Events

State Secretary of Belarus’ Security Council meets with Egyptian Military Production Minister
Stanislav Zas and Mohamed El-Assar discussed military and technical cooperation affairs. Opinions about topical problems of international and regional security were exchanged...

EU experts commend Belarus’ achievements in raising life safety awareness
“Interaction with the Eastern Partnership is now in its eighth year. Several projects have been implemented. These include social commercials, a family guide on different emergencies, posters. Now, during the next phase, each country will establish or revise the existing communications strategy in order to work more effectively with people and raise the level of life safety awareness"...

Belarus plans to open legal information reference center in China
An NCLI delegation has recently visited China to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations beween Belarus and China. NCLI Director Yevgeny Kovalenko met with Li Lin, Director of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)...

Belarus attends session of UN Commission on the Status of Women
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Valentin Rybakov stressed that gender equality is an important factor for consistent and sustainable development of any society...

Speaker of Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis to visit Belarus 15-17 March
Nurlan Nigmatulin will meet with Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko, and Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich. The guest also plans to give a lecture at Belarusian State University...

Belarus president makes new appointments
The head of state appointed: Irina Kostevich Labor and Social Security Minister; Vladimir Karpyak Belarus President’s Aide – chief inspector for Minsk; Andrei Strachko Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kyrgyzstan...

State of Belarusian economy, trends on agenda of forthcoming government conference
According to the President, positive dynamics in the national economy is stated and assumed at present. “In order to make sure the positive dynamics exists, we need to analyze some period of time. We should use the first quarter of the year and organize this report,” said the head of state...

European Union to continue supporting local initiatives in Belarus
Speaking about the implementation of the EU-UNDP project Support to Local Development in the Republic of Belarus, Andrea Wiktorin noted that the European Union is satisfied with cooperation with the Belarusian side. “We will continue implementing such projects. There will be new projects. Our task is to support regional development and cooperation at the local level"...

UNICEF mulls financial support for juvenile justice program in Belarus
The project envisages courses to train judges and investigators at the Institute of Retraining and Qualification Upgrading of Judges, Prosecutors, and Legal Professionals at the Belarusian State University, and defense counselors at the second stage of the program...

Plans for reciprocal culture days in Israel, Belarus unveiled
According to the source, major events will be arranged to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Belarus-Israel relations. The governments and the embassies are already working on it. Among other things Belarusian culture days will be held in Israel and Israeli culture days will be arranged in Belarus...

Makei: Positive momentum in Belarus-Germany bilateral relations
"Today we have summed up the results of the cooperation between Belarus and Germany over the past 25 years. Now we know how to move forward, in what areas to cooperate, and what to pay special attention to”...

Belarus, Israel keen on advancing trade, economic cooperation
During the meeting the sides discussed a broad range of matters concerning the bilateral relations. The sides confirmed their interest in further advancing trade, economic, and investment cooperation, in expanding interaction in humanitarian affairs, and in stepping up business contacts between Belarus and Israel...

Lukashenko congratulates Tusk on reelection as EU Council President
Alexander Lukashenko also expressed the hope that the EU and Belarus will promote interstate cooperation in all areas of mutual interest...

Belarus to attend CIS IPA events on 27 March
The 46th plenary session of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly will be held on 27 March. The agenda will include 12 draft model laws and recommendations approved by the permanent commissions...

Belarus-EU dialogue prospects discussed at Minsk political consultations
The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of bilateral relations between Belarus and Portugal, the prospects for Belarus-EU dialogue, cooperation in international organizations, and also shared the views on the current international agenda...

Lukashenko extends condolences to Guatemala over fire at children’s shelter
The head of state noted that it was with great sadness that Belarus learned about the child victims of the fire tragedy and wished a speedy recovery to those injured...

German Minister of State for Europe to visit Belarus
The visit will mark 25 years of the re-establishment of the diplomatic relations between Germany and Belarus, which is celebrated on 13 March. Michael Roth is expected to meet with Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei. The program of the visit will include the opening of the joint mobile exhibition Trostenets Death Camp. History and Memory...

Lukashenko urges to improve military pension coverage
“It is needed to consider the issue of the so-called pensionable service of the military. It is wrong when the military service record is not included in the pensionable service period used for the calculation of labor pensions,” Alexander Lukashenko believes...

Belarus president wants law enforcement agencies optimized, yet effective
Alexander Lukashenko made it clear: “The process must not have a negative effect on the quality of operation of the law enforcement and court systems. We cannot allow the reduction of the law enforcement bloc to result in a surge of crime. This is why it is necessary to preserve powerful and balanced structures, which are capable of doing their job”...

Belarus’, Russia’s view on IAEA’s stronger role in nuclear science presented in Vienna
Valentin Rybakov noted that efforts to broadly advance nuclear and radiation technologies will help considerably improve the level of energy security in the foreseeable future. The efforts will also help find systemic solutions to overcome the shortage of fresh water, save and restore the environment. Apart from that, such efforts will be able to put a stop to the spread of dangerous viral and oncological diseases...