Events

Lukashenko: Belarusians will not let their country plunge into chaos and discord
“Alarming modern challenges remind us of the value of peace and make it more important to protect the memory of the courage and heroism of our soldiers every day"...

Makei discusses cooperation with EU, OSCE, IAEA in Munich
The state and prospects for the development of bilateral political, trade and economic relations were discussed during the meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ghana, Georgia and Iran, Minister of Defense of Pakistan and representatives of the Senior Staff of the U.S. Department of State...

Interagency group ready to study OSCE’s recommendations for Belarus
Lidia Yermoshina said that the first session will be held on 16 February. The expert group’s operation will be overseen by the Central Election Commission. After one month the group will have to present recommendations or proposals concerning the views expressed by the OSCE at the end of the Belarus president election campaign in 2015...

Social protection and employment promotion program approved in Belarus
Commenting on the document, the Labor and Social Security Ministry noted that one of the priorities of the state policy is to create conditions for qualitative human development, healthy and dignified life of people...

New military doctrine in Belarus parliament
The Military Doctrine had to be revised due to changes of the military and political situation in the world, the nature of armed conflicts, and modern trends in the development of the Belarusian state...

Makei to attend 52nd Munich Security Conference
Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs is also set to hold a number of bilateral meetings to discuss the development of political, trade and economic relations between Belarus and Germany, and a number of other partner countries...

Supreme State Council to consider draft 2016 Union State budget in late February
“In late 2015, the draft 2016 budget was submitted for approval by the Council of Ministers of the Union State. The document is still under consideration,” Viktor Shchetko said...

Lukashenko expects more legislative initiatives from Investigation Committee
The Belarusian leader noted that “first of all, there is a lack of analytical work, administrative and legislative initiatives.” Meanwhile, the Investigation Committee has sufficient staff resources for this and a vast knowledge of all aspects of society...

UNDP Administrator to visit Minsk to mark Chernobyl 30th anniversary
Helen Clark discussed the details of her visit with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Valentin Rybakov at a meeting in the UN headquarters in New York on 10 February...

Belarusian law enforcers told to be ‘men of the people’
The head of state repeated his instruction that the police and other power-wielding agencies should do their best to improve their public perception. The nation should like them although the feat is difficult to accomplish...

Makei calls for small steps to de-escalate Ukrainian crisis
“The longer the final settlement is drawn out, the stronger the inertia of the conflict becomes impeding the regulation of the situation"...

Makei: The trilateral contact group on Ukraine should continue its work
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said as he spoke at the international conference “One Year of Minsk-II Accords: Achievements, Challenges, Lessons Learned”...

Belarus counts on stronger ties with Iran
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Iran President Hassan Rouhani as the country celebrates the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution...

Belarus expresses condolences over train crash victims in Germany
“The Republic of Belarus was shocked from the news about a rail accident that took place near the city of Bad Aibling on 9 February," runs the statement of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry of Belarus...

Belarus, Austria map out steps to develop cooperation in areas of mutual interest
Michael Linhart and Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei discussed the issues of the Belarusian-Austrian relations and Belarus-EU interaction...

Makei, Michaelis discuss Belarus-EU relations in Minsk
The parties exchanged opinions on various issues related to the Belarusian-German cooperation, as well as the relations between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union...

Belarus suggests setting up group in United Nations to promote interests of middle-income countries
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov briefed the meeting on Belarus’ approaches aimed at raising the United Nations’ attention to this category of countries where more than half of the world’s population lives...

Belarus to host CSTO peacekeeping exercise in September
Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha remarked that the CSTO has great plans for this year. In particular, plans have been made to arrange an exercise with a force potential as well as concrete special operations...

European diplomats note Belarus’ willingness to continue contacts on human rights
It was told following the meeting between Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and political directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group countries Ivan Jestrab (Czech Republic), Levente Benko (Hungary), Bogumila Ordyk (Poland) and Peter Misik (Slovakia)...

Lukashenko wants fair trade system in Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich...