Events

Union State of Belarus and Russia to finance medical assistance to Chernobyl victims annually
The commission on environment, natural resources and accident management at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will convene for a web-based meeting on 16 March...

Nigeria shows interest in Belarus’ rescuer training practices
The visitors got familiar with the training facilities and equipment of the center and visited the range of operational and tactical training of rescuers of Belarus. The delegation from Nigeria studied a set of practical educational programs in firefighting at various facilities...

Belarus, Russia coordinate cooperation in Union State border protection
They also discussed issues related to the entry of the Union State by persons from third countries under the conditions of mutual recognition of visas...

Russian State Duma ratifies protocol to restructure BelNPP loan
The protocol contains the following terms for restructuring Belarusian obligations: extension of the loan use period for 2 years - until the end of 2022; postponement of the grace period on the principal from 1 April 2021 to 1 April 2023; replacement of the current mixed interest rate on the loan with the fixed interest rate of 3.3% per annum...

Belarus’ KGB concerned about unprecedented pressure, plans to destabilize domestic situation
"During the report to the head of state the main problems connected with ensuring national security and the threats emerging in the sphere of foreign-policy activities and the domestic situation were outlined. On the whole, we find that the situation in the country is stable"...

Belarusian, Russian military to stage two joint army exercises in March
The army exercises will take place in the Polivno exercise area in Russia’s Ulyanovsk Oblast and the Osipovichsky exercise area in Minsk Oblast in March...

Belarusian minister urges not to mix international cooperation in criminal matters and politics
"We stress the importance of strengthening international cooperation in combating drug trafficking, illegal migration, human trafficking, terrorism, extremism, corruption, cybercrime, money laundering and terrorist financing"...

Belarus’ efforts to mitigate consequences of Chernobyl disaster praised
The head of state remarked that Belarus was affected the most from the biggest manmade disaster in the history of the mankind. A lot has been done over the years: territories were decontaminated, people were relocated from the hazardous zone, housing, jobs and medical aid were provided...

Belarus-Ghana cooperation increasingly vibrant
Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed hope that the traditionally friendly relations will be continued for the benefit of the two states...

Belarusian, Russian defense ministers discuss joint air defense system
According to the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry, during the negotiations the sides agreed to set up three combat training centers in order to jointly train military personnel...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Serbia president
The head of state stressed that Minsk attaches great importance to further significant deepening of fraternal relations with Belgrade. “I believe that more active bilateral cooperation will contribute to the sustainable development of Belarus and Serbia in difficult circumstances and meet the hopes of the people of our states...

Lukashenko sends greetings to Belavia workers
The head of state expressed confidence that the modernization of the air fleet, the application of new information technologies, and the improvement of the quality of services will be continued in the future and will promote Belavia’s growth as one of the most progressive and popular air carriers in Europe...

ENSREG points out progress in addressing key issues of Belarusian nuclear power plant project
The ENSREG head spoke in positive terms about cooperation with the Belarusian side in the course of the work that had been done...

ENSREG experts: Safety of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been improved in key areas
On the basis of the available information and a visit to the nuclear power plant site the preliminary peer review report on the implementation of the Belarusian stress test national action plan concludes that progress has been made in addressing all recommendations related to seven high-priority issues...

Belarus, Uzbekistan plan to abolish road transport permits
Belarus and Uzbekistan also agreed to increase the quota of permits for the current year and reached an agreement on a preliminary quota of permits for 2022...

Belarus’ ambassador presents credentials to Kenyan president
Trade and economy were named cooperation priorities taking into consideration the complementarity of the two economies. Pavel Vzyatkin also pointed to the importance of intensifying bilateral contacts in various formats at various levels, as well as improving and expanding the legal framework of Belarus-Kenya engagement...

Aleksandr Lukashenko sends Police Day greetings
Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that law enforcement personnel will continue doing everything possible to protect the legal foundations of the state and to eliminate the challenges and threats to the economy and peaceful life of Belarusians...

Universities of Belarus, Uzbekistan sign 10 cooperation documents
About 200 direct agreements have already been signed between educational institutions and research facilities of the two countries...

Lukashenko commends workers of manufacturing sector, State Control Committee
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a corresponding executive order...

Belarus’ Council of Ministers approves state program on memorialization of fallen defenders
"The implementation of the state program will contribute to the preservation of military and historical heritage of the Belarusian people, civic and patriotic education, implementation of international military memorial agreements"...