Events

Belarus considering expanding interparliamentary contacts with Northern Europe
Participants of the session discussed the expansion of cooperation in the Baltic Sea region, interaction within the framework of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), sustainable ecological and social and economic development, partnership in the area of healthcare and social security...

Lukashenko, Medvedev have phone conversation
The parties discussed bilateral relations across multiple areas and the role of governments in addressing remaining issues...

Makei meets with UK’s new ambassador to Belarus
The parties discussed topical issues of Belarus-UK cooperation and the situation in the region...

Lukashenko, Putin discuss bilateral relations by phone
The heads of state discussed the current agenda and bilateral relations, including the work on implementing the agreements reached during their previous personal meetings...

Belarus president awards outstanding citizens
A number of Belarusians have been awarded in recognition of many years of fruitful work, impeccable service, high performance, great personal contributions to ensuring law and order, to improving the court system, in recognition of accomplishments in designing facilities of social importance...

Belarus, UK to enhance cooperation in customs matters
The parties also discussed applied technology in customs operations at border crossing checkpoints, the use of the risk management system and preliminary customs declaration...

Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to Lithuanian president
The ambassador mentioned vigorous and productive interaction between Belarus and Lithuania in economy, transit, humanitarian affairs, and other spheres. He confirmed Belarus’ openness to a constructive dialogue about all items on the bilateral agenda in the spirit of good neighborliness...

Belarus, Serbia to sign sci-tech cooperation program for 2020-2021 in autumn
The countries have held a joint contest of sci-tech projects for 2020-2021 and have selected for financing 19 projects in agriculture, food industry, energy industry, nanomaterials, environmental protection, and optoelectronics...

Belarus, Turkey in agreement on international agenda
Vladimir Makei stressed that Turkey is one of the key partners of Belarus in the region. “We set a high value on cooperation with this country,” the Belarusian minister of foreign affairs noted...

Plan to develop underperforming regions of Belarus to feature 280 projects
According to the source, a package of 280 projects has been put together. Roughly 54 projects will be created from scratch. Some 80 projects provide for investments in existing enterprises...

Minsk Oblast, China’s Chongqing to step up cooperation
The meeting also touched upon creating conditions to increase supplies of Belarusian products to China, holding joint events in 2019-2020, and enhancing cooperation between Minsk Oblast and Chongqing in general...

Belarusian Economy Ministry works out plan to develop underperforming regions
“The main task is to pull up the underperforming regions to the country’s average. It will not be easy to accomplish. It is necessary to enable conditions not only for the real sector but for attracting workforce, reducing the outgoing migration by creating comfortable living standards”...

Belarus president briefed on progress in harvest campaign
“As of today, some 97% of the cropping areas have been harvested. More than 6 million tonnes of grain have been produced,” Vladimir Dvornik told the media after he reported to the president...

Lukashenko recommends Belarus canoe/kayak team for award
Team Belarus won 14 medals and topped the overall medal standing together with Germany...

Belarus submits report on fulfilling Convention on Nuclear Safety to IAEA
The report was developed by Gosatomnadzor in cooperation with the interested government bodies and organizations. In line with the international commitments the report has been submitted to the IAEA for its consideration...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Moldova
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President Igor Dodon of Moldova as the country celebrates Independence Day...

Belarus government okays strategy on managing spent nuclear fuel
According to the strategy, the preferred way of managing spent nuclear fuel is getting it processed in Russia and shipping back waste to Belarus in the form of glasslike matrix, which contains radionuclides of the cesium-strontium variety except for long-lived radionuclides...

Lukashenko wants better pay for teachers
“Even though they can have free meals there and some other perks, these non-monetary incentives cannot compensate for the huge workload, the responsibility they should cope with and the quality they need to deliver”...

Belarus president orders to arrange government conference by year end to discuss education
The education minister said that matters of education will have to be discussed in a broad and open format in order to make the necessary decisions taking into account the existing problems...

Belarus, Russia may initial action program on Union State integration in September
“The president was told that the working group and then the prime ministers have fully worked out the action program on implementing the Union State treaty and are ready to initial it. The program includes 66 clauses. Virtually all of them have been agreed. I had to run several things past the head of state"...