Events

Belarusian army unit off to participate in CSTO exercise
The exercise is divided into two stages and will take place Russia in on 3-5 October and in Armenia on 3-7 October. The ability of reconnaissance command units to manage their subordinates will be checked...

Working group in Belarus to deal with problems of foreign travelers in Belarus-Russia Union
The working group has been entrusted with working out technical requirements and ways of sharing information about visas (issued visas, annulled visas, invalidated visas, and withdrawn visas), residence permits, temporary residence permits...

Belarus, European Commission to launch new project in nuclear, radiation safety in 2018
The new project is meant to provide assistance to the Belarusian regulatory agency in nuclear and radiation safety – Gosatomnadzor...

Belarus’ cooperation with Moldova, Uzbekistan viewed as increasingly vibrant
“Belarus maintains traditionally friendly relations with Moldova. This year we have had many top-level contacts. We have been building the format of close interaction virtually in all areas,” Alexander Lukashenko remarked...

Bills on investments, private sector development in Belarusian parliament soon
The expansion of legally binding ownership guarantees will increase the public interest, will provide another motivation to start new business projects, will encourage more Belarusians to pursue entrepreneurship careers...

UK praises cooperation prospects with Belarus
Alan Duncan noted that over 25 years of diplomatic relations Belarus and the UK have made a considerable progress in the development of bilateral cooperation. "I think the prospects are good. We would like them to be even better," said Alan Duncan...

Belarus’ honorary consulate opens in Bordeaux
Ambassador of Belarus to France Pavel Latushko handed over Belarus’ national flag and emblem to Honorary Consul Andrei Shevchenko in a festive atmosphere. He will conduct his activities in the consular district including the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the third largest in terms of France’s GDP...

Command staff exercise to respond to radiation accidents in Belarus on 18-19 October
According to the source, safety is a high priority for Belarus as the country is implementing its first nuclear energy program...

Belarus president congratulates reference legislation database operator on 20th anniversary
Alexander Lukashenko believes that the agency will continue making legal information more accessible in addition to improving the quality of service, raising the awareness of citizens, and making a tangible contribution to the development of the society...

Belarus draws UN attention to problems of middle-income countries
Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Dapkiunas met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin as he visited the UN HQ...

Belarus speaks for uniting international efforts against human trafficking
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Dapkiunas presented his country’s position at the United Nations headquarters in New York during the thematic dialogue “Trade in Minors in the Digital Age: Waking Up the World to the Dire Need to Stop Trafficking in Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Including Via the Internet”...

Lukashenko: Belarusian State University should meet students’ expectations
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told Andrei Korol who was appointed BSU rector. He stressed that Andrei Korol is, in fact, a trusted man of the president but his appointed has nothing to do with this fact...

Belarus, UNDP intend to step up cooperation in education, regional policy
It was on the agenda of the meeting between Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kalinin and UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha...

Lukashenko appoints aides to Belarus president in Minsk Oblast, Vitebsk Oblast
Addressing the leadership of the Belarus President Administration, the head of state remarked that the functions of presidential aides in regions and the functions of governors have very much in common...

Belarus donates to UN Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons
Belarus’ deputy minister of foreign affairs noted the need for significantly broader support of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children...

Belarus, Belgium to expand cooperation
The matter has been discussed by Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium Didier Reynders in Brussels...

Belarusian MPs to pay return visit to Sudan in November
Speaker of Belarus’ House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko noted at the session of the Council of the House of Representatives...

Belarus president describes Brexit as dangerous precedent
The head of state underlined that in modern conditions the church should speak up and appeal to politicians and statesmen to stop war and bolster security on the European continent unless they want to totally lose Europe...

Belarus president blames crisis in Europe for lack of peace in Ukraine
“Our inability to put things in order in our own house is a dreadful disaster. It means Europe is suffering from the gravest crisis,” Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said...

Belarus prime minister, governor of Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast discuss cooperation
The Belarusian head of government is in Novosibirsk on a working visit on 26-27 September. The next day Andrei Kobyakov is expected to meet with the Russian President’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Siberian Federal District Sergei Menyailo...