Events

Belarus, Russia to ink short mutual visa recognition agreement by 4 June
The abridged agreement has been drafted to enable football fans to freely transit Belarus on their way to Russia where a world football championship will take place. The draft document has been prepared, agreed by all the interested government agencies, and forwarded for consideration to Russia...

Lukashenko to pay official visit to Georgia 22-23 March
As part of the official visit of the Belarusian head of state the Georgian capital city will also host the Minsk Days and the Georgian-Belarusian Business Forum...

Belarus hopes to further expand all-round ties with Iran
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Iran President Hassan Rouhani as the country celebrates Nowruz...

Customs services of Belarus, Japan seek closer ties
The cooperation was discussed during a meeting between Chairman of Belarus’ State Customs Committee Yuri Seko and Japan's Ambassador to Belarus Hiroki Tokunaga...

Union State MPs to discuss Belarus-Russia common information space
“Participants of the meeting will be updated on the implementation of the action plan to develop a common information space in the Union State, and also hear out the report on the Union State budget 2017 in the mass media sector”...

Belarus president mentions creation of digital economy ministry as possibility
Alexander Lukashenko described the development of the Digital Economy Development Ordinance as an example of the creative approach to his work. Belarus was the first country to run risks and make serious decisions to develop information technologies and digital economy...

Italian military inspecting Belarusian army units
The aim of the inspection is to prove that no military activity subject to preliminary notification under the 2011 Vienna Document is conducted in the area...

Belarus-Slovakia regular flights discussed
The talks considered bilateral cooperation in different areas, including the development of transport infrastructure and the opening of regular flights between the two countries...

Belarusian nuclear power plant stress tests peer review report to be released in July
The visit of the European experts to Belarus is one of the stages in considering results of the Belarusian nuclear power plant stress tests as part of the peer review, which has been arranged in accordance with the commitments Belarus had undertaken voluntarily and in line with the procedure coordinated with the European Commission...

Belarus-Czech commission on cooperation to meet in May
According to Eduard Muricky, the development of the economic cooperation with Belarus is a long-term priority for the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade. The deputy minister emphasized a significant potential for the further expansion of cooperation...

Stolin District twins with Ialoveni District of Moldova
The document envisages cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture, industry, housing, education, culture, and tourism...

Belarus president expects organization, discipline during sowing campaign
Alexander Lukashenko went on saying that the prospect of a sowing campaign no longer causes doubts or difficulties the way it was in the past. "Back then it was necessary to better mobilize the workforce. We didn’t always have a sufficient amount of machines, seeds, money, and so on. We have all of those now"...

Proposals to improve Belarus' Constitutional Court performance under consideration
“Fair laws and clear rules are essential for the country that prioritizes the wellbeing, legal and social protection of its citizens,” the Belarusian leader underlined...

Belarus to join strategic partnership against crime and drugs in Eastern Europe
Alena Kupchyna stressed in her speech the importance of the program document of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which will promote the partnership and strengthen coordination in both the participating countries and the international level...

Belarus calls in Lithuanian ambassador over Ignalina nuclear power plant incident
"Belarus believes that principles of transparency and responsibility for ensuring proper nuclear safety arrangements should be equally applicable to any nuclear activities, including the decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant"...

Belarus, Lithuania review prospects for cooperation in medicine, biotechnology
In 2017 Belarus and Lithuania were engaged in six projects within the framework of the Belarusian foundation for fundamental research and 11 under the Horizon 2020. The State Science and Technology Committee provided funding to eight joint projects...

CIS Foreign Ministers Council to meet in Minsk on 6 April
The CIS ministers of foreign affairs are expected to exchange views on the topical issues on the international agenda and cooperation in the CIS. They will also take stock of the CIS plan for multi-level ministerial consultations in 2017 and agree upon a similar plan for 2018...

Army officers of Latvia, Belgium, U.S. conduct military inspection in Belarus
"The inspection proved that no military activity subject to preliminary notification under the 2011 Vienna Document Agreement is conducted in the specified area"...

Lukashenko congratulates Merkel on reelection as German chancellor
"I hope that the new government of Germany under your leadership will continue expanding the Belarusian-German dialogue in various fields and supporting the process of normalizing relations between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union"...

Talks on Ukraine to resume in Minsk on 4 April
The previous talks on Ukraine were held in the Belarusian capital on 28 February. The participants of the talks discussed water deliveries through the Karbonyt and Voda Donbassa supply systems, repayment of arrears to former employees of the Ukrainian Railways in certain areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions...