP is billions of dollars. If you buy a gun, you don’t buy it just to hang it on the wall. Even a gun hanging on the wall must eventually go off. They are probably buying weapons all over the world for a reason...” the head of state said...

Lukashenko: Roman Protasevich is a Belarusian intelligence officer
“I will not talk about it for a long time. Protasevich is an officer of our intelligence service. Did we need to detain him? But I wonder why the aircraft flying to Vilnius didn’t land there. It turned around, flew to Minsk, and landed after a phone call about some explosives planted on board…” the president stated...

Lukashenko: Lithuanians used weather balloons to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus
The head of state said Lithuanians themselves resorted to the cigarette trade due to border closures by neighboring countries. Aleksandr Lukashenko asserted that their own authorities pushed them into it by disrupting normal commerce and building a border fence...

Lukashenko: Domzheritsy should set the standard for all agrotowns
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with its local residents on 31 October...