Events

Belarus’ CEC plans to send observers to monitor presidential election in Russia
"If we receive an invitation, we will go. We have already received an intermediate one. Mrs Pamfilova (Chairperson of the Russian CEC – note by BelTA) extended me holiday greetings and said that an invitation will be sent shortly"...

Belarus-Austria business council to meet in Vienna on 31 January
The participants of the business council will consider the Belarusian-Austrian investment, trade, and economic cooperation, including the financial support instruments for bilateral trade...

Belarus attending meeting of SCO heads of military cooperation bodies
The meeting is underway in Sanya, China on 14-17 January. The meeting is attended by head of the department for international military cooperation at the Defense Ministry, Defense Minister’s Aide in International Military Cooperation Major-General Oleg Voinov...

Belarus discusses industrial cooperation with Iran
The parties talked over the current bilateral cooperation in the industrial sector and also the organization of the 14th meeting of the Belarusian-Iranian commission on economic cooperation, which is due to take place in Tehran in January...

Some 22,719 candidates vying for seats on local councils of deputies in Belarus
Thus, the number of candidates per constituency is 1.2 people...

Belarus to attend Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency
The assembly will examine IRENA'S medium-term strategy, the work program and budget for 2018-2022...

Belarus may further ease visa requirements in 2018
Vladimir Makei noted that the measures that Belarus has already adopted to ease the visa requirements have enabled to substantially increase the export of tourist services. For example, in Minsk alone it surged by35%...

Makei: Belarus in talks with several countries over visa-free regime
The minister noted that Belarus has concluded agreements on visa-free trips for holders of national passports with more than 40 countries...

Belarus MFA: Agreements on visa facilitation and readmission with EU almost ready
According to the minister, Belarus is also in talks with China over the corresponding visa facilitation agreement...

Belarus supports Council of Europe's additional anti-doping measures
The Additional Protocol will come into force in Belarus on 1 May 2018. It has already been ratified by 29 countries (27 Council of Europe member states and two more countries, Belarus and Tunisia)...

Romania invited to participate in SDG coordinators forum in Minsk
The invitation was extended as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Romania Andrei Grinkevich met with Laszlo Borbely, State Advisor to the prime minister of Romania, coordinator of the Sustainable Development Department of Romania...

Belarus president approves plan of draft laws’ preparation in 2018
In accordance with the plan, thirty-nine draft laws will be prepared and submitted to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly. Six draft laws are brand-new...

Registration of candidates to local councils starts in Belarus
This stage of the election campaign will last through 18 January. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the exact number of citizens who have nominated for the participation in the political campaign of 2018 will be announced later...

Most members of local election commissions nominated by public associations in Belarus
More than 30,000 members of the precinct election commissions are representatives of public associations. The most active public associations were the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, the Belaya Rus public association and the Belarusian Union of Women...

Makei: Belarus has no intention of having political or military issues with other countries
“We cannot and are not going to organize color revolutions. We cannot and would not have any issues — territorial, military, or political ones — with other countries. We absolutely don’t need that”...

State support authorized for several Belarusian Industry Ministry, light industry enterprises
The enterprises will be given a respite for paying back borrowed money and an installment plan for paying interest on bank loans...

Belarus president approves utility tariffs for population in 2018
Maximum allowable tariffs have been formed taking in to account the reserves for reducing the cost of housing and utility services revealed by the interagency working group. This group was established by the State Control Committee upon the instruction of the head of state...

More vigorous Belarus-Europe relations in 2017 noted
Positive trends were registered in trade with a majority of European countries, with Belarus’ export rising noticeably...

MFA: Belarus-EU dialogue became more structured, economy-oriented in 2017
"Belarus and the European Union nearly finished the coordination of partnership priorities which will set the framework for cooperation in 2018-2020 in four fields: strengthening the public administration system; economic development and market opportunities"...

Prospects of cooperation between Belarus and Center for European Reform discussed in Minsk
“The parties discussed a number of topical issues on the international agenda, including the situation in the region, and exchanged views on possible cooperation with the Centre for European Reform”...