Opinions & Interviews

Indian Ambassador on life in Belarus and areas of mutual interest in cooperation
Despite many global challenges, Belarus and India continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation...

Belarus might start using own COVID-19 vaccine in mass vaccination in 2024
“We will receive a pilot batch that will undergo pre-clinical trials and later very strict clinical tests. We plan to register the vaccine at the end of this year,” Dmitry Pinevich said. “We will start using it in mass vaccination programs in 2024. It remains to be seen whether it will be used massively,” he added...

Belarus sets up commission for people wishing to return home
"Those who want to return home but are wary of doing so will have the opportunity to apply (information will be posted in all media outlets) to the commission and get appropriate information regarding the presence or absence of any claims from the government to this particular person," Andrei Shved said...

Plans to scale up production of new cancer vaccine in Belarus
Deputy Director for Research at the Alexandrov National Cancer Center Sergei Krasny told a BelTA correspondent on the sidelines of the Intellectual Belarus exhibition...

Lavrov: We will discuss outcomes of West’s attempts to establish total domination
"The meeting of the two collegiums is more timely than ever. We will discuss the situation that developed because of the West’s attempts to establish a total domination. This policy is spearheaded by the Americans who put others under their sway"...

Lukashenko: Russia has never been against peace
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the West is trying to use Ukraine against Belarus...

MFA: Belarus-Russia relations may serve as a model of equal cooperation
Relations between Belarus and Russia can serve as a model of equal cooperation, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said commenting on the upcoming working visit of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to Minsk...

Call on Belarus, Kyrgyzstan to strengthen, expand cooperation
“Today we are on the right way to strengthen and expand our cooperation. We just need to put more effort into this issue. At least, Belarus is interested in it,” the speaker added...

Lukashenko urges to end restructuring in education
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made personnel decisions in the country’s education system...

MP: Belarus’ role in CSTO is increasing
In the current geopolitical circumstances, the role of Belarus in the CSTO is increasing, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives Aleksandr Markevich told BelTA...

Lukashenko on Union State programs: Russia, Belarus are not ceding their sovereignty
“I warn you that there has been no talk of Russia or Belarus giving up their sovereignty, and there can’t be such talk. There is simply no need [for that]. The existing format of cooperation with Russia has not been exhausted yet,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Coronavirus pandemic in Belarus over, not the time to relax just yet
Vaccination has played a serious role in stabilizing the epidemic situation. Vaccination covers all the categories of the Belarus population...

Lukashenko: There can be no unified standard for national cultures and traditions
Belarus’ example in this regard is a genuine challenge for the project bent on global unification to match ultrafashionable values and so-called trends forced upon the entire world, Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced...

Belarusians encouraged to safeguard purity of native tongue
"This is why the annual ceremony to award laureates of the year prizes is primarily a token of recognition of all those who work in the humanitarian and cultural field, those who preserve our spiritual origins"...

Lukashenko praises laureates of government awards for creating Belarus’ future
“By implementing cultural and educational projects of special importance, you help preserve historical truth and eternal legacy of the Belarusian nation,” Aleksandr Lukashenko believes...

Lukashenko wants Union State media holding company operational in H1 2023
The president remarked that time itself requires it. “To whom can we attach ourselves today? To whom can Belarus and Russia attach themselves? It is our destiny to walk together and for someone else to get attached to us. This is why I think that this media holding company has to start working this year, preferably in the first half of the year,” he said...

Lukashenko: We support our Russian brothers and don’t forget about Ukrainians
The president stressed it is necessary to lend a helping hand to everyone who needs it...

Deployment of Belarus-Russia regional military force expected to cool off Western hotheads
"The decision to deploy the regional military force in Belarus’ territory was made by the presidents of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation back in 2022"...

Belarus’ foreign trade surplus at record high $4.5bn
According to Nikolai Snopkov, Belarus managed to secure pre-sanctions volumes of export in monetary terms. Foreign trade surplus reached a historic high of $4.5 billion as a result...

Kochanova: Belarus is open to cooperation with Sudan
Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus said as she met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sudan to Belarus Mohammed Omer Musa Ali in Minsk on 30 December...