Events

Makei, Pompeo discuss energy security in phone conversation
Vladimir Makei and Michael Pompeo discussed results of the U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Belarus on 1 February 2020...

UK ambassador sees great prospects for UK-Vitebsk Oblast cooperation
"The main areas include economy and trade. However, it is important not only to strengthen political and economic ties, but also to advance cultural relations"...

Emergencies Ministry, EU launch twinning project to enhance civil protection system in Belarus
"The project will allow us to evaluate the effectiveness of the response system in the European Union, in particular, in Austria and Finland. By analyzing all the possible situations, we will be able to borrow useful practices for Belarus"...

Future roadmap to guide digital transformation of power engineering industry in CIS states
For the sake of digitizing individual branches of the fuel and energy complex such as power engineering industry, the oil and gas complex, coal and nuclear industries the existing legislation will be perfected and new laws and regulatory acts will be worked out...

EU looks forward to early ratification of visa agreement with Belarus
"We hope that soon we will finish the ratification process"...

New mechanisms to resolve conflict in Donbass agreed in Minsk
"We believe that this is a crucial point in the crisis settlement. Unless we take groundbreaking decisions to resolve the conflict, we will not be able to advance in humanitarian, security and economic matters"...

PM: Belarus-Russia cooperation agenda not limited to oil issues
According to the Belarusian prime minister, all aspects of bilateral cooperation that each of the parties are concerned with were discussed at the first full-length meeting with Mikhail Mishustin...

Rumas, Medvedev discuss security matters
Sergei Rumas, for his part, noted that Dmitry Medvedev's responsibilities in his new position include Russia's foreign policy...

Opinion: Constitutional reform should foster social progress
"We need to retain the provisions that have proved to be instrumental in maintaining peace and calm, fostering economic growth and social development"...

Putin, CSTO secretary general discuss fight against terrorism, drugs, WW2 victory anniversary
"I hope you will use all your experience to make the CSTO Secretariat work smoothly, to make all the plans sketched out in the past to be implemented. I mean efforts to enable smooth interaction of our collective forces and work on the most important areas such as fight against terrorism, drugs trafficking, and so on"...

Fulfillment of national action plan in wake of Belarusian nuclear power plant stress tests reviewed
The delegation of the European Commission and ENSREG demonstrated a positive attitude to the concrete results achieved by the measures within such a short period of time...

Belarus’ State Border Committee, UNICEF agree on cooperation
The parties discussed the situation on the Belarusian border in 2019, irregular migration and prospects of international technical assistance projects...

Belarus, EU discuss development of joint legal framework
The sides exchanged opinions about topical aspects of cooperation, including cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership Initiative and the development of the joint legal base...

Head of Association of Belarusian Banks named deputy chairman of FBA EAC Board
"In the FBA EAC, which unites the financial business of the member states of the SCO, BRICS, the EAEU and the EU, we aim to develop interbank cooperation with the credit and financial institutions of Europe and Asia with a view to actively involve Belarusian banks in the implementation of interstate projects and advancement of trade and economic interests of Belarus"...

Prime ministers of Belarus, Russia to hold talks in Moscow on 11 March
"The parties will talk over issues related to bilateral cooperation"...

Interest in Belarus growing in Netherlands
The parties discussed the cooperation of Belarus and the Netherlands in multilateral diplomacy matters and humanitarian affairs...

Poland to issue free visas to Belarusian children
The zero fee will be valid in Belarus through 31 December 2020...

Experts put forward ideas for new Constitution
"This will encourage more people to get involved in the issues addressed by the state. We could as well give more powers to local councils of deputies, including economic powers, and consider giving the parliament a supervisory function"...

Belarusian government sets up organizing committee for TIBO 2020
The organizing committee chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Krutoi shall develop and approve the concept of the forum, ensure coordinated work to hold business events, to ensure timely and qualitative preparation of the exposition...

Bill on ratifying Belarus-EU visa facilitation agreement in parliament soon
According to the source, the bill is about to be brought into the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and MPs will start preparing it for debates in the Oval Hall...