Events

Trilateral contact group on Ukraine to meet on 23 March
Martin Sajdik, the OSCE chairperson-in-office’s special representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine, told journalists...

Belarus president in favor of offering more development opportunities to SMEs
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions during the government conference held on 10 March to discuss the development of the pension system...

Gradual increase in retirement age starting next year under consideration in Belarus
The final decision will be taken after extensive discussion, Labor and Social Security Minister Marianna Shchetkina told journalists following the meeting...

Union State MPs to discuss development of food clusters
“The event will focus on the increasing role of regional partnership in Belarus-Russia integration and the development of the import-substituting policy"...

Belarus attends 47th session of UN Statistical Commission
The 47th session of the UN Statistical Commission took place in New York on 8-9 March. The agenda included more than 30 issues, including matters important for Belarus...

Eighteen Belarus-Russia union programs to be implemented in 2017-2020
“We are working much harder with Union State programs. We are implementing only seven programs now but concepts of 18 programs have been prepared for 2017-2020 or virtually three times as many”...

Slovenian Vice Prime Minister plans to visit Belarus
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation and concurrently to the Republic of Belarus Primoz Seligo...

Belarus, USA discuss interregional cooperation
This topic was high on the agenda of a meeting between Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Belarus in the United States of America Pavel Shidlovsky and Mayor of Rancho Cordova David Sander...

Makei, Lambrinidis discuss further development of Belarus-EU dialogue
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis...

Belarus’ Ambassador presents credentials to King of Jordan
The parties discussed promising cooperation areas between the two countries, including the issues of trade, economic and investment collaboration and production cooperation...

Belarus to attend IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna
For Belarus, which started its first nuclear program, nuclear safety is a priority in cooperation with the IAEA....

EU Special Representative for Human Rights to visit Belarus 9-11 March
The visit of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights is organized for the first time to promote further development of the dialogue on human rights between Belarus and the European Union which was renewed in July 2015...

Belarus, Czechia discuss Belarus-EU dialogue advancement
During the negotiations the sides agreed to step up efforts to further advance the mutually beneficial cooperation across the board...

Belarus, EU may sign readmission and visa facilitation agreements in 2016
"The European Union is going to consider provision of financial assistance for the construction of a readmission center in Belarus. The draft readmission agreement and the agreement on facilitation of visa requirements were prepared back in 2015", Alexei Begun explained...

Ecuador’s National Assembly President to visit Belarus in March
The parties expressed confidence that the forthcoming meeting in Minsk would add a new impetus to the development of the Belarusian-Ecuadorian inter-parliamentary cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats, open new opportunities for expanding economic...

Lukashenko urges to step up cooperation with Afghanistan
According to the President, Afghanistan is a country with great potential. “Our country can get lucrative offers and dividends there"...

Belarus’ election officials to observe parliamentary campaign in Kazakhstan
“Our delegation will include Ivan Shchurok and Alexander Dudko. The CEC members are simultaneously representatives of the Belarusian Central Election Commission and members of the CIS monitoring mission”...

Seven IAEA missions yet to examine Belarusian nuclear power plant before launch
"We tightly cooperate with the IAEA and have already welcomed a number of assessment missions. I’d like to note that Belarus is one of the few countries that have enabled public access to the IAEA’s report"...

Belarus, Council of Europe discuss ways to bolster cooperation
The parties discussed the current state and development prospects of the Belarus-EU relations, ways to bolster cooperation between Belarus and the Council of Europe, and organization of joint events...

Belarus-EU cooperation expected to intensify
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei made the statement when talking to reporters at the 17th Assembly of the Business Circles of Belarus...