Opinions & Interviews

Belarusian courts encouraged to strive for top justice standards
The Supreme Court should make the national court system compliant with the best justice standards. The court system should enjoy respect of the legal community in Belarus and abroad...

Lukashenko pledges independence of justice
In this regard, Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that, taking into account a comparative analysis of foreign judicial systems, the judicial power of Belarus is independent and protected...

Belarus’ Supreme Court told to think strategically
The head of state noted that in the course of reforming the court system the Supreme Court was granted authority to decide on organizational support, human resources, and physical infrastructure of Belarusian courts...

Finnish expertise to help Belarus better understand smart city concept
"Decree No.506 set a clear task to implement a smart city concept in the region. Tampere is a good example of how to achieve this by setting the right task and working hard. Finnish expertise and knowledge will help form a holistic view of what a smart city is"...

Opinion: Leisure exhibition contributes to growth of Belarus’ tourism industry
"I would like to note that the year 2019 in Belarus is held under the motto of the 2nd European Games. Belarus is a country of sports and tourism. More and more countries are taking interest in Belarus"...

Antonione: CEI interested in new forms of cooperation with Belarus, EaP
According to the CEI secretary general, the CEI is working on the ideas "to launch new forms of cooperation with Belarus in a broader format, first of all in the Eastern Partnership format"...

Rumas: Great Stone transforming into high-tech satellite town of Minsk
“Taking into account the rebranding of the Great Stone Park and its transformation into a high-tech science satellite town of Minsk, we would be happy to see a Zhejiang Province subpark and tech giants from your province in the park”...

China to stay committed to agreements reached with Belarus
“We are ready to implement, together with our Belarusian counterparts, the agreements reached by our leaders, to deepen the Chinese-Belarusian strategic partnership, including within the framework of the Road and Belt initiative,” she said...

Shen Yueyue: China and Belarus make every effort for successful development
Shen Yueyue remarked that just like China Belarus has survived all the hardships and trials in the course of its history. “China and Belarus have survived multiple hardships and now make every effort for successful development,” she said...

FM: Belarus ready to promote CEI image in the region
He added that the Central European Initiative promotes the integration of Eastern and Western Europe and that a number of Belarusian proposals have been included in the corresponding documents...

Belarus-Russia relations described as time-tested
"Today we see state flags flying high in the streets of Minsk and Moscow. For Belarus and Russia the unity of nations is truly a holiday. The agreement signed 20 years ago has become the basis for legal integration, the basis for bringing our peoples and states closer"...

Belarus-Russia Union State named example of integration in post-Soviet space
"The Union State has not lost its relevance. It was the first integration association, which in many ways set an example for the further development of integration formations in the post-Soviet space"...

Speaker: Belarus will enhance international cooperation but rely on its own resources
"Strengthening the independence and preserving the national values are as important today. We will expand and strengthen cooperation with foreign countries but will mainly rely on own own resources"...

Belarus draws attention to demographic problems as precondition of sustainable development
The Belarusian deputy minister of foreign affairs mentioned direct dependence of the effectiveness of national strategies and programs in the area of sustainable development on the up-to-date information about population numbers and parameters...

Rapota: Positive trend in Belarus-Russia Union State
"However, I would like to highlight three of them and list them in a certain order. The first of them deals with social matters that cover a broad range of events, solutions and actions designed to create a comfortable living environment for Russians and Belarusians across the entire territory of the Union State"...

Belarusian parliamentary diplomacy to focus on balancing contacts in foreign policy vectors
The speaker underlined that Belarus is committed to constructively resolving international problems and views absolutely everyone, who is ready to cooperate with the country, as equal partners...

Lukashenko urges manufacturing industry to focus on efficiency, profitability
“I have stressed that we do not need investment for the sake of investment. We need manufactures of tomorrow, new products and technology. We need every company to have its thing. We should generate new ideas, develop know-hows to make marketable products”...

Semashko: Union State Treaty revision should be postponed
"However, first of all, it is necessary to conscientiously fulfill the obligations stipulated by the current version of the treaty, first of all, its economic part, before considering its public discussion, a referendum, which was also suggested"...

Belarus wants new projects with China
“We hope that the spirit of partnership will be preserved and cooperation will expand on the back of new projects and ideas”...

Rapota opines on role of youth in Belarus-Russia Union State construction
"The Union State will go on only if the youth realizes the importance and benefits of integration for them, if young people maintain close contacts with their peers from Belarus and Russia, if their role models are our common heroes whose life is inseparably connected with the unity of the two peoples"...