Events

Plans to build first stage of Belarusian Antarctic station by 2019
The polar explorers will install four new sections of the Belarusian Antarctic station during the tenth expedition. The expedition will leave Belarus for Antarctica in November...

National report on Belarusian nuclear power plant stress tests now in public access
The national report offers information about the legislative and regulatory foundation for the safe operation of nuclear installations, information about the location of the nuclear power plant and general parameters of the power-generating units...

Tenth Belarusian Antarctic expedition reveals station construction plans
Among other things the expedition will carry out scientific projects in such areas as microbiology, ground-truth observations as part of the space program, geophysical monitoring, atmospheric composition, ultraviolet radiation, climate, ozone layer monitoring...

Implementation of international humanitarian law in Belarusian army discussed
Belarusian Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Andrei Ravkov met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer...

Belarus, Romania to sign agreements in education, culture, science
"We attach great importance to the development of the legal framework that will facilitate bilateral exchanges and projects with the participation of institutions and specialists of the two countries"...

Romania pledges further assistance to Belarus-EU dialogue
Romania remains a supporter of a Belarus-EU visa facilitation agreement which is yet to be harmonized by the European Commission and the Belarusian government...

Romanian foreign minister to visit Belarus 9-10 November
The foreign ministers of Belarus and Romania are expected to attend the event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries...

Belarus-Romania trade, economic relations below potential
The joint intergovernmental commission plays a major role in the advancement of trade and economic relations, noted the official. "A new session of the commission is being prepared. It will be held in Bucharest in the near future"...

Seismic control at every stage of Belarusian nuclear power plant operation
"A temporary network is already in place for the duration of the design and construction stages but later on a network will be in use at every stage of the nuclear power plant’s life, including operation and decommissioning"...

Makei: Belarus ready to provide all possible assistance to countries in need of help
In general, Peter Maurer praised the level of cooperation and partnership between the IRCR and Belarusian organizations and government agencies, including the Justice Ministry, the Defense Ministry, the Belarusian Red Cross Society...

Belarus to share its anti-corruption practices at UN conference
The Belarusian delegation is led by Ambassador to Austria, Permanent Representatives to the International Organizations in Vienna Alena Kupchyna...

National report on Belarusian nuclear power plant stress tests forwarded to European Commission
"I think we will publish it in Russian on the Gosatomnadzor website today or tomorrow". The document will be published in English on the website of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG)...

ICRC to open office in Belarus on 1 January 2018
The minister pointed to a high level of Belarus-ICRC mutual understanding. He expressed confidence that this will help the sides devise an effective, specific, and result-oriented joint plan of action...

Stress tests confirm reliability of Belarusian nuclear power plant
The Belarusian nuclear power plant is resilient to the initial events, which occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, noted Olga Lugovskaya...

Belarusian nuclear power plant passes EU safety tests
These standards were adopted after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011. They are meant to guarantee the safe operation of a nuclear power plant even if the key systems fail or in the face of external impacts...

Belarus, China to boost cooperation in social, labor affairs
A memorandum of mutual understanding was signed between Belarus’ Labor and Social Security Ministry and China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in Beijing on 29 September 2016...

Belarus’ foreign ministry condemns mass shootings in Texas
As the media reported, an unidentified man opened fire in the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, San Antonio, Texas, the United States on Sunday morning, 5 November. He killed 27 people, including a pregnant woman and her three children...

CEI prime ministers to meet in Minsk on 12 December
As was informed, on 28 November Minsk will host an important event, a session of the CEI Parliamentary Assembly. Taking part in it will be heads of the parliaments of the CEI member states...

Belarus to showcase drones, advanced radars, anti-drone gun in Dubai
The 15th international aerospace expo Dubai Airshow 2017 will take place in Dubai on 12-16 November. The participation of Belarusian companies in the expo represents an important part of Belarus-UAE military and technical cooperation...

Iraqi embassy in Minsk temporarily closes
The sides discussed a number of matters relating to the closing of the Iraqi embassy in Minsk. According to the ambassador, it is a temporary measure...