The House of Representatives' Standing Committees on Health, Physical Culture, Family and Youth Policy, on Labor and Social Issues, on International Affairs, as well as the Council of the Republic's Standing Committees on Education, Science, Culture and Social Development, on International Affairs and National Security have passed a joint statement in connection with by the illegal decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to suspend Belarus' membership in the IPC,...

Representatives of Belarus' Investigative Committee have discussed fight against terrorism and the legalization of criminal revenues with foreign colleagues, the committee's press service told BelTA.   A delegation of Belarus' Investigative Committee led by Deputy Chairman Anatoly Vasilyev took part in the 37th plenary week of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Belarusian delegation presented a...

Brest and the Russian city of Vladivostok may be twinned. The possibility was mentioned as Chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee Yuri Shuleiko met with Governor of Russia's Primorye Territory Oleg Kozhemyako on 29 November, BelTA has learned. Oleg Kozhemyako said: “I think that signing an agreement between the capital cities of our regions – Vladivostok and Brest – will contribute to better mutual relations, to an increase in trade turnover, and will allow finding new...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.412 on 28 November to approve the main monetary management guidelines for the year 2023, BelTA has learned. Monetary management will be directed towards slowing down inflation to 7-8% per annum and maintaining financial stability. Control over money supply growth will remain in place. The average broad money supply is expected to expand by 12-16% year-on-year, with the ruble money base expected to grow by 10-12%....

Russian mechanical engineering companies are interested in cooperation with BMZ. Aleksandr Borikov, Deputy Director General for Commerce of OAO BMZ, managing company of the holding company BMC, made the statement as he met with the staff of the warehouse division, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Borikov pointed out that the situation on the world market of metallurgical products remains complicated. At the same time BMZ managed to sign long-term contracts with KamAZ, GAZ Group, and UAZ as...

Belarus and Syria have found new points of growth in bilateral relations, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 24 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the government. “Now it is very important to consolidate all our friends. In this context, we considered our visit to the Syrian Arab Republic at the invitation of the prime minister of the country. Yesterday we had a very fruitful meeting. We discussed...