News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko extends Independence Day greetings to Belarusians
"For three decades, Belarusians have been successfully building their own sovereign state. We are inspired by the example of heroic ancestors, centuries-old history, and rich culture. We understand that the opportunity to live freely and shape one’s own future is the highest value for any people"...

Belarus marks Independence Day
The decision to celebrate Independence Day on 3 July was adopted in a nationwide referendum on 24 November 1996. This holiday has become a symbol of the national revival of our state. It is marked on the day Minsk was liberated from the Nazi invaders – 3 July 1944...

Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia seen as effective response to new challenges
"For Belarus and Russia, the forum has long become one of the symbols of kinship of the Slavic peoples. Life shows that we have found a format of interregional and interstate interaction that really meets the fundamental interests of Belarusians and Russians"...

Lukashenko concerned about Western ‘nuclear’ training flights
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “It was not staged. Including nuclear weapons and the rest. We’ve made another half-step. They are flying and training after all. Why are they training? Why are they carrying nuclear drill rounds? In order to load a nuclear bomb into an aircraft and drop it where necessary tomorrow"...

Lukashenko presents state awards to distinguished Belarusians
“Every year on 3 July we emphasize that independence is the greatest asset of any nation, including the Belarusians. And we will cherish it, we will fight for it the way our heroic ancestors did. There is simply no other way for us,” the president noted...

Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia kicks off on 30 June
A number of intergovernmental and interregional cooperation agreements and other documents will be signed within the framework of the forum...

Belarus’ rising international role hinges on careful treatment of traditions, historic memory
The president encouraged the graduates to always remember whatever happens in the near future that people, who have already learned how to go through complicated life periods through their own experience, are close to them...

Presidents of Belarus, Russia agree to keep import substitution process under tight control
"Today, the question is no longer how to sell, as it was before. Today, the question is how to meet the demand primarily of our Russia, a huge country, for the goods that we produce. Our government must not turn any request or contract down, in any of the sectors"...

Highlights of Lukashenko’s meeting with Putin in St Petersburg
The meeting covered a lot of topics starting with logistics and economic cooperation and ending with responses to threats to military security and interaction within the framework of international organizations. Matters concerning the construction of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, progress in reaching earmarked goals also remain on the presidents’ radar...

Lukashenko, Putin exchange congratulations on 30 years of Belarus-Russia diplomatic relations
"Our countries went a long way together in this period, laying a solid foundation of all-round strategic partnership and advanced integration"...

Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia will reach the necessary level of cooperation soon
"We will do everything not to lose this huge Russian platform. Our trade turnover is growing well, we can increase it. Particularly taking into account the behavior of Western partners as the popular phrase goes. I think during this year and the next one we will reach the level of cooperation and development of Belarus and Russia where we are supposed to be"...

Lukashenko in Russia for extensive talks with Putin
The working meeting of the two leaders will be held in St. Petersburg on 25 June. It is noteworthy that this day marks 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Russia...

Lukashenko: Belarus remembers all heroes and victims of Great Patriotic War
“Today we recall a sad date. Eighty-one years ago a warm and sunny Sunday morning of 22 June marked the start of bombing, the merciless extermination of civilians and endless pain for millions of Soviet people. The fascist terror had such a horrendous scale that we still do not know the exact number of casualties,” the head of state stressed...

Belarus marks National Remembrance Day
At dawn on 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany, violating the Non-Aggression Treaty, invaded the Soviet Union by launching Operation Barbarossa. The German military leadership expected to conduct a ‘Lightning War' and defeat the USSR with one blow...

Lukashenko: Discipline in agriculture will bring results
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District...

Lukashenko sets goal for 10m-tonne grain harvest in Belarus
“Believe me, it will be a revolution in agriculture. There will be famine in the world, even I already believe that. If we ensure food security... We have already ensured it,” said the head of state...

Lukashenko: Import substitution is a chance to meet challenges
“We are going to push you forward. Import substitution is a chance to meet challenges. On the one hand, it is a chance. On the other hand, it is hard work,” said the president. “We need to involve the industries that are not working to the full currently. We need to load such companies up,” he said...

Lukashenko urges to finally decide on form to university entrance exams
It is necessary to clearly define the form of admission tests to universities, since centralized testing has both advantages and disadvantages...

Lukashenko: Belarus wants to find its niche in India’s growing economy
The president emphasized that India is one of Belarus’ most important partners in Asia, and the foundation of this cooperation was laid back in the days of the Soviet Union...

Lukashenko hosts government session on microelectronics development
The head of state said that before the collapse of the Soviet Union microelectronics made in Belarus were comparable in functionality and reliability to the products of the companies that dominate the global market today...