News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko holds meeting to discuss operation of Belarusian yeast factories
“Today we will discuss one of the issues, which, unfortunately, has to be brought to the level of the presidents. This issue should have been handled in the government long ago”...

Great Stone named world’s fastest-growing industrial park
“The Great Stone Industrial Park received FEMOZA Awards 2019 in the Fastest Growing Industrial Park nomination. The awards ceremony took place during the World Free and Special Economic Zones Summit in Monaco on 14 November”...

Lukashenko holds meeting to discuss Belarus-Russia border
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that Belarus honors 100% of its commitments. This pertains to combating illegal trade in narcotic drugs and weapons, illegal migration, and to searching for stolen cars...

Lukashenko, Kurz meet in Vienna
The meeting was also attended by representatives of business...

Belarus plans to promote relations with Austria
The Belarusian president thanked Alexander Van der Bellen for a warm welcome and a frank and substantive conversation. “Austria is an important and reliable partner for Belarus in our common Europe. We attach great attention to the development of mutually beneficial cooperation and are fully satisfied with the current level of the Belarusian-Austrian relations”...

Lukashenko lays wreath at Soviet War Memorial in Vienna
From the airport Aleksandr Lukashenko headed to Vienna where he laid a wreath at the Soviet War Memorial. Attending the ceremony were also members of Belarus' delegation, representatives of the public, ambassadors of the CIS states to Austria. The head of state greeted each diplomat personally...

Lukashenko off to Austria on official visit
On 12 November, the Belarusian head of state is expected to hold talks with Austria President Alexander Van der Bellen...

Grand Prix of Listapad film festival goes to Ukraine
“This film is about the things that define a human being. This is about life and death, love,” program director of the festival Igor Sukmanov said...

Lukashenko, Abu Dhabi crown prince discuss implementation of Belarus-UAE agreements
Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned a delegation of representatives of the UAE private sector had been promptly sent to Belarus. It signifies the genuine interest of the UAE in advancing trade, economic, and investment cooperation...

Lukashenko: Memory of October Revolution strengthens social harmony
"The autumn of 1917 dramatically changed the course of history. It heralded a new era of human development"...

Lukashenko, UAE Vice President discuss promising projects
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that Belarus is interested not only in trade, but also in joint projects and knowledge exchange. The parties discussed promising projects in transport, logistics and financial sector. One of them provides for the establishment of an international financial center in Minsk with the assistance of the UAE...

Listapadzik 2019 winners announced
The Golden Listapadzik award for the best film went to Steven Wouterlood’s My Extraordinary Summer with Tess (the Netherlands, Germany)...

Yauheni Karaliok clinches gold at UCI Track World Cup in Minsk
Minsk played host to the UCI Track World Cup on 31 October – 3 November. Taking part in the event were 57 teams from 44 countries who competed for rating points ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games...

Listapad 2019 opens in Minsk
The competitive program of this year’s festival includes 154 films from 50 countries: feature films, documentaries, children and youth films, debut films by talented film directors, and unique works by national film schools...

Belarus president signs decrees to set next year’s economic development targets
The decrees specify key targets of the country’s social and economic development. Their achievement will be used to evaluate performance of the government and the central bank...