Events

License to operate first unit of Belarusian nuclear power plant granted
The Emergencies Ministry Board has decided in favor of expanding the enterprise’s license to allow the commercial operation of the first unit...

Lukashenko sends national day greetings to Italy
“The contemporary history of friendly relations between our countries goes back almost three decades. Over this time, our governments, local authorities, companies, institutions, charities and ordinary citizens have gained invaluable experience of cooperation”...

Belarus, Ethiopia committed to political dialogue, economic cooperation
During the conversation with the Ethiopia president, the Belarusian diplomat expressed interest in maintaining and strengthening friendly and mutually respectful relations between the two countries and in developing bilateral political dialogue...

Belarus’ BSUIR to step up cooperation with Uzbekistan’s universities
A delegation of Uzbekistan led by Uzbekistan’s Minister for Information Technologies and Communications Shuhrat Sadikov visited the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) on 1 June...

Belarus, Russia to consider flights to Crimea
"Ukraine has closed its airspace to Belarus’ flights. We run a sanatorium in Crimea, in Miskhor, where people have always traveled. In order not to cause tensions, we used to travel through Ukraine, some by train, some by car, some by plane"...

Belarus, Qatar discuss military cooperation prospects
Head of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Belarusian Defense Ministry Major General Oleg Voinov and Major General Salem Fahad al-Hababi, the commander of the Center for Military Performances of the Qatar Armed Forces, met in Minsk on 1 June...

Andreichenko: Belarus attaches great importance to cooperation with Russia
“Belarus attaches great importance to strengthening and further development of cooperation with the Russian Federation. We have always had friendship, trust and mutual understanding at our core. I think it will continue to be so in the political, economic and cultural sectors. The Russian Federation is our key strategic partner,” said Vladimir Andreichenko...

Belarus, Kazakhstan working to resume regular flights
Belarus’ Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov have discussed ways to restore regular flights that were affected by the pandemic...

Belarusian border service clarifies restrictions on leaving country
There are a number of exceptions to this rule. They are specified on the Belarusian border service’s website, the section “COVID-19: crossing the border of the Republic of Belarus”...

Russian FM: Russia will help Belarus if EU imposes sanctions against Minsk
"I think that we will defend our partner Belarus. We will help our allies. What the West is doing against Belarus causes absolutely negative emotions. Because first of all you need to investigate what happened, and then think about how to react to it, and not make hasty statements," said Dmitry Birichevsky...

CIS heads of government sign package of documents on cooperation in Minsk
The participants of the meeting approved a concept of cooperation between government (executive) bodies responsible for the management of state material reserves in the CIS member states for the period through 2030 and the plan of main activities to implement it...

Call on CIS countries to stand together against external pressure
"The topic of political and economic pressure was brought up many times during the session. Unfortunately, our countries are facing more pressure. The international checks and balances system has become unbalanced"...

Belarus, Russia discuss prospects of military cooperation in combat training
Belarusian Defense Minister, Major-General Viktor Khrenin met with Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov...

Belarus elected to WHO Executive Board
Belarus was on the WHO Executive Board in 1948-1950 and on the Standing Committee of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2013-2016...

Belarus, Russia discuss joint efforts against climate change
"The congress focuses on new climate policy and closed-loop economy, water and forest management, ecotourism, Arctic problems, green finance and environmental security and many more topics," the press service noted...

Lukashenko calls for closer integration amid external attacks on CIS
According to the head of state, in this situation the CIS countries need to do what they were doing quite well in Soviet times. “We had the integrated economy. Cooperation is maintained in certain positions. It is very difficult to tear us apart because our economies are connected. Let’s do our job, let’s build the foundation so that our people could feel the results of our efforts. Not only from the Union State, the EAEU, but also from the CIS. We cannot lose each other”...

Lukashenko to meet with CIS premiers, go to Russia for talks with Putin
Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin will discuss the further efforts of the two governments to promote integration on the platform of the Union State, will compare notes on the most pressing issues of the bilateral agenda, and will exchange views on international issues...

Aleksandr Lukashenko sends Republic Day greetings to Azerbaijan
The president expressed confidence that the cooperation between Minsk and Baku, based on sincere friendship and mutually beneficial partnership, will grow stronger and expand with new promising projects and initiatives...

Belarus counts on Russia’s support against Western pressure
"We suggest increasing the number of flights to popular destinations and allowing the Belarusian air carrier to fly to new destinations, in particular, the airports of Sochi and Krasnodar. Moreover, the epidemic situation is on the mend. Our healthcare agencies actively interact. We are busy vaccinating the population. Production of the Russian vaccine has started in Belarus,” Roman Golovchenko said...

Belarus’ dedication to Sustainable Development Goals, green economy principles stressed
The achievement of the main goals of the national strategy will allow reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 38% by 2035 and increasing the share of surface water bodies with good and excellent ecological statuses to 100%...