Today marks 105 years since the formation of the BSSR, which existed for almost 73 years. The formation of Belarusian statehood took place in extremely difficult geopolitical conditions: the First World War, the October Revolution and the Civil War. A unique starting point for the formation of Belarusian statehood on a Soviet basis is the First All-Belarusian Congress, convened in December 1917 with the financial support of the government of Soviet Russia. In accordance with the...

The Belarusian nuclear power plant has generated a total of over 22 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich mentioned the figure as he met with employees of the Minsk Cable Networks branch of the Minsk Oblast energy company Minskenergo, BelTA has learned.   Since the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was connected to the power grid, the nuclear power plant has generated 22.3 billion kWh of electricity, which allowed...

Two options for developing the domestic mobile telecommunication network in compliance with the IMT-2020 (5G) standard are under consideration in Belarus – common infrastructure and free-for-all competition. The options were discussed at a session of the Council for Strategic Projects under the President of Belarus at premises of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 27 December, the NASB press service told BelTA. Top-ranking government officials, heads, specialists of...

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has thanked Belarus for the successful organization and hosting of the 2nd CIS Games. Vladimir Putin made the relevant statement at an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS states in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned. Vladimir Putin said: “Physical culture and sport also represent an inalienable component of humanitarian cooperation. I would like to thank our Belarusian colleagues for the successful organization and hosting of the 2nd CIS Games...

Cuba is committed to deepening trade and investment cooperation with the EAEU, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said in a video message shown at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned. "We see the new mechanism of financial assistance to industrial cooperation in the union as an excellent opportunity for observer countries. This will allow us to promote joint projects. I would like to reaffirm Cuba's commitment to deepening trade and...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) intends to establish tighter interaction with Belarusian and foreign brokerage firms, which are accredited with the Belarusian commodity exchange. BUCE Chairman of the Board Aleksandr Osmolovsky made the statement at a meeting with professional participants of the commodity exchange market, BelTA has learned. Tighter interaction will increase the effectiveness of encouraging new commercial entities to trade via the commodity exchange. It...