Events

Lukashenko holds military accountable for weapons condition
The president noted that the inspection focused heavily on the state of weapons, military equipment, and their maintenance conditions...

Lukashenko orders military to change concentration areas more frequently
"We need to change our concentration areas. The enemy must not know them. Because that is where the first missiles will fly. And perhaps we need to change them more often. And in a threatened period, we must definitely change the concentration area"...

Lukashenko: Russian special military operation experience shaped our military training
"In modern warfare, dear officers, everything matters. The training of officers: their education, the level of proficiency of military personnel with the weapons entrusted to them, physical fitness"...

Volfovich: It’s important to make Belarusian Armed Forces even stronger
"The purpose of the inspection is not to check and grade as 'excellent,' 'good,' or ‘unsatisfactory’. The purpose of the inspection is to assess the level of readiness and capability of the Armed Forces to defend the country, to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity"...

Belarus’ MFA sees no readiness from Lithuania for serious talks
"Our position remains unchanged: we have always supported dialogue and remain open to it. But we look not to media gestures but to concrete and meaningful steps"...

FM: Belarus, Oman have promising projects to implement
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov said on 1 April during the first meeting of the Belarusian-Omani Joint Committee on Cooperation and Investment, which he co-chairs...

Belarus, Russia’s Chukotka sign cooperation roadmap for 2026-2030
Following the meeting, the parties signed a roadmap for cooperation for 2026–2030. This is a detailed strategic cooperation plan, which in its final version became four times more detailed than the initial draft...

Belarus, China confirm willingness to cooperate in finance
The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation...

Belarus outlines proposals on SCO Development Bank concept in Beijing
Earlier, Belarus supported the initiative to establish the SCO Development Bank...

People showed overwhelming support to Lukashenko and he returned the favor – How It Was in 2004
By presidential decree, 2004 was declared the Year of Acceleration and Quality. Everything around us must be of the highest quality, Aleksandr Lukashenko insisted. A principle still relevant in 2026. See how it shaped 2004 in a new episode of How It Was project on BelTA’s YouTube channel...

Belarus hosts nearly 38,000 visa-waiver travelers from Europe since 1 Jan 2026
A total of 1,296,062 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022 when the visa waiver program was launched. Belarus has welcomed 676,258 visitors from Lithuania, 415,325 people from Latvia and 140,498 visitors from Poland...

Lukashenko congratulates Denis Sassou Nguesso on re-election as Republic of the Congo president
Aleksandr Lukashenko wished good health and new state accomplishments to Denis Sassou Nguesso and prosperity and stability to the Republic of the Congo...

Lukashenko in Pyongyang: A visit watched by the West and Asia
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko paid his first official visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the end of March. During the talks with Kim Jong Un, the Belarusian leader stated that relations between the two countries are entering a fundamentally new stage...

Belarus, Zimbabwe coordinate approaches to implementing agreements reached at highest level
Yuri Nikolaichik, who has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Zimbabwe, met with Ignatius Graham Mudzimba, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Republic of Belarus, ahead of his departure to Harare...

Commitment to expanding economic ties between Belarus, Cuba reaffirmed
The head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission paid particular attention to opportunities for expanding reciprocal supply mechanisms, the need to streamline certification and registration of food products in order to increase trade and to the prospects for establishing joint production facilities in Cuba using Belarusian technologies and raw materials...

Election commissions Belarus, Kyrgyzstan raise cooperation to new level
Tynchtyk Shainazarov, the head of the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of Kyrgyzstan, stated that the agreement provides a foundation for strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the professional work of electoral commissions...

Lukashenko hails Paralympic Committee as symbol of limitless human potential
The Belarusian leader noted that the Paralympic movement is not just about high-performance sport; it is also a vital part of society’s social fabric dedicated to promoting the values of equality, respect, and mutual support...

Belarus’ MFA, Red Cross committee take stock of joint work in 2025
Following the meeting, the parties signed the 2026 joint action plan for Belarusian state and other organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross...

At the heart of European security: Western analysts weigh in on Belarus, Lukashenko's strategy
What role does Minsk play in the current geopolitical reality, why does Europe so desperately need a stable Belarus, and what benefits do pragmatic relations with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko bring to the EU? Experts from the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES, Slovenia) explore these questions in their new study "Belarus in the new European security architecture”...

Belarus’ MFA, IOM discuss bilateral cooperation
Special attention was given to combating human trafficking and irregular migration, regulating external labor migration, and ensuring sustainable financing of IOM project activities in Belarus...