News & Events in Belarus

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...

Lukashenko begins visit to United Arab Emirates
Meetings with the country’s readership and business community will be a continuation of both long-standing friendship and cooperation between the two countries and also the official negotiations with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi...

Lukashenko: Listapad film festival holds special place in contemporary culture
Aleksandr Lukashenko believes that this year the festival will once again become a true celebration of cinema and will increase the number of friends and fans...

Lukashenko instructs to provide Belarus’ healthcare system with advanced equipment
“The main thing is to provide doctors with modern medical equipment. It is vital for our doctors to have the most advanced medical equipment, the same as in Germany, Israel and so on,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko. “There will be no excuses if some expensive equipment will stay idle somewhere next year”...

Lukashenko demands new anti-drug measures
According to the head of state, drug control and drug prevention have been discussed at a high level many times for the past five years. “Systemic measures adopted in Belarus in 2014 helped us turn the tide”...

Lukashenko talks about Belarus’ response to U.S. tanks in Lithuania
At the same time, he stressed that Belarus will not publish various fake news in the media about this situation, as some other mighty countries do. We do not need these fakes. We need to tell our people clearly how we will respond to it and how much it will cost. We should communicate this information to our rivals, too,” the Belarusian leader add...

Sabalenka wins Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai
This is the fifth WTA champion title for Aryna Sabalenka, four of which she won at the competitions held in China...