News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko: Developing domestic agriculture is cheaper for Belarus than importing food
According to the head of state, one agrarian gives work to seven or eight more people. Harvesting grain is not enough to get fresh bread or quality fodder. “If we stop farming, half of the country will go unemployed”...

Belarus plans state company on principles of China’s CITIC Group
"I frankly envy the People's Republic of China that has such companies. I would be very grateful if you could advise us on how to develop such a state-owned property in Belarus. Let it not be so huge, but on the same principles as your company operates"...

Belarus 2nd at 2018 FAI World Helicopter Championship
According to the federation, it was the best ever performance of the Belarusian helicopter pilots. Russia took gold in the team standings. Poland came in third...

Belarus extends visa-free entry to 30 days
The document has updated the list of states whose citizens are entitled to the visa-free regime. It leaves out the countries with which Belarus has concluded bilateral agreements on mutual abolition of visas...

Belarus clinches gold at 16th FAI World Helicopter Championship
The crew of the Vitebsk aeroclub won in the parallel fender rigging event. The champion title went to Vadimir Bugayev and Andrei Rogonov...

Lukashenko: Belarus is for clean and transparent sport
“We are for clean sport, full transparency of international organizations, including the International Olympic Committee. We are in favor of protecting athletes, especially clean athletes”...

Belarus president okays new approaches to mending ailing agricultural enterprises
"The head of state has backed the proposals developed by municipal government agencies, central government agencies, and judicial authorities. The relevant draft presidential decree will be adjusted within a very short period of time"...

2018 Slavianski Bazaar wraps up in Vitebsk
The program featured a ceremony to award the winners of the 27th international song competition Vitebsk 2018. The Grand Prix and the Golden Lyre went to Romania’s Marcel Rosca...

Slavianski Bazaar kicks off in Vitebsk
The Native Land theme and the 30th anniversary of the Summer Amphitheater translated into a concert program titled “Home Where You Are Always Welcome”...

Lukashenko: Slavianski Bazaar celebrates international friendship
"Although politicians drew borders, people found a simplest, time-tested way to maintain good neighborly relations, which is through cultural ties"...

Slavianski Bazaar to kick off in Vitebsk on 12 July
The opening of the cultural forum will be preceded by a spectacular ceremony. Wind bands, drummer girls and majorettes will show up in the city streets at noon to invite local residents and visitors to the Summer Amphitheater complex...

Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant back into government’s hands
“The company’s owners are gone [shareholders Motor Sich (Ukraine) and Investment and Innovation Systems (Belarus)]. You are the owners now [government agencies]. All the former owners of the company chose to withdraw”...

Lukashenko: Homecoming makes me happy and proud
"This land will always be special for me, just as important and dear as any other pocket of Belarus - an amazing, beautiful country with kind-hearted, hard-working, hospitable and patient people"...

Kupala Night Festival gathers friends along Dnieper River again
The festival is designed to show the evolution of Kupala Night traditions in time and space and to promote cultural contacts between nations. The geography of the festival is expanding year to year...

Foreign leaders extend Independence Day greetings to Belarus
Independence Day greetings addressed to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and the Belarusian nation keep coming in from foreign heads of state, politicians and cultural figures...

Lukashenko: Independence Day has special place in Belarus’ history
“This day is a symbol of courage and fortitude of the Belarusian people, succession of generations and devotion to duty”...

Belarus celebrates Independence Day
Independence Day, the key holiday of Belarusian statehood, is celebrated in Belarus on 3 July...

Belarus president: The dreadful past must not be revived
“Jews from Berlin, Bremen, Vienna, Dortmund, Prague, and other European cities were forced to walk the path of death here. Ashes of Belarusian civilians, underground resistance fighters and partisans, and Soviet POWs rest here, too”...

Presidents of Belarus, Germany, Austria visit Trostenets Memorial Complex
Trostenets is one of the largest death camps set up by the Nazi to eliminate civilians in 1941-1944. It is the fourth largest death camp after Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Treblinka in terms of the number of victims...

Lukashenko: Belarus sovereignty is about hard-working people
"Presenting awards in the run-up to the main public holiday is particularly symbolic and remarkable. After all, when we talk about the country’s independence, we imply people"...