Events

Belarus hosts 4,065 visa-waiver visitors from Europe over past week
A total of 1,019,193 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022...

Belarus wants its interests taken into account in Ukraine settlement agreements
Yuri Ambrazevich emphasized Belarus' interest in the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine because the situation on its southern borders is very tense...

Lukashenko: Belarus is committed to expanding ties with Bahrain
In his congratulatory message to Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that giving momentum to the Belarusian-Bahraini political dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas, primarily in trade, economic, investment and humanitarian areas, fully corresponds to the interests of both peoples...

Shpagin submachine gun and a dagger: Lukashenko, Sultan of Oman exchange gifts
The Belarusian head of state presented the Sultan with a Slutsk sash and a Shpagin submachine gun. In turn, the Sultan gifted the Belarusian leader a khanjar, a traditional dagger originating from the Sultanate of Oman...

FM comments on Belarus’ plans to have diplomatic presence in Oman
According to him, based on their capabilities, as well as the capabilities of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, we handle many issues without a diplomatic presence, using only the embassy in Cairo as needed...

Ways of intensifying Belarusian-Omani cooperation discussed in Muscat
The foreign ministers discussed topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda, priority areas of Belarusian-Omani cooperation in the near term in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian areas...

Belarus, India committed to intensifying political dialogue
The parties discussed specific steps to intensify political dialogue and interregional interaction and mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economy, and other areas...

Belarus takes over chairmanship in Eurasian Economic Union in 2025
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Moscow on 13 December...

Belarusian parliament urges USA to stop embargo against Cuba
“The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus calls for a complete and unconditional end to the embargo against Cuba and for the international community to take effective steps to prohibit the use of unilateral coercive measures as unlawful from the point of view of international law,” the statement reads...

Belarus admits over 128,000 Ukrainian citizens since 2024 year-start
Of them 66 people came to Belarus from Ukraine, 102,658 - from Poland, 24,063 - from Lithuania, 1,853 - from Latvia...

Lukashenko supports proposal to assign status of All-Belarusian Youth Construction Site to two projects
The projects that have the status of the All-Belarusian Youth Construction Site are the BelNPP, the Khatyn memorial complex, the National Center for Patriotic Education of Youth at the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress...

Lukashenko presents banner to best student team of 2024
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented a challenge banner during the closing ceremony of the third labor semester of 2024 in the format of the Belarusian nationwide meeting of student teams in Minsk on 13 December...

Distressing trends in military, political situation around Belarus pointed out
Medium-term planning documents were discussed during the Security Council session taking into account the changing situation...

Lukashenko instructs General Staff to ensure deployment of Oreshnik missiles, plan their use
“There was one instruction: to ensure the deployment of Oreshnik missiles in our territory and properly plan their uses,” Pavel Muraveiko said...

Belarusian MFA shares expectations from new government of Lithuania
“Belarus has always sought to have a belt of good-neighborliness and normal relations with its neighbors. We have not started the aggravation or escalation,” Anatoly Glaz said...

Russian Investigative Committee honors Belarusian president with Fidelity to Duty medal
Alexander Bastrykin remarked that he would like to start the meeting with a pleasant ceremony: on behalf of the Russian Investigative Committee he would like to present the medal for Fidelity to Duty to the Belarusian head of state “on the occasion of your anniversary, and in recognition of your efforts and services to the cooperation between the investigative committees of Belarus and Russia”...

Belarus' PM to attend Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, CIS Heads of Government Council meetings
A meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council will be held on 12 December. The heads of government are expected to exchange views on topical matters of CIS economic cooperation...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Kenya
"I am confident that the effective implementation of our plans and joint projects will contribute to the social and economic development of both states," Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized...

CICA informed about Belarus’ initiative to develop Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin met with Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kairat Sarybay on 11 December...

Minsk summons Polish charge d'affaires to protest attempts to recruit Belarusian diplomat
As it was reported earlier, Polish special services tried to recruit a Belarusian diplomat in Moldova. They were willing to offer €100,000. Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz emphasized that this is an outrageous incident from the point of view of both domestic and international laws...