Events

Incremental advancement of Belarus-USA relations noted
"Belarus and the USA continued working together in spheres of mutual interest such as trade and economy, humanitarian affairs, fight against international organized crime, and exchange programs for professionals. Interaction between experts grew stronger"...

MFA: Belarus’ political and economic dialogue with CIS countries ‘increasingly dynamic’ in 2017
"The exchange of official visits at the highest level (26 April, 20-21 July) ensured the maintenance of constructive nature of bilateral ties, progressive development of trade and economic relations and interregional cooperation"...

Belarus’ efforts to build solid Eurasian Economic Union in 2017 emphasized
Work on the Eurasian Economic Union Customs Code Agreement was finished taking into account Belarus’ approaches and proposals. The agreement came into force on 1 January 2018...

Belarus’ relations with CIS, Georgia described as ‘traditionally intensive’
"In 2017, the Commonwealth of Independent States put an increased focus on the further implementation of the decision of the CIS Council of Heads of State to adapt the organization to the modern realities"...

MFA: Belarus’ idea of non-confrontational cooperation gains more supporters
The ministry noted that in 2017 Belarus coped well with the responsible mission, namely its first presidency of the Central European Initiative...

Belarus’ national budget for 2018 signed into law
The president also put his signature to the laws on amendments and additions to the Budget Code of the Republic of Belarus and to the budget of the state off-budgetary social security fund of the Republic of Belarus in 2018...

Further visa liberalization viewed as important for Belarus
He also noted that the government intends to keep working not only on visa liberalization for foreign visitors to Belarus but also on relevant agreements with the EU for Belarusians...

Travel regulations for Brest tourist zone, Augustow Canal Park specified
In particular, the resolution envisages a ten-day period of stay for foreign tourists visiting the Brest tourist and recreation zone and the special tourist and recreation park Augustow Canal...

Belarusian parliamentary delegation to visit Switzerland on 27 February-1 March
“This visit will help us significantly deepen the cooperation between the two countries,” the speaker said. The matter is not just about the parliamentary dimension...

MFA: Belarus’ foreign policy aimed at solving problems rather than creating them
“Belarus does not want to create problems for anyone. We, on the contrary, want to see them all gone. If the region is calm, conflict-free, it will be easier for us to develop our economy”...

Over 7,700 candidates nominated to run in local elections in Belarus
Most often, candidates are nominated through the collection of signatures. About 70% of the candidates has been nominated this way. Some 28% has been nominated by labor collectives, and 1.8% by political parties...

Tight, fruitful Belarus-Russia relations praised
“Very tight and fruitful Minsk-Moscow relations practically across the board are a good example for other countries. Because the Union State is the supreme form of the integration model. It was followed by the Customs Union"...

Eurasian Development Bank asked to prepare strategy on cooperation with Belarus
Andrei Belyaninov mentioned the bank’s intention to advance relations with Belarus and suggested holding that day’s meeting as a working conference taking into account the representative nature of the Belarusian delegation in order to discuss interaction prospects...

Belarus president meeting informally with CIS leaders
Taking part in the meeting are also the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan...

National observers at Belarus’ local elections hailed as hardworking
In her words, public associations have been the most active ones. The leaders are the BRSM Youth Union, the Belaya Rus public association, and the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans...

Work to amend Belarus’ Tax Code in progress
“There is a lot of work ahead to revise the Tax Code. The Business Promotion Council has already started working on it. A working group will be set up under the government in January 2018,” he said...

Lukashenko off to Russia on working visit
Alexander Lukashenko is scheduled to take part in an informal meeting between the CIS heads of state in Moscow on 26 December...

Lithuania to issue Schengen visas in Belarus without commercial intermediaries as from 2 July 2018
"In order to ensure a more effective and transparent application process for the Schengen visas in the consular offices, the Lithuanian visa services in Belarus will forsake the services of commercial intermediaries"...

Belarus ready to export nuclear power plant electricity to Poland, Ukraine
The official believes that after the Belarusian nuclear power plant is commissioned, economic efficiency will put everything in order and it will be profitable for Lithuania to buy electricity at market prices...

Belarusian Parliament to expand economic, cultural ties with compatriots living abroad
“We held consultations and decided that it would be right to set up a group for contacts with our diasporas, with those who work and live in different countries of the world while retaining their cultural identity,” Igor Marzalyuk noted...