Events

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...

OSCE keen to enhance cooperation with Belarus in combating financial crime
According to the OSCE representative, discussing such topics as combating corruption and financial crime is very important. "We are pleased to be in Belarus, because earlier we did not work here"...

Equipment airlock delivered to Belarusian nuclear power plant construction site
The equipment airlock takes a lot of time to manufacture and represents one of the largest and heaviest structures in the reactor compartment...

Second reactor pressure vessel of Belarusian nuclear power plant installed
The VVER-1200 design, which is used to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant, is one of the world’s most advanced nuclear power plant designs. It is a Generation III+ design and is compliant with all the international norms and recommendations of the IAEA...

Foreign military to inspect Belarusian army units
The German inspection team will visit Belarus on 5-8 December in accordance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty). They will inspect two military units (at their option) which are subject to control under the CFE Treaty...

Tobacco industry development proposals submitted to Belarus president
The head of state remarked that there are two reasons why this session was convened. The first one is a big demand for these products abroad...

Belarus shows interest in joint environmental projects with Italy
Andrei Khudyk emphasized Belarus’ interest in the development of cooperation with Italy in the environmental area, possible implementation of joint nature protection projects...

Belarus, Brazil sign contracts worth over $40m
The deputy prime minister also took part in the Brazil-Belarus business forum. The forum featured presentations of the economic potential of Belarus and Belarusian companies, talks with businessmen of the state of Sao Paulo and other states...

Steps to guide Belarus-Hungary cooperation agreed
While in Hungary Oleg Kravchenko met with Zsolt Csutora, Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bilateral cooperation was discussed as well as the expansion of trade, economic, and humanitarian relations...

Belarus in favor of transport corridors, digital lines to connect EAEU, SCO
Belarus believes it is important to implement multilateral projects in the sphere of digital technologies, in particular, transcontinental transport corridors should be accompanied by digital lines...

Iran keen to develop political, economic relations with Belarus
Belarus regards Iran as the most important partner in the region, Andrei Kobyakov stressed. “We have an interest in further development of effective trade and economic ties,” the prime minister emphasized...

Tajikistan to host Belarusian expo, business forum soon
“We have agreed to hold, in the near future maybe in the spring, a large-scale expo of our companies and enterprises in Tajikistan. The idea is to branch out together into the markets of Afghanistan and Pakistan,” the head of state noted...

Lukashenko calls for exploring Belarus-Tajikistan mutual trade in medications, medical herbs
“We need to explore counter deliveries of medicines and herbal raw materials. I suggest considering packing Belarusian medications in Tajikistan. This practice has proved its worth in other countries,” the head of state said...

Belarus, Vietnam to expand student exchange
The parties agreed to improve the legal framework of bilateral relations through its adaptation to present-day conditions and needs in the area of training specialists in the establishments of higher education of the two countries...