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Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has made a number of personnel appointments concerning the structure of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. The head of state signed the relevant decrees on 18 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
Major-General of Justice Sergei Udovikov has been appointed Chief of the Minsk Oblast Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. He was relieved of his previous position of the Chief of the...
We have ensured the country’s food security but there are sill many untapped reserves in agriculture, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned.
"We, our generation, need to hold the country together. Draw on the experience: we have enough experience that we can draw on scale up," Aleksandr Lukashenko said. "Today we have concentrated on negative things but this does not mean that...
Belarus must aim for $9 billion in agricultural exports in 2024, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned. "This year we should aim to increase the output by 6-7% and to export $9 billion worth of agricultural products. A difficult task? Yes, it is. But we must meet these challenges. I call on managers of all levels. You should always strive for more than you have already achieved,"...
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.149 on the social support for individual categories of citizens, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document was adopted to prevent restrictions on pension rights of the citizens that permanently live in Belarus.
The decree provides for including the periods of military service in the territories of the Latvian and Estonian Soviet Socialist Republics, which were part of the USSR in the past, into the...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated servicemen and veterans of the Air Defense Forces on their professional holiday - the Day of the Air Defense Forces, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head of state drew attention to the ever-increasing role and importance of the Air Defense Forces, their provision with the most advanced hardware and weapons. These troops demonstrate excellent field skills in the course of operational and combat...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived at the Moscow Kremlin for a joint event with Russian President Vladimir Putin to mark Cosmonautics Day, BelTA has learned.
The heads of state are set to review the results of the mission to the ISS, where the crew of the Union State worked for the first time in history. The presidents will talk to the cosmonauts and discuss further prospects of cooperation in space industry. As BelTA reported earlier, Belarus’ first cosmonaut, Hero...
It is necessary to build a network of multi-brand centers in Russia and place a bigger focus on providing maintenance service, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he was reviewing the results of the meeting to discuss the domestic manufacturing sector, BelTA has learned.
Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said that work is underway to set up multi-brand centers in the Russian Federation. The establishment of eight such centers was approved by the government. Of...
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to go to the Russian Federation on a working visit, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
A one-on-one meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin will take place in Moscow on 11 April. The heads of state will discuss matters concerning the advancement of Belarus-Russia cooperation in various spheres as well as the matters that need to be discussed at the top level. The negotiations will also focus on the regional...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed Vladimir Pertsov deputy head of the Belarus President Administration, BelTA has learned.
Before the new appointment, Vladimir Pertsov worked as the information minister.
“Ideological work is coming to the fore today. Hence the decision to transfer you to the Presidential Administration to supervise the mass media sector in the country. When appointing the new deputy head of the Presidential Administration in charge of economic...
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.138 on 5 April to approve a draft Belarus-Venezuela intergovernmental agreement on air transportation as the basis for negotiations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The Transport and Communications Ministry has been authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreement and sign it.
Written by belta.by
Over the past two or three years, tourist flows between Russia and Belarus have been growing by 50% annually, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov said at an opening ceremony for the international fair of tourism services Leisure 2024 in Minsk, BelTA has learned. According to the diplomat, at the fair Russia will be represented by 27 regions, and this is three times more than last year. The forum will host the second Russian-Belarusian Tourism Congress which will discuss tour...
More than 5 million Russian tourists visited Belarus in 2023, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik said at a press conference timed to the 26th edition of the international tourism exhibition-fair Leisure 2024, BelTA has learned.
“Today, the Russian tourism market is the biggest and most promising for us. Tourist flows between our countries have been growing by 50% annually over the past two to three years. According to the National Statistical Committee, last year over 5...
As of 1 April 2024, a total of 136,502 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 53,800 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.36 billion, BelTA has learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry’s press service. As of 1 April, a total of 83,685 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 67,998 applied to use...
The Days of Vietnam kicked off at the House of Friendship in Minsk on the evening of 15 April, BelTA has learned.
According to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Belarus Nguyen Van Ngu, the Days of Vietnam offer an opportunity for the attendees to learn more about Vietnamese culture and traditions. In general, the program of the Days of Vietnam includes Belarus-Vietnam public diplomacy meetings with the participation of the...
For me the title of Hero of Belarus is indeed a great honor, Cosmonaut, Hero of Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya shared in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 12 April, BelTA has learned. "This is the most important state award in our country. I was overwhelmed. It's nice to know that I can do something for my country. I was overcome with emotions because I didn't experience any sucg moments like this before in my life," Marina Vasilevskaya said.
When asked about what the...
The national air carrier Belavia has announced a promo timed to Cosmonautics Day. On 12 April a 12% discount will be available for all regular flights, the press service of the air carrier told BelTA.
To get a promo, customers need to go to the website belavia.by, select a route and enter the word COSMOS in the promo code field.
The travel period is until 31 May 2024.
The promo applies to all direct and transit regular flights. It can be used for one-way and return flights for the...
I dedicate my flight into space to our people, our Belarus, Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya said after landing at Minsk National Airport on 11 April, BelTA has learned.
“I missed our Motherland so much. I dedicate this space flight to our people, our Belarus,” said Marina Vasilevskaya.
Written by belta.by
The first session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus of the eighth convocation is scheduled for 12 April, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said, BelTA reports.
“We plan to hold a session on 12 April,” said Igor Karpenko. “There is no time to waste,” added the head of the Central Election Commission. “The formation of the Belarusian People’s Congress is in progress. Some of those entities that have the right to send...
Samara will host the CIS Forum of Libraries "Library is a Volunteer Movement Resource Center" on 25-28 June, BelTA learned from the Department for Political, Humanitarian and Social Welfare Cooperation at the CIS Executive Committee.
Library experts and leaders of volunteer associations from all regions of Russia and the CIS countries are invited to participate in the forum.
The forum, as one of the significant events of the Year of the Volunteer Movement announced in the CIS in...
The crew including sovereign Belarus’ first cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya has safely returned to Earth, a BelTA journalist reports from Roscosmos’ mission control center. In addition to Marina Vasilevskaya the Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and the NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara have come back to Earth.
The reentry vehicle routinely landed at 10:17 Minsk time about 150km to the southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. It was a soft landing thanks to parachutes and thanks to...
19 April 2024
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has made a number of personnel appointments concerning the structure of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. The head of state signed the relevant decrees on 18 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
Major-General of Justice Sergei Udovikov has been appointed Chief of the Minsk Oblast Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. He was relieved of his previous position of the Chief of the...
18 April 2024
We have ensured the country’s food security but there are sill many untapped reserves in agriculture, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned.
"We, our generation, need to hold the country together. Draw on the experience: we have enough experience that we can draw on scale up," Aleksandr Lukashenko said. "Today we have concentrated on negative things but this does not mean that...
17 April 2024
Belarus must aim for $9 billion in agricultural exports in 2024, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned. "This year we should aim to increase the output by 6-7% and to export $9 billion worth of agricultural products. A difficult task? Yes, it is. But we must meet these challenges. I call on managers of all levels. You should always strive for more than you have already achieved,"...
16 April 2024
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.149 on the social support for individual categories of citizens, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document was adopted to prevent restrictions on pension rights of the citizens that permanently live in Belarus.
The decree provides for including the periods of military service in the territories of the Latvian and Estonian Soviet Socialist Republics, which were part of the USSR in the past, into the...
15 April 2024
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated servicemen and veterans of the Air Defense Forces on their professional holiday - the Day of the Air Defense Forces, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head of state drew attention to the ever-increasing role and importance of the Air Defense Forces, their provision with the most advanced hardware and weapons. These troops demonstrate excellent field skills in the course of operational and combat...
12 April 2024
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived at the Moscow Kremlin for a joint event with Russian President Vladimir Putin to mark Cosmonautics Day, BelTA has learned.
The heads of state are set to review the results of the mission to the ISS, where the crew of the Union State worked for the first time in history. The presidents will talk to the cosmonauts and discuss further prospects of cooperation in space industry. As BelTA reported earlier, Belarus’ first cosmonaut, Hero...
11 April 2024
It is necessary to build a network of multi-brand centers in Russia and place a bigger focus on providing maintenance service, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he was reviewing the results of the meeting to discuss the domestic manufacturing sector, BelTA has learned.
Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said that work is underway to set up multi-brand centers in the Russian Federation. The establishment of eight such centers was approved by the government. Of...
10 April 2024
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to go to the Russian Federation on a working visit, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
A one-on-one meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin will take place in Moscow on 11 April. The heads of state will discuss matters concerning the advancement of Belarus-Russia cooperation in various spheres as well as the matters that need to be discussed at the top level. The negotiations will also focus on the regional...
9 April 2024
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed Vladimir Pertsov deputy head of the Belarus President Administration, BelTA has learned.
Before the new appointment, Vladimir Pertsov worked as the information minister.
“Ideological work is coming to the fore today. Hence the decision to transfer you to the Presidential Administration to supervise the mass media sector in the country. When appointing the new deputy head of the Presidential Administration in charge of economic...
8 April 2024
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.138 on 5 April to approve a draft Belarus-Venezuela intergovernmental agreement on air transportation as the basis for negotiations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The Transport and Communications Ministry has been authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreement and sign it.
Written by belta.by
19 April 2024
Over the past two or three years, tourist flows between Russia and Belarus have been growing by 50% annually, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov said at an opening ceremony for the international fair of tourism services Leisure 2024 in Minsk, BelTA has learned. According to the diplomat, at the fair Russia will be represented by 27 regions, and this is three times more than last year. The forum will host the second Russian-Belarusian Tourism Congress which will discuss tour...
18 April 2024
More than 5 million Russian tourists visited Belarus in 2023, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik said at a press conference timed to the 26th edition of the international tourism exhibition-fair Leisure 2024, BelTA has learned.
“Today, the Russian tourism market is the biggest and most promising for us. Tourist flows between our countries have been growing by 50% annually over the past two to three years. According to the National Statistical Committee, last year over 5...
17 April 2024
As of 1 April 2024, a total of 136,502 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 53,800 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.36 billion, BelTA has learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry’s press service. As of 1 April, a total of 83,685 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 67,998 applied to use...
16 April 2024
The Days of Vietnam kicked off at the House of Friendship in Minsk on the evening of 15 April, BelTA has learned.
According to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Belarus Nguyen Van Ngu, the Days of Vietnam offer an opportunity for the attendees to learn more about Vietnamese culture and traditions. In general, the program of the Days of Vietnam includes Belarus-Vietnam public diplomacy meetings with the participation of the...
15 April 2024
For me the title of Hero of Belarus is indeed a great honor, Cosmonaut, Hero of Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya shared in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 12 April, BelTA has learned. "This is the most important state award in our country. I was overwhelmed. It's nice to know that I can do something for my country. I was overcome with emotions because I didn't experience any sucg moments like this before in my life," Marina Vasilevskaya said.
When asked about what the...
12 April 2024
The national air carrier Belavia has announced a promo timed to Cosmonautics Day. On 12 April a 12% discount will be available for all regular flights, the press service of the air carrier told BelTA.
To get a promo, customers need to go to the website belavia.by, select a route and enter the word COSMOS in the promo code field.
The travel period is until 31 May 2024.
The promo applies to all direct and transit regular flights. It can be used for one-way and return flights for the...
11 April 2024
I dedicate my flight into space to our people, our Belarus, Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya said after landing at Minsk National Airport on 11 April, BelTA has learned.
“I missed our Motherland so much. I dedicate this space flight to our people, our Belarus,” said Marina Vasilevskaya.
Written by belta.by
10 April 2024
The first session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus of the eighth convocation is scheduled for 12 April, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said, BelTA reports.
“We plan to hold a session on 12 April,” said Igor Karpenko. “There is no time to waste,” added the head of the Central Election Commission. “The formation of the Belarusian People’s Congress is in progress. Some of those entities that have the right to send...
9 April 2024
Samara will host the CIS Forum of Libraries "Library is a Volunteer Movement Resource Center" on 25-28 June, BelTA learned from the Department for Political, Humanitarian and Social Welfare Cooperation at the CIS Executive Committee.
Library experts and leaders of volunteer associations from all regions of Russia and the CIS countries are invited to participate in the forum.
The forum, as one of the significant events of the Year of the Volunteer Movement announced in the CIS in...
8 April 2024
The crew including sovereign Belarus’ first cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya has safely returned to Earth, a BelTA journalist reports from Roscosmos’ mission control center. In addition to Marina Vasilevskaya the Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and the NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara have come back to Earth.
The reentry vehicle routinely landed at 10:17 Minsk time about 150km to the southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. It was a soft landing thanks to parachutes and thanks to...
