All the Belarusian government agencies will start using beCloud's cloud computing platform by late 2018, BelTA learned from Sergei Poblaguyev, Director General of the Belarusian telecommunication infrastructure operator beCloud, on 2 March. Sergei Poblaguyev said that the relevant documents had been signed already, this is why all the government agencies will have to migrate to the beCloud platform. Over 60 government agencies and organizations will have to make the switch. The...

The number of foreigners opting for visiting Belarus visa-free has already exceeded 1,000, BelTA learned from official representative of the State Border Committee Anton Bychkovsky. Among the visa-free visitors are 176 citizens of Germany, 163 from Poland, 112 from Italy. A total of 1,108 people from 46 countries have visited the country visa-free so far. As BelTA reported, the five-day visa-free entry to Belarus was launched on 12 February. The new regulations apply to citizens of 39...

It is essential to ensure real improvement of doing business conditions in Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said at the session with the members of the working group on the improvement of audit activities and eradication of excessive requirements to business on 14 February, BelTA has learned. "The revision of legal acts should be one of the results of our common efforts. We need to ensure real improvement of doing business conditions in Belarus which will be praised by economic...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to scientists, workers of research institutes and institutions of higher learning as they celebrate Belarusian Science Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. "We highly appreciate the contribution of scientists to the strengthening of the Belarusian manufacturing industry, improvement of the social sector, enrichment of the intellectual and cultural potential of the nation," the head of state remarked....

There are plans to present a Belarusian electric car by summer 2017. Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov made the announcement during the press conference held on 25 January to mark Belarusian Science Day, BelTA has learned. "We are going to present an electric car in the Academy of Sciences by summer," said the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. In his words, the Joint Mechanical Engineering...

The Belarusian law-making process is compliant with constitutional principles and rules, BelTA learned from Presiding Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Piotr Miklashevich on 18 January. Piotr Miklashevich made the statement after announcing the final part of the address Belarus' Constitutional Court had prepared to outline the state of constitutional legitimacy in Belarus in 2016 for the head of state and the parliament. Bearing in mind the rule of law and constitutional...