Events

Belarus to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
The Emergencies Ministry, the Industry Ministry, Belgospishcheprom food industry concern, Grodno and Vitebsk regional executive committees shall provide provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine to the total amount of Br160,544.11...

Belarusian rescue workers busy fighting forest fires in Turkey
A team of seven specialists on board a Mi-8 helicopter keeps an eye on the situation in forested mountains. The Mi-8 helicopter helps fight fires and can also deliver local rescue workers to fire outbreaks...

Belarus’ initiative to raise status of ITU office for CIS endorsed
Enhancing the status of the office, implies, among other things, an increase in funding of its operational activities in part of implementation of projects and regional initiatives, including those of Belarus...

Belarus PM urges against delaying business promotion efforts
“I would like to emphasize the need for the timely implementation of Ordinance No.7 on entrepreneurship promotion. I have been reported that the drafting of documents is off schedule. It is inadmissible”...

Southeast Asia keen to boost military technical cooperation with Belarus
The negotiations laid the basis for promoting Belarus’ products in the arms market of Malaysia and Asia-Pacific countries, and sealing deals to sell Belarusian military goods into these states...

Call to reduce inflation in Belarus to 3-4% by end 2020
Alexander Lukashenko also emphasized the importance of competition in trade to avoid monopoly. The head of state added that everyone should work in equal conditions and follow clear rules...

Lukashenko approves CSTO agreement on cooperation in information security
The agreement is aimed at developing interaction of the CSTO member states in information security...

Union State forecast meat and milk balance sheets almost ready
As BelTA reported earlier, Belarus is determined to keep the volume of its supplies to Russia at the level of 2017...

Advancement of Belarus-Sweden economic cooperation discussed
The meeting touched upon economic cooperation, Belarus’ relations with the European Union. The sides also exchanged views on the international agenda...

Belarusian rescue workers on wildfire-fighting mission in Turkey
This is not the first time the Emergency Ministry’s aircraft help Turkey fight wildfires. Last year, Belarusian rescuers carried out 91 missions in Turkey...

Lukashenko examines Pripyat River bridge reconstruction progress in Gomel Oblast
"We have agreed that we need this bridge [in Zhitkovichi District] ready by Great October Revolution Day. A gift to the people. Just the way we do things. All the work must be completed"...

Belarus welcomes inter-Korean summit
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hopes that today’s meeting will become the foundation for further advancement of the dialogue on peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and that the peace initiatives on denuclearization, which are being discussed, will be supported by all the parties involved and by the international community...

Belarus’ participation in Eastern Partnership discussed in Minsk
The participants of the meeting discussed the current state of bilateral relations, the participation of Belarus in the EU Eastern Partnership Initiative, human rights...

Belarus, Russia discuss trade, common dairy market
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats and Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov met on 27 April to discuss mutual trade and regulation of the common dairy market of Belarus and Russia...

Belarus, Russia’s Tatarstan boost trade in petrochemicals, engineering goods
Vladimir Sizov remarked that Belarus-Tatarstan trade hit the $1 billion target in 2017. "In 2017, the trade totaled $1.2 billion, which was up by 56.5% over 2016. In 2018, we observe the same positive dynamics"...

Belarus inspects military units in Poland
They inspected two military units which are subject to control under the CFE Treaty...

Belarus sends help to fight wildfires in Turkey
Last year Belarusian rescuers completed 91 missions. The MI-8 discharged over 1,100 tonnes of water on active fires and carried more than 200 passengers...

Belarus attaches importance to relations with RSA
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa as the country celebrates Freedom Day...

Lukashenko sends King's Birthday greetings to Netherlands
“For Belarus the Netherlands is one of Europe’s most important partners in trade and economic cooperation. I am confident that the relations between our states have a big potential and good development prospects”...

Belarus lays out its approaches to security, disarmament in Sochi
During the plenary session, Stanislav Zas delivered a report on Belarus’ approaches to peacekeeping, security and disarmament...