Opinions & Interviews

Skardino: Winds spared me in the prone
“I am happy with my result today. I went from 36th up to 14th. This is not bad. Everything went well with my shooting today. The winds have spared me in the prone position. I cleaned all the targets, which let me make it into the Top 20”...

Over 40 foreign observers accredited to monitor local elections in Belarus
"These are members of the diplomatic missions working in Belarus. These are mainly representatives of the embassies of the European states. Applications for accreditation have also been received from Venezuela, the Russian Federation, and the United States"...

Krivko: High speed on track let me finish in top 20
“I could do better if not for the mistake. You cannot stay too long in the shooting range. I showed good speed but winds complicated the competition in PyeongChang. I even got cold in the last loop. I hope I will do better in the next race”...

Domracheva: Gusts and freezing weather have spoiled the result
Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva said after the 7.5K Women’s Sprint at PyeongChang...

Belarus-Iran cooperation praised
“The countries’ great potential as well as friendship between the nations create a solid foundation for further development of contacts,” the diplomat said...

Around 83,000 tourist arrivals in Belarus under visa-free program
“There should be booklets, handouts, and other information materials available in our trains, aircraft, and airports for everyone to know where to come and what to see”...

Shchekin: Year of Native Land will encourage every Belarusian to give back to the community
In a sense, this is a continuation of the recently enacted ordinances to liberalize entrepreneurship, promote employment and other legislation aimed at creating the conditions to nurture the nation of successful people who seek to work in their country and for its common good, Nikolai Shchekin believes...

Food security seen as foundation of successful economy in Belarus
"Today, in this hall, we have gathered the people who devote all their energies to the land, by virtue of their profession or vocation. I want to sincerely thank all on behalf of the Belarusian people for the hard day-to-day work. All of you know that there is no easy bread"...

Lukashenko: Belarus cherishes a beautiful tradition to celebrate harvest festivals
"For many years we have been summing up the results of farmers’ work at the Dazhynki harvest festival. The format of this event has changed, but it is still very important and pragmatic. We used to award the best farmers"...

Belarus plans to extend visa-free program via Minsk Airport to 10 days in summer 2018
“As for visa-free travel, the duration of stay is ten days for foreign visitors to Brest and Grodno and five days for those flying in and out Minsk National Airport. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be working to extend it to ten days this year, probably in July or August”...

Digital technology seen as part of Belarus’ national strategy
According to the diplomat, Belarus has adopted a policy to enable as favorable conditions as possible for IT companies, remove all the barriers to cutting-edge technologies, and form an innovation ecosystem...

Belarus President Property Management Directorate urged to increase its role in national economy
The performance of the property management directorate and affiliated enterprises in 2017 and the prospects for the coming period were discussed during the meeting. It was noted that the affiliated enterprises showed good dynamics; the profitability in the agricultural and industrial sectors increased...

BelNPP promoted as shared asset of countries in the region
“We will construct the plant. We are building it in compliance with the principles of the international law. I often suggest that we think together how we can use it”...

Semerikov: Priorities of Belarus’ CSTO presidency 2017 executed
"This greatly increased the efficiency of our activities on all fronts: foreign policy, military cooperation, countering challenges and threats and others"...

Lukashenko: Belarus will never be friends with anyone against Russia, or Latvia
"I think that thanks to this visit we will be able to agree on many things. You will have nothing to be ashamed before the Latvians. Neither will our prime minister before the Belarusians"...

Latvian PM hopes to step up cooperation with Belarus
He drew attention to the fact that Latvia knows Belarus well and the sides can speak one language, which also promotes their contacts. "We can search for opportunities to develop cooperation not only in transit and logistics"...

Belarus PM speaks about Belarus’ WTO accession
"As for the time frame, joining the WTO is not an end in itself for Belarus. We consider it not as a political step, but as an incentive to modernize the national economy, an opportunity to strengthen our positions in the world markets and to confirm Belarus' image as a reliable and predictable trading partner"...

Belarus works to gain status of IT regional leader
"We are creating not even greenhouse, but in many respects unprecedented conditions and incentives in order to give maximum acceleration to the development of the IT sector, and the digitalization of the entire economy and the country in general"...

Speaker: Belarus views Ecuador as reliable partner in Latin America
Mikhail Myasnikovich praised the personal contribution of Carlos Larrea Davila to the strengthening of ties between Belarus and Ecuador and noted that during his tenure as ambassador to Belarus the relations between the two countries have advanced and got filled with real ideas and projects...

Belarus’ MPs pledge all-round support for commercial entities of Belarus, Latvia
“In my opinion, Latvia could use the opportunities of our bilateral relations in a more active way so as to promote its interests in the EAEU,” the speaker added. He offered to give an impetus to interregional cooperation and expand it...