Events

Belarusian army officers, government officials promoted
Colonel Ivan Boguslavsky and Colonel Yuri Shaplavsky have been awarded Major-General rank...

Belarus president instructs to prepare amnesty draft law
At the meeting the head of state invited the chairman of the Supreme Court to discuss certain problems which, perhaps, exist in the court system. This topic will be also discussed in detail at the ceremony to open the new building of the Supreme Court...

Belarus committed to expanding cooperation with Kuwait
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the people of Kuwait as the country celebrates National Day...

Belarus eager to work hard in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to tackle transnational challenges
In his speech during the meeting of the OSCE PA General Committee on Political Affairs and Security Andrei Rybak confirmed Belarus’ readiness to get involved as much as possible in matters concerning the fight against complex transnational challenges and threats...

Belarus PM discusses investment cooperation with Vietnam’s ambassador
"The parties discussed topical issues of trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, promising areas of cooperation, including increasing investment activity"...

Yermoshina: Elections in Belarus might be held in autumn
The term of office of the president and the parliament is expiring in 2020. The law allows holding the presidential and parliamentary campaigns simultaneously. However, according to the Belarusian election traditions, the presidential election does not overlap with other elections...

Belarus suggests OSCE PA resolution on role of innovations in addressing global challenges
Boleslav Pirshtuk noted that Belarus has consistently advocated the strengthening of the role and status of the economic and environmental dimension in the work of the OSCE...

Lukashenko: Belarus not engaged in secret diplomacy
The president underlined that it is time for other methods of diplomacy. Belarusian diplomats abroad and military attaches are first of all focused on promoting trade and economic cooperation...

Belarus to reform electricity industry by 2021
Another novelty is to reassign the state institution Belarusian NPP directly to Belenergo Concern, the organization that will further coordinate the exploitation of the nuclear power plant...

Belarus president concerned about possible deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Europe
"But I am afraid that Americans will grab the fleeting opportunity and will deploy the missiles in Europe after breaking the treaty. If they do, things will turn nasty for us, too. Because together with Russia we will have to think about reciprocal measures"...

Lukashenko: Belarus ready for dialogue with NATO based on equality, transparency
"As a sovereign state, Belarus is ready for a constructive dialogue, including with the North Atlantic bloc on the principles of equality and transparency"...

Belarus passes state investment program for 2019
The investment program features 113 facilities. Br511 million is to be earmarked for their financing this year...

Belarus, Uzbekistan review plan for cooperation in security
The parties reviewed the status of implementation of the cooperation plan between the two countries in the field of security for 2019-2020 and the military-technical cooperation between the state national security bodies...

Czechia seeks closer ties with Belarusian regions in agriculture
Grodno Oblast is interesting to Czech business as one of agriculture leaders in Belarus. Possible areas of cooperation include milk processing, cheese production...

Lukashenko offers condolences to Bangladesh over Dhaka fire victims
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed condolences to Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid over a deadly fire in a residential district in Dhaka...

Belarusian government supports early detection of oncological diseases
“We are going to get behind and push for timely diagnostics by every means available. We would like to stop the disease in time and get people back to their families, to their jobs”...

Belarus’ new ambassador presents copies of credentials in France
The diplomats talked over the schedule of contacts and events for the near future. The ambassador emphasized Belarus’ interest in the intensification of cooperation with France in the economic, political, cultural and other sectors...

Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to head of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the near future the parties will be working to bolster trade and economic ties, facilitate political dialogue, including cooperation in international and regional organizations...

Belarus, Turkey discuss cooperation in crime prevention
The 6th Budapest Process Ministerial Conference under the chairmanship of Turkey that initiated the Silk Routes Partnership for Migration project is underway in Istanbul on 19-21 February...

FM: Belarus strengthens relations with the West, fulfills its obligations to Russia
In his words, Belarus has also been actively developing political dialogue and cooperation with the CIS member states, the countries of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America...