Events

Belarus, Burkina Faso discuss ways to strengthen political dialogue
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burkina Faso to Russia Antoine Somda...

IMF mission to visit Belarus 9-19 November
The team will be led by Peter Dohlman, IMF Mission Chief for Belarus...

Kupchyna heads Belarus’ delegation at 38th session of UNESCO General Conference
According to the diplomatic mission, Alena Kupchyna will speak at the General Policy Debate of the UNESCO General Conference 38th session on 5 November...

Digital government, digital economy in focus in Belarus in 2016-2022
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov noted that the development pace of digital services and the penetration rate of information technologies in all spheres and all branches of the national economy were insufficiently fast...

Belarusian army to get cutting-edge missile launchers in 2016-2017
Chairman of the State Defense Industries Committee Sergei Gurulev told reporters after President Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to the high-precision electromechanical plant in Dzerzhinsk District...

Kobyakov pays respects to air crash victims at Russian embassy
The Russian airliner A321 (Kogalymavia flight 9268) crashed on Saturday, shortly after leaving the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for Russia’s St. Petersburg...

Belarus interested in closer cooperation with Nepal
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Bidhya Devi Bhandari who was elected the President of Nepal...

WTO ready to strengthen technical support for Belarus’ accession
According to the press service, “the parties were unanimous in the need for further expansion of Belarus’ WTO entry process, including through technical support from the WTO Secretariat”...

Lukashenko offers condolences over Bucharest nightclub explosion victims
The Belarusian head of state also wished a speedy recovery to the injured...

Belarus MFA: Belarusian among Airbus A321 crash victims
The Russian airliner A321 (Kogalymavia flight 9268) crashed on Saturday, shortly after leaving the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for Russia’s St. Petersburg...

Lukashenko extends condolences to Russia over plane crash victims
The Russian airliner A321 (Kogalymavia flight 9268) crashed on Saturday, shortly after leaving the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for Russia’s St. Petersburg. The debris was found across a 20sq km-wide area of Sinai. The crash killed all 224 (217 passengers and seven crewmembers) people on board...

Lukashenko: Neither Belarus nor Russia needs the Russian airbase from the military point of view
The head of state remarked that there are on-duty air defense units in Belarus in time of peace. The units include a Russian component...

Lukashenko: Belarus cannot but be affected by the crisis in Ukraine
"Therefore, we should examine a number of the negative trends bearing some risks and challenges to our national security and thus requiring special attention and adequate responses"....

Belarus voices grave concern over escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence
The press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA commenting on the recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

EU suspends sanctions against Belarus
The EU has "suspended for four months the asset freeze and travel ban applying to 170 individuals and the asset freeze applying to three entities in Belarus"...

Belarus parliament in favor of closer cooperation with World Bank
Viktor Valyushitsky, Chairman of the Economic Policy Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, said during the meeting with World Bank representatives...

Belarus presents third environmental performance review to UNECE
The country’s environmental performance index went up from the 73rd place in 2005 to the 32nd in 2014 (out of 178 countries). Its ecological footprint almost halved...

Belarus’ PM to attend meeting of CIS Heads of Government Council in Dushanbe
Most of the matters on the agenda for the meeting are related to the development of economic cooperation. These include the implementation of the CIS Free Trade Zone Agreement, the activities of industry-specific agencies in the sector of economy...

Belarus, United States discuss cooperation in sports
Charge d'Affaires of Belarus in the United States Pavel Shidlovsky noted that the gradual normalization of relations between Belarus and the U.S. opens new opportunities for strengthening the bilateral cooperation in sports, culture, and education...

WHO lauds Belarus’ achievements in ensuring universal health coverage
The parties discussed the cooperation between Belarus and the WHO, summed up the results of the WHO European Ministerial Conference on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020...