News & Events in Belarus

Belarus extends visa waiver for citizens of European countries through late 2025
According to the source, taking into account the popularity of Belarus’ visa waiver among foreigners the head of state has decided in favor of extending the visa-free travel program for citizens of 38 European states. Foreigners will still be able to enter Belarus without visas through 31 December 2025...

Lukashenko to students: ‘Light up your lives with bright colors’
Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed students at the closing ceremony of the third labor semester of 2024 in the format of the Belarusian nationwide meeting of student teams in Minsk on 13 December...

Lukashenko approves Belarus’ defense premise for next five-year term
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved the premise for Belarus’ defense in the next five-year term (2026-2030) at a session of the Security Council on 12 December...

Lukashenko: Belarusian and Russian investigative bodies will act together
Belarusian and Russian agencies, including investigative bodies, will act together, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin...

Lukashenko urges great calf care, sees cow as sacred animal
In this episode of BelTA’s YouTube project “After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions” we will tell you what the four requirements in cattle breeding are. Where in Belarus are red pedigree cattle grown? What are the president’s calf breeding tips?..

Lukashenko orders to support companies like POZHSNAB in Borisov
Aleksandr Lukashenko was briefed on the state and prospects of the enterprise, visited the design bureau and production shops...

Lukashenko seeks to increase trade with Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast through new projects
“There is room to grow. Currently our trade is over $700 million. We set the goal of a billion. I think that we will achieve a billion in trade in our lifetime, despite the current problems and difficulties," Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko congratulates peoples of Belarus, Russia on Union State’s 25th anniversary
"In the difficult conditions of the past period, we have repeatedly seen how important are the opportunities offered by such integration and how valuable is the mutual support", Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko goes to Minsk Arena for Time of Our Victories show
The head of state and 7,000 spectators are watching the vivid and colorful performance...

Lukashenko outlines strategic directions of Union State development
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko outlined several strategic directions of further development of the Union State of Belarus and Russia at a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Minsk on 6 December...

Lukashenko calls for more decisive action in Union State
"We have been developing the Union State for 25 years and outlined many areas for that. We stumbled but we still have done a lot. Certainly, we will discuss this topic at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of Russia and Belarus tomorrow," Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko okays Belarus-Russia draft agreement on Union State security guarantees
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreement...

Belarusian vytsinanka inscribed on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list
Exquisite and widely recognized as an element of Belarusian culture, the art of vytsinanka is actively used in the exterior and interior decoration of private homes and public places, such as offices, restaurants, cultural institutions, and theater sets...

Union State is 25. How Lukashenko and Putin see the future of the union
In this episode we will tell you why Belarus and Russia set up the union and why any attempt at integration between them was met with fierce opposition from the West. What are the goals of the Union State? Will it have its own currency, constitution and president? What, according to Aleksandr Lukashenko, is the formula for the success of any integration and why is the example of Belarus and Russia a model of the union of sovereign nations?..

Lukashenko discusses future of Belarusian science
At the beginning of the meeting, the head of state noted that the agenda included a serious conversation about how science, primarily academic, will develop, and how to live further - with or without science...

Belarusian government criticized for lack of support for science
The head of state criticized the shortcomings in the activities of the NASB, but also emphasized that these issues apply not only to the Academy of Sciences, but also to the State Committee on Science and Technology and appropriate ministries...

Culture minister, president’s aide, heads of companies, deputy ministers appointed by head of state
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made a number of personnel management decisions on 2 December...

Making plans with Pakistan, meeting Sharif family, CSTO initiatives, Oreshnik in President's Week
The President’s Week project is intended for those, who want to keep up with the head of state, be up-to-date on the latest statements and decisions of the Belarusian leader...

Global initiatives, threat of AI takeover, ‘Oreshnik’. Takeaways from Lukashenko’s speech at CSTO summit
On 28 November, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan...

Lukashenko on milestones towards new Eurasian security architecture
I would like to draw attention to a number of new tasks that we will have to address when forming a new architecture of Eurasian security and strengthening the CSTO, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the CSTO summit in Astana on 28 November...