News & Events in Belarus

Belarus to continue developing relations with Georgia
He also mentioned especially friendly relations between Belarusian and Georgian people. “Georgians close people, many of them live in Belarus. Georgian festivals which are held on the Belarusian soil are well known in every small village”...

IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships kick off with opening ceremony in Raubichi
Competing for Belarus will be Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Hanna Sola, Iryna Kruchynkina and Alena Kruchynkina, and also Raman Yaliotnau, Anton Smolski, Sergey Bocharnikov, Maksim Varabei, Viktar Kryuko...

Belarus president to visit remote towns in every oblast
The head of state said that he had come to Ivye District with big concerns about Grodno Oblast’s mistake to focus on the development of its western parts...

Belarus president recounts problems in law enforcement
"Although the document I’ve received is classified, I’ve decided to declassify it in a way to avoid certain details"...

Lukashenko: Stability stems from domestic political situation and people’s trust in authorities
The head of state noted that after the conference the state of affairs in law enforcement will change radically for the better, all the shortcomings revealed in anticipation of the conference will be fixed...

Belarus president updates tasks for ideology specialists
There is no time for taking things slowly. An election campaign involves a lot of ideology work. You will have to focus primarily on ideology work starting with journalism and ending with, frankly speaking, lectures in universities...

Lukashenko highlights importance of good farming practices
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized the importance of good farming practices. Actually, after inspecting the fields the president assumed that local farmers stick to the farming technology...

Southeastern parts of Mogilev Oblast expected to demonstrate growth every year
"I am absolutely convinced that it is time for these areas to produce some payoff. They should not find themselves castaways. Local people need a decent life and should be proud of the fact that they live in Slavgorod, Kostyukovichi or Khotimsk"...

Lukashenko to meet with Belarusian law enforcement soon
“Plans have been made to meet with Belarusian law informant in the near future, maybe, next week, to discuss topical issues,” the president said...

Lukashenko, Karanik discuss current situation in healthcare
Aleksandr Lukashenko also spoke about the manufacture of medications in Belarus and import substitution. In his words, the country spends up to $500 million on the import of drugs. “This is too much. And we can produce our own drugs”...

Belarus president visits government communications system node
Aleksandr Lukashenko encouraged executives working in this sphere to continue improving the technologies and promised them support of the state. "It is the future. Certainly, we support development by all means"...

Visa-free travel area, travel time expanded in Brest Oblast, Grodno Oblast
The existing separate visa-free travel areas around Brest and Grodno have been combined into one visa-free travel area named Brest-Grodno. Five districts in Grodno Oblast have been added to the new area...

UK ambassador’s contribution to developing relations with Belarus praised
The president remarked that $3.5 billion worth of bilateral trade is a foundation of any relations. “The UK is Belarus’ third largest trade partner after Russia and Ukraine,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Preparations for building football stadium, swimming pool in Minsk discussed
"I want to stress that the construction of such sports facilities in Minsk in cooperation with China is unprecedented and should be an example for other projects which will be implemented in the future"...

Lukashenko sets dates for parliamentary elections in Belarus
On 5 August Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 293 and Decree 294 to set the dates for the elections to the Council of the Republic and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th convocation...

Lukashenko hails increasingly vibrant cooperation between Belarus, EIB
He remarked that the framework agreement with the EIB was signed not long ago, in May 2017. “I am for this framework agreement. The portfolio of the European Investment Bank in Belarus made up €335 million in the past 18 months”...

Economic agenda in focus of Lukashenko’s meeting with Council of Ministers
"We are having another meeting to discuss current issues, though there are also some strategic matters, like relations with Russia within the framework of the Union State. We are to discuss these matters and to take decisions"...

From dairies to IT: Belarus names prospects for cooperation with Uzbekistan
"Uzbekistan has made considerable progress in diversifying national economy, developing new sectors such as mechanical engineering, petrochemistry, manufacturing of farm machinery. Belarus is ready to expand economic cooperation with Uzbekistan, including through joint investment projects"...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Uzbekistan renew relations over past two years
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that interregional cooperation is the major item on the agenda of the Uzbekistan president’s visit to Belarus. The parties have exchanged many visits at the regional level, organized a forum, an exhibition of Uzbek products, and the Culture Days of Uzbekistan...

Presidents of Belarus, Uzbekistan hold informal talks at state residence Zaslavl
Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Uzbek counterpart a picture titled “Belarusian” and the Belarusian embroidered shirt (vyshyvanka), while his son Nikolai presented the Uzbekistan president with a statuette of a bison...