Opinions & Interviews

Belarus seen as country of winter sports
"The Winter Olympics have just completed, and winter sports start a new preparatory cycle. The meeting is of high importance today. We still remember very well both the victories and drawbacks"...

Call for Belarus-Russia Union program on machine tool engineering
"Proposals have been voiced in favor of a technological revolution but it is impossible to accomplish one without making new machine tools or means of production," said the deputy prime minister...

Lukashenko: Almost no publicity stunts in my work
"Actually, I am not a big supporter of PR campaigns. PR is overrated, close to a lie. It is always better to tell the truth, or say nothing at all"...

Belarusian mass media told to stick to honest, sincere reporting
Alexander Lukashenko believes that mass media must remain objective however hard and complicated it may be. Belarusians continue building their own country. It is important to preserve moral principles on this road...

Heads of Belarusian government agencies told to speak up on important events
“It is not normal if the head of state talks more than the minister about the topic the minister should know better,” noted the head of state...

Lukashenko: Market economy is no salvation without hard work
"Back then I had to tell everyone that we shouldn’t rush things, that we have our own peculiarities, our own way of life. That we are building our own country and don’t have to embrace shock therapy in Russia’s wake"...

Lukashenko: New law on media aims to protect people from destructive information
According to the president, quality journalism with an author’s position, reliable facts and deep analytics are highly in demand today. "Your goal is to catch the attention of readers and viewers"...

Lukashenko compares power of mass media with nuclear weapons
In this context, the key task is to fight for the hearts and minds of the people, he added. “If we do not win over the hearts and minds of the Belarusians, we will fail to ever build an independent country in its classical form"...

Dapkiunas: Belarus' migration law aims at efficient social integration and adaptation of migrants
The state’s town-planning policy for 2016-2020 is aimed at stimulating the development of small and medium-sized towns and cities and the regulation of internal migration...

Opinion: Belarus’ foreign trade on the rise thanks to economic liberalization
According to the first deputy minister, the internal factors of the foreign trade growth included joint steps by the government and business to promote the liberalization of economic activities, development of the corresponding legal framework, improvement of trade infrastructure, mechanisms and instruments to promote exports...

Belarusian medics capable of performing any organ transplant surgery
The statistics show that kidney transplantation is a most frequently needed surgery. Some 140,000 organ transplantation surgeries are performed every year worldwide...

Minister: Belarusian society demands amendments to Law on Mass Media
“Citizens of our country express their opinion, make their suggestions, require to restrict access, close this or that resource,” said Alexander Karlyukevich...

Shchekin: Religious traditions contribute to the unity of the Belarusian people
"Religion is one of the pillars of integration and unity of the Belarusian people. Religious diversity, respect for the history and culture carry peace and spiritual well-being for our country," said Nikolai Shchekin...

Progress on sensitive issues in Belarus’ discussion with EU, USA detailed
"We’ve restarted the dialogue on human rights with the European Union and the USA. As you may know, we have developed and adopted the national action plan on human rights for the first time in the history of sovereign Belarus"...

Accomplishments in Belarus-EU relations without sanctions emphasized
"The thing is we would like to maintain normal relations with the European Union, primarily trade and economic ones. We are interested in economic cooperation with the European Union," stressed Vladimir Makei...

Chinese defense minister’s visit to bolster cooperation of Belarusian, Chinese armies
Belarus is one of the first countries Wei Fenghe has visited in the capacity of the Chinese defense minister. "It testifies to the intention of the People’s Republic of China to advance cooperation between our countries and armed forces"...

Lukashenko suggests UN-based global strategy against new challenges, threats
“I hope this year will be marked by positive initiatives that will soon be implemented. The fight against international terrorism and extremism has been recently the priority of our cooperation,” Alexander Lukashenko said...

Wei Fenghe: Belarus and China have become true friends
"You have made great contribution to the development of bilateral friendship. Our countries are good friends and partners"...

Contribution of descendants from Belarus to dialogue with Israel noted
In his speech Vladimir Skvortsov described the bilateral relations with Israel as a complicated yet slender mosaic of history, politics, economy, culture, and science...

Lukashenko about new appointments: Honesty and decency are above all
“The main thing for everybody is to be hones and decent, in relations with labor collectives, others. Fairness is above all. If you lack the legislative basis somewhere, act fairly”...