News & Events in Belarus

Chance for fugitive oppositionists, new private sector taxes. Details of Belarus president’s week
What challenges does the Belarusian border service face? Why did the president draw attention to the protection of legal rights and interests of people? Will fugitive Belarusian citizens get a second chance and what will a special commission led by the prosecutor general do? Why is it so important to rally right now in order to survive? New business operation terms for marketplace sellers, an extra hard task for road construction and maintenance services, and much more in the new episode of BelTA’s President’s Week project...

Lukashenko arrives in UAE
Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe within the next few days upon the invitation of the leadership of the two countries. A number of meetings and negotiations will take place during the visits...

Family capital, free IVF, maternity support. How does Lukashenko deal with demographic problems?
In the new episode of BelTA’s YouTube project After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions we will talk about how the state invests in families, why Belarusian women are having children later in life and how our country remains in the top of the most comfortable countries for mothers...

Lukashenko to visit UAE, Zimbabwe
“On the invitation of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates and the president of Zimbabwe the Belarusian head of state is expected to visit these countries in the near future. The Belarusian president is set to hold a number of meetings and talks,” the press service said...

Lukashenko hosts meeting to discuss crime rate, protection of legal rights in Belarus
Along with the main theme of the meeting, the head of state touched upon a number of other pressing issues, including maintenance and repair of roads and the operation of sole traders...

Personnel guidelines from Lukashenko, Lavrov’s visit, R&D achievements. President’s Week
Why off-the-cuff decisions are not acceptable in personnel management? What did Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov talk about in Minsk? How can Belarus help with the Ukrainian problem? All of it and much more than that can be found in the new episode of BelTA’s special project President’s Week...

Lukashenko discusses situation along Belarus' border, refugees, army support
"Yet, the year 2023 is not like any other year, as the situation around Belarus (the military and political situation, and the economic situation as well) is not easy"...

Lukashenko: Belarus has enough inventions for defense and peaceful purposes
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the science and technology exhibition Intellectual Belarus in Minsk on 20 January...

Lukashenko: Attempts to strangle Belarus and Russia have failed
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov on 19 January...

Lukashenko: People should be treated fairly
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made a number of personnel decisions in the country’s education system on 17 January...

Union State integration, national staples, state reception. Details of Belarus president’s week
What will Belarus and Russia do to counteract the pressure of sanctions and information pressure of the collective West? How does the Union State development advance and does it threaten sovereignty? Why should we not follow ultrafashionable trends and what national staples does Belarus have? We will also talk about details of the traditional reception hosted on behalf of the president on Old New Year where Aleksandr Lukashenko presented government awards and spoke about the most topical matters of the day.All of it and much more than that can be found in the new episode of BelTA’s special project President’s Week...

Lukashenko: Belarusians will always pursue independent policy
"We purposefully moved from the Year of National Unity to the Year of Historical Memory, knowing that the former is simply impossible without the latter and vice versa. Just as it is impossible to imagine the future, a good, bright future, without such concepts as peace and creation. This is how we want to see 2023 - the Year of Peace and Creation. And not only on our own land," the president emphasized...

Lukashenko reviews interim results, problems of Union State programs
The implementation of the Belarus-Russia Union State integration programs was in focus of the meeting hosted by Belarusian President on 12 January.According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of 28 sectoral programs adopted at the meeting of the Union State Supreme State Council roughly a year ago...

Belarus reveres historical memory. What does Lukashenko say about it?
In the new episode of the project After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions we will discuss what dreadful pages the Year of Historical Memory unveiled, what speaks about Nazi atrocities louder than words, and why Belarus will continue striving to preserve the memory about the Great Patriotic War in the international scene despite anything...

Lukashenko talks about Belarusian statehood staples
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the ceremony held on 10 January to present Spiritual Revival awards, special prizes for people of culture and art, and the special prize Belarusian Sport Olympus...

Lukashenko’s recipe for peace, construction without chitchat, military affairs. President’s Week
Who and what peace in Belarus will depend on; why the president needs no chitchat about the civil engineering industry; whether admission to university will become a lottery or not; whether money can truly solve everything; what Russian military personnel are doing in Belarus and why Aleksandr Lukashenko came to them. All of it and much more than that can be found in the first episode of BelTA’s special project President’s Week...

Lukashenko suggests spending more on Union State programs
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev...

Lukashenko lights Christmas candle in Saint Elisabeth Convent temple
From the bottom of his heart Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Orthodox Christian parishioners, who had gathered in the temple, and people of other religions on Orthodox Christmas...

Lukashenko: May the glow of Christmas bring happiness to every family
The head of state stressed that the key Christian values for Belarusians are genuine love for their neighbors, wisdom, openness, and mercy. They have been and remain a true guiding star...

Lukashenko informed about results of combat shakedown of Belarusian, Russian army units
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko visited the military exercise area Obuz-Lesnovsky near Baranovichi and was informed about the combat shakedown of the Belarusian-Russian regional military force...