Events

Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia agree to meet in Moscow on 8 May
The leaders of the three countries discussed cooperation avenues and the measures that should be taken in trade, monetary policy and other areas in order to make ample use of the common resources for sustainable mutually beneficial development...

Union State MPs to discuss common sci-tech space development
MPs will consider the list of priority sci-tech programs of the Union State, review the results of the Mikrosistemotekhnika and Standardization-SG in 2014...

Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia to meet in Astana
The heads of state are expected to discuss the existing trade and economic challenges in the Eurasian Economic Union and to address some issues of mutual interest on the international agenda...

Belarus’ economic potential presented in Australian parliament
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Australia Viktor Shikh took part in a session of the International Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee of the Australian parliament...

CIS Heads of Government Council to consider 20 issues in Astana
"The issues are very important for the further economic cooperation of our countries. The CIS action plan on the financial and economic situation is the number one document”...

Belarus, Poland to discuss bilateral cooperation
The parties are expected to consider issues of mutual interest...

Belarus to partake in negotiations to prepare for UN summit in New York
A working meeting with heads of the missions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states has been scheduled. The book Belarus and the Muslim World will be presented during the meeting...

Mikhnevich to meet with Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
The meeting will be held during the visit of the Belarusian delegation to Tbilisi on 18-19 March...

Kupchyna discusses preparations for Riga EaP summit with EU diplomats
The parties discussed Belarus’ cooperation with the European Union, including within the Eastern Partnership...

Belarus president to go to Kazakhstan on working visit on 19-20 March
During the visit Alexander Lukashenko is expected to take part in a trilateral meeting of the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia...

Belarus, USA sign agreement to improve international tax compliance
The signing ceremony took place at the Belarusian Foreign Ministry on 18 March...

Belarus, Iraq to expand cooperation in education, healthcare
The sides discussed the entire range of bilateral cooperation matters, including steps meant to further enhance the legal base of Belarus-Iraq relations...

Lukashenko urges to respect people when handling issues
“As far as business is concerned, competition in equal conditions regardless of the forms of ownership is the main priority”...

Lukashenko urges to use flexible economic mechanisms to help market vendors
“We have discussed a lot of issues today, including together with market vendors. Everyone has certain ideas. But unfortunately, for the past decade we have had to discuss the work of market vendors"...

UNECE experts to analyze environmental efforts in Belarus
"Experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe will stay in Belarus on 16-26 March to prepare the third environmental performance review. It is not the first time the review will be prepared. The first commission came in 1997"...

Belarus president approves DBRB’s initiatives to support SMEs
Alexander Lukashenko was interested in what projects had been financed, what businessmen had achieved thanks to the DBRB support...

IMF satisfied with first steps of renewed Belarusian government
Thus, the National Bank has started the transition to a more flexible exchange rate while the monetary management policy has been toughened, stated David Hofman...

Belarus’ Catholic community deserves Pope’s visit, Cardinal Parolin says
The Vatican's Secretary of State said that apart from the willingness on the part of the Catholic community of Belarus, invitations for the Pope's visit have also come from all branches of state power...

Belarus-Syria joint commission for economic cooperation to gather for session soon
This topic was discussed during a meeting between Igor Leshchenya, the head of the department for Africa and Middle East at the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Syria to Belarus Bassam Abdel Majeed...

Belarus, Thailand abolish visas for holders of official, diplomatic passports
The signing ceremony was held during the meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Vietnam and concurrently to Thailand Valery Sadokho and Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on 12 March...