Events

Belarus, France to develop cooperation in environment
Andrei Khudyk stressed that Belarus and France have gained some experience of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of environmental protection, including in the area of hazardous waste treatment...

Belarus, Pakistan plan to exchange visits at level of foreign ministers
Special consideration was given to the ways of intensifying cooperation through the inter-ministerial working groups in the fields of industry, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, science and education...

New mechanism of financial recovery for struggling farming enterprises under discussion in Belarus
"In late 2017 the government was instructed to work out the regulations enabling agricultural organizations to access special financial recovery mode avoiding legal procedures"...

Statistics agencies of Belarus, Bulgaria agree on all-round cooperation
They agreed on cooperation in such areas as methodology of statistical observations, classifications, registers, the system of national accounts, business statistics, price statistics, social, employment and unemployment statistics, population statistics and census...

Latvia gearing up for Belarus president’s visit
“The preparations have been going on for quite a long time. The agenda should be packed. We have commissions in charge of it,” Edgars Rinkevics said...

Brest to twin with China’s Baiyin
The agreement envisages, first of all, cooperation in industry, social sector, transport and logistics...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Vakhtang Kikabidze
Alexander Lukashenko remarked that people in Belarus appreciate Vakhtang Kikabidze as a person fully devoted to his job and doing his best to reach new professional heights...

Barcelona businessmen to visit Belarus in August
The Belarusian ambassador held talks with the executive director of Balcells Group on the organization of trade and economic events, business presentations...

Belarusian, Uzbek interior ministries to step up cooperation
During the meeting in Tashkent representatives of the two ministries discussed the advancement of cooperation in search for criminals, crime detection, and fight against general crimes...

Belarus MFA raises concern as Israel refuses entry to more Belarusians
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled that a visa waiver agreement has been in effect between Belarus and Israel for several years already...

MFA: No objective reasons impeding consensus on visas with EU
"Our position is obvious. It was manifested by our unilateral decision to introduce the five-day visa-waiver program for EU nationals"...

Office of Belarus Honorary Consul might open in Jordan
It emphasized that the ministry uses all opportunities and instruments to improve access of Belarusian nationals to consular services and consular assistance...

Belarus-Thailand visa waiver agreement under consideration in Bangkok
Visa-free travel between the two countries is currently available for holders of diplomatic and service passports...

Retirement pensions up by 10% on average in Belarus as from 1 August
Retirement pensions will be raised by an average of 10% in Belarus as from 1 August as a result of recalculation in line with the decree Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed on 17 July...

Belarus, EU discuss cooperation in human rights
The parties discussed the current state and prospects for further cooperation between Belarus and the EU in human rights, including in the context of the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan and the recommendations as part of the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council...

Lukashenko expresses condolences to Georgia over Mindeli mine accident
The head of state stressed that Belarus shares the feeling of deep sorrow...

Lukashenko briefed about customs matters
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko heard out a report of Chairman of the State Customs Committee Yuri Senko on 17 July. Top on the agenda of the meeting were budget revenues, foreign trade promotion, law enforcement and optimization of customs agencies...

Belarus plans to hold national forum on sustainable development in January 2019
The main issue for discussion will be the national sustainable development strategy up to 2035, which is being developed by the inter-agency group in Belarus...

Belarus to join IAEA’s incident reporting system for nuclear installations
"As a nuclear energy novice country Belarus is intent on using various instruments as much as possible in order to get and use the experience of other countries for the sake of improving nuclear and radiation safety"...

CIS Interstate Emergencies Council to meet in Minsk on 20 July
The participants of the meeting are set to discuss emergency response issues, the activity of the council in 2017-2018, measures to improve cooperation and outline the main events for 2019...