Opinions & Interviews

Belarus president declares sport victories as dominant ideology
He remarked that the entire nation rejoices when Darya Domracheva or Nadezhda Skardino secure their victories. "We don’t have to tell the nation anything after that. It is our key ideology"...

Serbia president’s envoy reveals details of meeting with Lukashenko
Nebojsa Stefanovic said: "I conveyed President Vucic’s personal invitation to visit Serbia within the next few months to President Lukashenko. It will be a very important visit for us"...

Lukashenko on sports finance: Results will be paid well
“Both coaches and athletes should understand that any unnecessary trips abroad for additional training is also a thing of the past. You will be provided with enough time to train in mountains. The most important thing is that we need a result”...

Lukashenko promises improved conditions for training skiers in near future
“We will build the so-called pipe in Belarus. I would like it to be done this year. We will find resources to build the facility, so that our professional and amateur skiers could ski the year round,” the president said...

Domracheva: It is great that our hard work is recognized
“Today I still cannot fully grasp the importance of these awards and titles. I do realize their value to some extent but I will probably fully understand it over the years, when I become a grandmother telling the grandchildren about my achievements,” she said...

Positive dynamics in Belarus’ export to USA noted
The diplomat also drew attention to the fact that in 2017 Belarus secured the highest ever export of services to the USA — $570 million (30% up), with the surplus at $488 million...

Belarus president’s sons visit Russian embassy to offer condolences
Viktor Lukashenko told reporters: “We’ve come here in order to offer our deepest condolences to the brotherly Russian nation on behalf of our entire family, on behalf of our father”...

Call for nationwide effort to raise Belarus' GDP to $100bn
"The legal framework should contribute to the goal, too. This will improve the living standards in Belarus," the speaker remarked...

Kochanova: Belarus mourns Kemerovo fire victims together with Russia
“Russians are fraternal people for us. Sorrow over the horrible tragedy that has changed the lives of Kemerovo citizens echoed in the hearts of our people. Today our thoughts are with Russians. We are mourning with you”...

Confidence in competitive ability of Belarusian nuclear power plant electricity on foreign markets
“At present Belarusian electricity is the most effective kind in the post-Soviet space. Once the nuclear power plant goes online, it will be even more effective with regard to its prime cost,” noted Mikhail Mikhadyuk...

Myasnikovich: Belarus, Russia should create a common market without restrictions
"The main goal, and our head of state regularly emphasizes it, is to ensure the operation of a common market without exemptions and restrictions for economic operations and equal rights of citizens of the two states," Mikhail Myasnikovich said...

St Petersburg to host Minsk Days in 2018
“Belarus is our major trading partner in the CIS. The country is also among out top 5 largest trading partners,” Georgy Poltavchenko stressed...

Call to draw lessons from Kemerovo tragedy
“We express our sincere condolences and mourn together with Russia. We wish a speedy recovery to the injured. I believe together we will be able to overcome such difficult moments,” the deputy speaker said...

Call for stronger manufacturing cooperation ties between Belarus, Saint Petersburg
Andrei Kobyakov reminded that manufacturing cooperation achievements, in particular, engines made by Saint Petersburg-based Zvezda for the Belarusian haul truck maker BelAZ, were demonstrated during the Fourth Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia...

Belarus’ PM extends condolences to Russia over Kemerovo tragedy
“It is a terrible tragedy in which many children perished. We express out heartfelt condolences to all the people who lost their loved ones,” the Belarusian premier added...

Minister: Business should become a driving force behind Belarus’ economy
“For this, the state and business need to enhance the credit of trust,” the minister stressed...

Russian ambassador to Belarus: Youth cooperation needs new technologies
"Today youth cooperation requires new technologies and new formats of work in different fields. There is a growing understanding that more young people should be engaged in business. We have not been very active in this regard"...

Opinion: Business liberalization is a good thing but one should not forget about public safety
"Any freedom has a sense and value only if it relies on serious commitments, which guarantee this freedom," stressed the Belarusian interior minister...

Belarus president orders safety of crowded places checked
“While shopping centers should be checked and thoroughly at that, I would like you to check all crowded places. Those are not only shopping centers, but movie theaters, and so on”...

Margvelashvili: Georgia sees a great resource in the relations with Belarus
"This is the friendship of the two leaders, which has already yielded fruits, and not abstract, but concrete. This will be the cooperation that will be tangible for all the Belarusians and all the Georgians. The prospects are growing"...