News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko visiting Slavgorod District
During the visit the head of state will be briefed on the social and economic development of Mogilev Oblast and Slavgorod District in particular. The president will take part in a solemn ceremony to inaugurate a bridge across the Sozh River...

Lukashenko: Belarusians remain an original and independent nation thanks to their roots
Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that on approach to the concert venue he was thinking about what the most important, heaviest, and unpleasant thing in one’s life was. "It is not a disease, it is something else. The most important thing is that time implacably moves on"...

Lukashenko: More than one generation of Belarusians grows up in the peaceful and beautiful country
In his words, it was not an easy thing to accomplish, some things turned out to be excellent and even better than what they had imagined, some things turned out well, and some things need a lot more work...

Lukashenko dwells on Belarus' economic development plans for near future
He stressed that he views reforms exactly as the development and improvement of those industries which already exist in the country and as the establishment of new high-tech production facilities on their basis. Important substitution is another priority for 2021-2025...

Lukashenko wants salaries at private companies and top ten enterprises correlated
"Private enterprises cannot pay salaries lower than the top 10 enterprises. In this way, we will also control the salaries of those who consider themselves to be ‘free from everything’"...

Lukashenko to visit Atlant plant
The head of state will be reported on the company's production activities and development prospects, and the progress in the implementation of the international project Atlant 2020...

Lukashenko: Sovereignty and independence are not for sale
"Look, there's no price they can pay me to agree to their terms. There is no price! There are no pockets in a coffin"...

Lukashenko talks about unprecedented pressure on Belarus
Aleksandr Lukashenko said he had already counted about five pandemics. Those are not only the medical pandemic, but for instance a hydrocarbon pandemic in late 2019 – early 2020, an economic “pandemic” and its consequences, an information pandemic...

Lukashenko: I welcome different points of view
The president stressed that the freedom of speech does not imply permissiveness, although some people understand it exactly this way, especially with regard to to the internet...

Lukashenko to meet with representatives of major media outlets
The event will be held in the Palace of Independence...

Belarus president in favor of reforms, eager to build on existing accomplishments
He remarked that the country has the relevant competences and schools to do that...

Lukashenko wants to see balanced development of Belarus
Aleksandr Lukashenko said that the matter is also about the development of so-called unpromising villages. In this regard, he urged urban residents to buy plots of land outside cities...

Belarus president presents shoulder boards to high-ranking officers
Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that there are not many commanders of such level, and the conferment of major-general’s ranks is a public recognition of merits of people who are fully committed to defending the Homeland...

Lukashenko, Gref inaugurate unique musical fountain in Minsk
The unusual fountain is located in Yanka Kupala Park on the Svisloch River. It is a gift Sberbank of Russia has bestowed upon the Belarusian capital on the occasion of Independence Day...

Sberbank of Russia encouraged to invest in major projects in Belarus
"I would like to discuss a number of these projects with you. If Sberbank is ready to participate in this great endeavor, I will be only happy to welcome your financing of great volumes of our economy"...

Lukashenko takes part in patriotic procession in Minsk
The procession is going along Independence Avenue towards Victory Square...

Belarus celebrates Independence Day
The decision to celebrate Independence Day on 3 July was adopted during a nationwide referendum on 24 November 1996...

Lukashenko points out deep roots of Belarusian statehood
"The Belarusian people always chose the historical path with their heart and thus proved that they deserved the sovereign right to decide their own destiny"...

Lukashenko: Belarus will follow its own course whatever it takes
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that sovereignty and independence are the most precious things any nation has...

Lukashenko attends Independence Day meeting
The program of the Independence Day meeting includes a concert Highway of Our Life. The central image of the concert is a highway, the Belarusian path which was chosen by Belarusian people to create their modern history...