Events

About 130 foreign specialists employed at Belarusian nuclear power plant
Virtually all the personnel to operate the central control room of the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant have been hired. There is no need to hire more specialists like that for now...

Ratification of EAEU Customs Code nearing completion
The minister noted that most of the provisions are directly applicable. The code gives priority to the use of information technologies, introduces the institute of an authorized economic operator participant of foreign economic activity...

Rosatom to help train 600 specialists for Belarusian nuclear power plant
Training highly-qualified personnel for the sake of safe and effective operation of the nuclear power plant is part of the contract on building the Belarusian nuclear power plant...

Belarusian MPs to debate second reading of amendments to anti-terrorism law on 7 December
The MPs will consider Ordinance No.7 “On entrepreneurship development” on 23 November. It is the key document in the package of regulations designed to improve the country’s business climate...

Another comprehensive inspection underway at BelNPP
The second inspection in 2017 is designed to assess the efficiency of the management and quality control systems of the organizations that undertake licensable activities at the BelNPP site...

Customs services of Belarus, Vietnam adopt plan of cooperation for 2018-2021
The parties considered issues related to the implementation of the e-verification and certification service for goods, which introduction is envisaged in the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), its member states and Vietnam...

Bryansk to host Belarus-Russia Union State PA on 16-17 December
The session is scheduled to adopt the budget of the Union State for 2018, make changes and amendments to the 2017 budget. The agenda also includes the priorities of further development of the Union State in 2018-2022...

Belarus, Norway complete negotiations on Belarus’ WTO accession
Yuri Ambrazevich expressed hope that the signing of the protocol would not only facilitate Belarus’ early accession to the WTO but would also be an additional incentive for further expansion of trade and investment cooperation between Belarus and Norway...

Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk
The parties reached mutual understanding on two other points as well. The first one was to clean and demine the territory along all the checkpoints at the contact line to improve security of the population...

Belarus, USA discuss cooperation in fight against human trafficking
“The sides reviewed the current status of Belarus-USA relations and bilateral interaction in international organizations, including cooperation in the fight against human trafficking”...

Mahmadsharif Hakdod appointed ambassador of Tajikistan to Belarus
Kozidavlat Koimdodov was relieved of the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Belarus in connection with retirement...

Belarus, Latvia sign military cooperation plan for 2018
Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis met with Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov during his official visit to Belarus on 5 December...

Belarus, Germany to discuss cooperation in trade, investment
The sides are expected to review Belarus-Germany trade, economic, and investment cooperation, prospects of industrial cooperation, discuss the potential for carrying out joint projects in information technologies, logistics and transport, and the possibility of expanding vocational education programs...

Moldova’s prime minister to visit Belarus
Moldova’s Prime Minister Pavel Filip will visit Belarus and will attend the Belarus-Moldova business forum due in Minsk on 12 December...

Lukashenko tops CIS leaders’ approval rating in Russia
Alexander Lukashenko’s approval rating is 62%; that of Nursultan Nazarbayev is 56%, reads the press release of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VtsIOM)...

Media accreditation opens for CEI Meeting of Heads of Government
The event will focus on the increasing role of the CEI member states in promoting compatibility and complementarity of different integration processes in Greater Europe...

Belarusian foreign minister, Latvian defense minister discuss cooperation in military affairs
The sides discussed the state of Belarusian-Latvian relations and opportunities for advancing bilateral cooperation, including in military affairs. The situation in the region and the world was also on the agenda of the meeting...

Belarus, Israel discuss further steps to boost all-round cooperation
When discussing the bilateral agenda, the sides reviewed the progress in the implementation of agreements reached at the fifth session of the committee in Minsk in March 2017...

Belarus-Hong Kong double taxation agreement comes into force
“After Belarus and China went through the necessary domestic procedures, the Belarus-Hong Kong agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of income and capital tax evasion came into force on 30 November 2017,” the embassy said...

Belarus, WHO Regional Office for Europe sign cooperation plan for 2018-2019
Valery Malashko and Zsuzsanna Jakab discussed the priority areas of cooperation between Belarus and the WHO, summed up the implementation of the plan of cooperation between the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry and the WHO Regional Office for Europe for 2016-2017...