News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko receives report from Head of Belarus President Property Management Directorate
Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that Yuri Nazarov has been working as the head of the directorate for the second year now. The executive had been assigned many tasks, which had been clarified and specified over time...

Lukashenko names cooperation prospects with Russia’s Bryansk Oblast
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz...

Belarus’ steel pillar. Why was Lukashenko against privatization of BMZ?
One of the stars in the Orion constellation was named in honor of this enterprise. Lukashenko was offered to move the Belarusian capital to the city that hosts the company. In this episode of of BelTA’s YouTube project "After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions”, we will tell you about the industry flagship - the steel pillar of Belarus...

2024 election campaign kicks off in Belarus
The campaign will be held through 24 February. Campaigning is prohibited on the single voting day, which is due on 25 February...

Lukashenko names key tasks, areas of cooperation in Union State
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko outlined the main tasks and areas of cooperation in the Union State in the short and long term as he spoke at the Union State Supreme State Council summit...

Lukashenko: Economy, military-industrial matters lead agenda of Belarus-Russia talks
According to the president, these issues were discussed after the joint event on Antarctic exploration...

Lukashenko attends war memorial dedication ceremony in Leningrad Oblast of Russia
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, there are thousands of war memorials in Russia and Belarus. The vast majority of them commemorate the heroes - Red Army soldiers, partisans - people who defended their land with weapons in their hands. Along with this, the tribute was not fully paid to those who performed heroic deeds on the home front...

Sabalenka defends Australian Open title
Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open title, defeating world number 15 Zheng Qinwen of China, 6-3, 6-2, to claim a second Grand Slam trophy...

Lukashenko presents doctor certificates, professor certificates to Belarusian scientists, pedagogues
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the work of scientists and its results play a major role in shaping the future of the state...

Lukashenko appoints new healthcare minister
Prior to this appointment, Aleksandr Khodzhayev headed the National Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, and before that worked in the Main Public Health Directorate of the Healthcare Ministry...

“I grew tired of convincing”. How did Lukashenko set the sugar industry straight and at what cost?
What did it cost to lick manufacturing facilities into shape? And why sugar business is not sweet at all these days...

Lukashenko approves decisions on border protection for 2024
The situation on the state border remains consistently tense, but predictable and controllable...

Lukashenko announces tough conversation at next meeting of Supreme State Council
Preparations for the next meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Belarus-Russia Union State were discussed at the meeting of Belarusian President and Chairman of the Supreme State Council Aleksandr Lukashenko with State Secretary of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev...

Lukashenko tells government to satisfy nation’s demand for Belarusian cars no matter what
Car manufacturing is developing mainly in two directions in Belarus. SZAO BelGee is the first one. Cooperation with the Chinese car maker FAW for the sake of making Hongqi brand cars is another one that has been opened recently...

Lukashenko: All legislative innovations should stimulate Belarusian economy growth
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with the leadership of the Council of Ministers in Minsk on 18 January...

Lukashenko's turnaround strategy for this company was painful, but bore fruit: Kamvol’s story
In the new episode of BelTA’s YouTube project “After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions” we will tell you how a city cotton factory turned into a legendary worsted mill. Why did every tenth meter of Belarusian fabric receive the State Quality Mark of the USSR? How did the company find itself in a difficult situation, and why did the president criticize the ministers for the window dressing attempt? What did the modernization of the worsted mill result in?..

Belarusian People’s Congress to decide on new national security concept, military doctrine
The transformation of national security risks, challenges and threats were described in detail in the concept and the military doctrine, the head of state remarked. “Many of the estimates and forecasts laid out in the documents are already materializing,” the Belarusian leader noted...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Tajikistan need to ramp up cooperation
Belarus and Tajikistan need to identify areas where they can ramp up cooperation, which is particularly relevant amidst the recent decline in trade, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Belarus Bakhtovar Safarzoda...

Lukashenko wants Belarusians to feel calm despite global turbulence
“Our task is to maintain peace and calm in our state,” the Belarusian leader emphasized...

Lukashenko discusses fairness of punishment for criminal offenses
“We keep insisting that the work of government agencies and public institutions must be based on the principle of justice. This also applies to criminal law. Justice must permeate the entire criminal law system and its implementation”...