Events

Lukashenko congratulates Zeman on reelection as Czechia president
Alexander Lukashenko stressed that Belarus is interested in the expansion of the mutually beneficial relations with Czechia at the bilateral and multilateral levels...

Belarus hopes for development of trade, economic cooperation with Finland
Alexander Lukashenko wished Sauli Niinisto health and every success in his work for the benefit of the citizens of Finland...

Belarusian pharmaceutical manufactures urged to balance export, domestic sales
“We need to achieve a 50/50 ratio and also make sure that the domestic market is growing,” the Belarusian leader said...

Lukashenko sends Republic Day greetings to India
"During my recent visit to your wonderful country I was very impressed by the development progress of modern India"...

Belarus president sends National Day greetings to Australia
"I am convinced that the Belarusian-Australian cooperation in various industries, especially in trade and economy has a big potential for expansion"...

Belarus government intends to create 70,000 jobs in 2018
“We aim for 70,000 new jobs in 2018. The Entrepreneurship Development Ordinance and the decrees designed to encourage the development of small and medium businesses will help reach the goal. Anyway, the conditions for it are available”...

Belarus’ central bank plans to increase gold, forex reserves
"Last year we increased the gold and foreign currency reserves, which we see as a safety cushion, to perform the external liabilities"...

Belarus’ MPs advised to pay priority attention to economic matters
“The head of state recommended paying priority attention to the economic issues, such as entrepreneurship, self-employment and investment activities”...

European Commissioner Johannes Hahn to visit Belarus on 30 January
Johannes Hahn is expected to meet with representatives of the Belarusian government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss mutual relations between Belarus an the EU...

Belarus to submit draft resolution on cyber security to OSCE PA
“In 2018 we will considerably expand the geography of bilateral ties. We are currently developing a new Belarusian resolution that will be submitted to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The document will highlight cyber security matters”...

Belarus to attend Rome Conference on Antisemitism
The event is organized under the 2018 Italian Chairmanship of OSCE taking into account all the commitments taken with the framework of the organization to combat every form of racism, xenophobia and discrimination...

Belarus president, central bank head discuss optimization of cash logistics services
Creating a company to take care of cash logistics services of the central bank, Belarusbank, and Belagroprombank in order to better use the available resources and allow the central bank to drop non-core functions is the idea...

Belarus to build national platform of SDIs by 2018 year-end
"The most important thing now is to develop the indicators to track our progress. This is why we are now working on a national platform of indicators to be finished by the end of 2018"...

Belarus sends batch of MAZ trucks to Syria as part of humanitarian relief effort
The trucks will be donated to three Syrian cities: Latakia, Homs and Damascus. By the way, for the first time the cargo was delivered by sea, which helped save more than $50,000...

Belarus government adopts action plan to implement Entrepreneurship Development Ordinance
The action plan provides for amending the legislation that regulates trade, public catering, consumer services, civil engineering, transportation, and advertising...

Chinese prefab houses to be installed in Mogilev in June
Representatives of the Hunan Province local authorities will be invited to take part in the Mogilev City Day celebrations and the opening of the new “street of friendship”...

Belarus, Cuba discuss political dialogue at highest level
During the meeting the parties discussed the further development of the political dialogue at the highest level, the interaction of the two countries in international organizations, ways to expand cooperation in trade, economy, science and culture and reviewed the bilateral activities in 2018...

Belarus, Pakistan interested in maintaining positive momentum of cooperation
Vladimir Makei thanked the diplomat for his constructive contribution to the development and strengthening of the Belarusian-Pakistani relations in a broad range of areas...

Belarus to promote cooperation in sustainable development with Germany
The parties discussed cooperation in sustainable development including green economy and outlined priority areas...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Yuri Bashmet
“People in Belarus appreciate you as a maestro of the great Yuri Bashmet International Festival. It is an important cultural project in our country and in the CIS”...