News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko wishes happy Fatherland Defenders Day to Belarusian people
"Thanks to your commitment to the Homeland, loyalty to military duty and readiness to protect the interests of the country and people, you personify the strength and power of our sovereign state"...

Lukashenko shares tidbits about phone conversation with Putin
“For example, last year we got $1 billion from customs duties. This year we will get $700 million because of the reduction (it is decreasing all the time). He said that they would make up for those $300 million, including through bonuses for companies”...

Lukashenko on tour of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital
Egypt’s new capital will feature administrative and financial centers. It will be home to the main government agencies, embassies, representative offices of international organizations and foreign companies...

Lukashenko meets with Egypt president
At present Belarus and Egypt are working on a dozen projects, with half of them in the manufacturing sector...

Lukashenko arrives in Cairo for official visit
On 19 February, Aleksandr Lukashenko will hold talks with Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...

Lukashenko off to Egypt on official visit
On 19 February, Aleksandr Lukashenko will hold talks with Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo...

Belarus president counts on agreement on future cooperation with Rosneft
“I would like full clarity. I think since you and I have known each other for a long time, you will be able to give some hints and we will be able to come to terms on our future cooperation”...

Belarus president to meet with Rosneft CEO
Rosneft is a leader of the Russian oil industry and a major public oil and gas corporation on the international scale...

Lukashenko holds meeting to discuss situation on Belarusian border
In his words, flows of illegal migration, drug trafficking and other criminal activities are increasing...

Lukashenko explains why Belarus needs bleached sulfate pulp plant
Bleached sulfate pulp is in high demand on the international market and is an important part of the country’s import-substituting effort. Bleached sulfate pulp is used to make wallpaper, packaging materials, writing paper, cardboard and other products...

Lukashenko to inspect Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Mill
The plant has not officially gone online yet and is operating in a test mode. It is possible that the president’s visit will help come to grips with the issues facing the plant...

Belarus ready to provide best investment conditions to Swiss business
The president remarked that Belarus and Switzerland have always had good and kind relations...

Belarus president receives healthcare minister’s report on coronavirus situation
No cases of infections caused by the new coronavirus have been registered in Belarus so far...

Lukashenko meets with state media chiefs
The president noted that information sovereignty is part and parcel of any country’s independence. Information sovereignty is about the right to pursue a country’s own information policy, to build its national information infrastructure and to maintain information security...

New details of Belarus-Russia talks in Sochi revealed
“The talks in Sochi were held in a constructive, normal and absolutely businesslike atmosphere. During the day we met with our Russian counterparts several times in various formats”...

Delegations join Lukashenko-Putin talks in Sochi
“I think today’s meeting will be useful. I want to thank you, Aleksandr Grigoriyevich, for coming”...

Lukashenko, Putin in talks in Sochi
The talks of the Belarusian and Russian leaders started in a one-on-one format, with members of delegations joining later...

Lukashenko, Putin to meet in Sochi
In 2019, the governments of Belarus and Russia developed an integration package to include 30 road maps on cooperation in various areas. As of early 2020 issues important for Belarus, including those lying outside the integration agenda were not settled. The main differences are related to the prices and supplies of Russian hydrocarbons...

Lukashenko holds meeting to discuss operation of Belarus’ fuel and energy complex
“We have gathered together to discuss a number of measures concerning the fulfillment of forecast targets and, there’s no need to conceal anything, our efforts to overcome negative trends which emerge in our economy in connection with recent events in the world and, first of all, in the relations with Russia”...

Belarus sends second humanitarian cargo to China
This time Belarus has sent mainly personal protective equipment, means for decontamination, disinfection of tools and premises, other medical products, all in all about 20 tonnes of cargo. the Great Stone has contributed one tonne of protective equipment (masks, respirators, robes)...