The Belarusian side accepted with great regret Israel's recent decision to refuse to service aircraft of the Belarusian flag carrier Belavia in the Ben Gurion Airport, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Israel told BelTA. After Israeli aviation authorities green lighted the resumption of regular Belavia flights between Tel Aviv and Minsk on 15 May 2022, Belavia started thoroughly and scrupulously preparing to carry passengers from the two countries. It is obvious that Israel's...

The Belarusian Open Archery Cup took place at the sports and shooting complex named after Marshal S.K. Timoshenko in Minsk, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Shooting Sports Center. Taking part in the tournament were about 150 athletes from Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. Belarusian archers won eight medals. Nina Sobol won silver in the women's individual recurve event. Second in the women's team event were Viktoriya Vakulchyk, Tatsiana Lybko and Natallia...

Foreign citizens will no longer be required to present PCR test results and COVID-19 vaccination certificates in order to enter Belarus as from 00:00 on 28 May. The emergency operations center under the Council of Ministers has decided in favor of scrapping these requirements, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian government's press service noted that the prime minister will sign the relevant Council of Ministers resolution soon. BelTA reported earlier that on 27 May Belarus President...

Belarus is always open to proposals for cooperation in business development, Minister of Anti-Monopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) Aleksei Bogdanov said at a meeting with representatives of Italian business on 26 May, BelTA learned from the MART press service. The parties discussed cooperation between Belarus and Italy in production and sale of food products made of Belarusian raw materials using Italian technologies and recipes, investment in restaurant business, joint projects in...

The trade between Belarus and China amounted to $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, Deputy Economy Minister Alesya Abramenko said at the sixth session of the commission on trade and economic cooperation of the Belarus-China intergovernmental cooperation committee. The meeting was held in a mixed format, BelTA learned from press service of the Economy Ministry. According to Alesya Abramenko, the trade between Belarus and China in the first quarter of 2022 was estimated at $1.2...

The government of Belarus supports the WHO's efforts to provide assistance to the civilian population of Ukraine, Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich said at the plenary session of the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. The minister noted that the government of Belarus supports the WHO's efforts to help Ukraine's civilians who found themselves in a difficult humanitarian situation in the country and abroad,...