News & Events in Belarus

Listapad Film Festival to get underway 6 November
The 22nd Minsk International Film Festival Listapad will be held from 6 through 13 November 2015 under the slogan of Eye of Pleasure. The program of the festival will include 194 films from 60 countries...

Lukashenko: Belarus-China top-level agreements will be implemented on time
Welcoming the Chinese delegation, Alexander Lukashenko stressed: “I would like to thank the Chinese president for the kind words he addressed to me after I had been elected president, and for the colossal support that China provides to Belarus"...

Belarus president’s inauguration ceremony in Independence Palace on 6 November
In the hall of solemn ceremonies Alexander Lukashenko will swear the Oath of the President of the Republic of Belarus and will sign the relevant Act. The Certificate of the President will be handed to Alexander Lukashenko in the presence of over 1,000 invited guests...

Belarusian ruble to shed four zeros in 2016
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed decree No. 450 “Concerning the redenomination of the official currency of the Republic of Belarus”. The decree envisages that Br1 of the 2009 design will be equal to 100 Belarusian coins of the 2009 design...

Belarus to stay focused on defense in military affairs
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he visited the enterprise Precision Electromechanics Factory in Dzerzhinsk District...

Lukashenko urges to maintain stability of Belarus’ tax system
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the session held on 2 November to discuss the improvement of certain aspects of taxation and collection of land charges...

Lukashenko: Reliable national security is still crucial to the wellbeing of any country
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement during the conference for Belarusian army officers...

Belarus’ government to step up efforts to stimulate business development in regions
These changes are on the agenda of the session held by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko...

Declaration of commitment to achieve UN SDGs signed in Mogilev
"The UN Sustainable Development Goals are important and relevant to the mankind. I want to say that the Belarusian people, Mogilev Oblast residents accept and support them and will make every effort to achieve them"...

Belarus 44th in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business List
Among the post-Soviet countries Estonia ranks the highest (16th). It is followed by Lithuania (20th), Latvia (22nd) and Georgia (24th). Armenia is 35th, Kazakhstan 41st, Russia 51st, Moldova 52nd, Azerbaijan 63rd, Kyrgyzstan 67th, Ukraine 83rd, Uzbekistan 87th, and Tajikistan 132nd...

Lukashenko examines modernized weapons of 120th independent mechanized brigade
The head of state was informed about the organization and personnel structure, the deployment of the brigade, the fulfillment of the government program on accomplishing military camps, and about the organization of combat training sessions using modern computerized simulators...

Belarus population up to 9.494m people as of 1 October
According to the source, migration into the country remains the key factor behind the rising population numbers in Belarus...

Lukashenko calls for joint UN effort for world safety
“The 70th anniversary is a good reason to think about and assess the state and prospects of the Organization’s development”...

UN70 Belarus Express sets off on journey around Belarus
The first of the regional centers to welcome the UN Express will be Grodno. However, even on its way the participants of the initiative will hold workshops, lectures, discussions, and creative events...

Gugerotti hands Belarus President’s gift to Pope Francis
“The Pontiff highly appreciated the gesture and asked the Apostolic Nuncio to convey his sincere gratitude to the grantor and the apostolic blessing to the Belarusian people”...

Lukashenko attends UN70 Tree of Peace planting ceremony
Attending the ceremony were also Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha...

WHO Regional Office for Europe member states sign Minsk Declaration
"Belarus is already implementing many of the principles laid down in the declaration. You can see for yourself what results we have achieved, for example, in reducing the maternal and child mortality rates. Of course, the European countries have their own experience"...

Zsuzsanna Jakab: WHO countries show interest in Belarus’ experience in healthcare
Zsuzsanna Jakab also congratulated the Belarusian healthcare system on an almost zero infant mortality at birth, which is a very high achievement not only in Europe but in the world...

Lukashenko: Belarus makes every effort to implement WHO Health 2020 policy
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said speaking at the WHO European Ministerial Conference on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020 in Minsk...

Belarus calls upon UN to focus on cooperation with regional integration organizations
The representative of Belarus stressed the importance of coordinated actions of the UN system to assist countries in the implementation of sustainable development goals...