Kazakhstan is keen to intensify cooperation in culture with Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Timur Zhaksylykov said during a press conference in Minsk on 20 December, BelTA has learned. According to him, an action plan on cultural and humanitarian cooperation between Belarus and Kazakhstan for 2025-2026 will give momentum to these ties. The action plan was approved by the heads of the relevant ministries within the framework of the visit of...

The latest episode of the documentary series Time Chose Us aired by the Belarus 1 TV channel looked into why Gazprom cut gas supplies to Belarus in 2002 and how Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko reacted to it, BelTA has learned.  In November 2002, Gazprom halved gas supplies to Belarus. In anticipation of winter, this was fraught with consequences for the country's economy and for every Belarusian. Minsk called such a move as unexpected and illogical. The head of state convened an...

Over 70 international observers have already been accredited for the presidential election in Belarus, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Igor Karpenko said during a meeting with CIS Secretary General and head of the CIS observer mission for the presidential election Sergei Lebedev, BelTA has learned. "Accreditation is underway. More than 70 people have already been accredited. We have started to receive information not only from our CIS colleagues, but also from the heads...

The CIS will open its election observation to monitor the presidential election in Belarus on 18 December, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told reporters, BelTA learned. “We are opening the mission tomorrow. The election observation center in the CIS Executive Committee is already up and running. We have received an invitation from the Republic of Belarus and are deploying this mission,” Sergei Lebedev said. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for 26 January 2025....

Belarus will demonstrate its opportunities in business tourism to the BRICS countries during the international conference Meet Global MICE Congress: BRICS Edition, which will be held in Moscow on 16-17 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Touristic Union. Representatives of the tourism industry from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, India, China, Brazil and other countries will discuss the prospects for business tourism and strengthening ties within the BRICS...

The State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations of Uzbekistan announced a  contest of joint Belarusian- Uzbekistan R&D projects for 2025-2026, BelTA learned from the press service of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus. The contest covers the following topics: digital information and communication and interdisciplinary technologies, energy and energy saving, medicine and medical technologies,...