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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 33 “On raising pensions” on 20 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
According to the decree, labor pensions will be recalculated and increased by an average of 10% on 1 February 2025.
In February of this year, Br2.2 billion will be allocated to pay pensions, of which Br196 million is additional costs associated with the increase in accordance with the decree.
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Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.31, which declares 2025-2029 a five-year term of quality. It will affect all the spheres of life of the state and the society. Priority goals of the five-year term include further increase in the quality of life of the people, in the competitive ability of the Belarusian economy, and the improvement of social relations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The five-year term of quality provides for comprehensive...
At least five new technology parks will be commissioned in Minsk over the next five years, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Minsk City Technopark on 16 January, BelTA learned.
The head of state has no doubts that this form of the development of the manufacturing sector is efficient and relevant.
“I wanted to have a look at our brainchild [the Minsk City Technopark that was commissioned on the idle premises of Motovelo Plant]. We have plans to launch...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved the strategies of Belarus' participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS, BelTA learned from the Belarus President Administration.
The drafts of the strategy of Belarus' participation in the SCO and the strategy of actions to implement the foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus within the framework of its participation in the BRICS activities were submitted by the government to the head of state for...
With the right path chosen, Belarus will have good relations with Israel, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made new personnel appointments on 14 January, BelTA has learned.
“I do not know how [new Belarus’ Ambassador to Israel Yuri] Yaroshevich will work in Israel, but it is not going to be easy there. But if he finds the right path, we will have good relations with Israel,” the president stressed. “There are many people there who would not like to build...
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved a draft protocol on amending the Treaty on Establishing the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014. The head of state signed relevant decree No.9 on the draft of the international treaty on 11 January, BelTA has learned.
The document has been approved as the basis for conducting negotiations. The draft protocol is needed to update the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty taking into account the law enforcement practice.
Amendments will be...
The Belarusian president’s scholarships for the year 2025 have been awarded to 49 postgraduate students, who pursue thesis research in priority areas of technical, medical, chemical, economic, pedagogical and other activities in educational institutions and research organizations. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the relevant executive order on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian president has been awarding such scholarships annually since 2007 based on the...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko set a task to renovate wastewater treatment facilities in every region during his visit to the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev informed the head of state that the city has already embarked on the renovation of wastewater treatment facilities. The project will be implemented in several stages. First, mechanical treatment facilities will be revamped;...
Belarus will always be an independent state despite any world tendencies. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the ceremony held on 8 January to present the president’s prizes For Spiritual Revival, special prizes for art luminaries, and Belarusian Sports Olympus prizes, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Despite anyone’s attempt to shake us today, nothing will come out of it! Nothing will work out! We will preserve our country. It already...
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an executive order on 8 January to allocate over Br90,000 from the special fund of the President of Belarus to support the talented youth, BelTA has learned.
A total of 23 special prizes and two grand prizes were awarded to the dance group of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts “Laboratory of Variety Dance” and 24 winners of international and national art competitions.
The president's order demonstrates the...
Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Governor of Russia's Irkutsk Oblast Igor Kobzev held a meeting to discuss a number of new promising bilateral projects in Moscow on 20 January, BelTA has learned.
“Today we have discussed a number of matters: supplies of dump trucks, food products, construction of landmark sports facilities. We also touched upon the modernization of the tram fleet in Irkutsk Oblast. We agreed that in late February, a Belarusian delegation led by...
Belarus and Vietnam agreed on measures of bilateral military cooperation for 2025, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry.
Following the agreements reached during the official visit of Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin to Vietnam, a delegation from the External Relations Department of the Vietnamese National Defense Ministry is paying a working visit to Minsk. During the visit, the parties held a meeting to agree on the measures of bilateral military cooperation for...
Results of a recent opinion poll suggest that 85.5% of Belarusians plan to take part in the presidential election, Head of the Department of Economic Sociology and Psychology of Entrepreneurship, Head of the Center for Social and Humanitarian Studies of Belarusian State Economic University Irina Lashuk told BelTA.
Respondents were asked: “Are you going to take part in the upcoming election?” Some 85.5% of the respondents answered in the positive, 4.8% answered in the negative and...
Best practices of Belarus-Russia Union State should be scaled up in the EAEU, Olga Lazorkina, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), told BelTA.
She believes that this year will be a landmark for both the Eurasian Economic Union and Belarus.
"Over the previous three years, we have implemented all the projects related to economy and finances, in particular within the Union State. Nowadays, we not only need to reach a new level of cooperation with Russia...
The level of access to the centralized water supply system in Belarus is one of the highest in the world, First Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of Belarus Andrei Beketa said in an interview to the First News TV Channel, BelTA has learned.
“The main parameter characterizing the level of development of the water supply and sanitation system is an access to centralized water supply and wastewater treatment systems. Today, the level of access in Belarus is one of the highest...
As of 1 January 2025, a total of 143,211 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 60,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1,57 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.
As of 1 January 2025, a total of 91,909 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 74,111...
The main events of the Marathon of Unity in Minsk will start on 20 January, head of the working group for the nationwide social and cultural campaign Marathon of Unity Anna Lukashenko told BelTA.
“The Marathon of Unity is finishing its journey across the country. The last events will kick off in Minsk next week. But the main events of the marathon will start on 20 January,” she said.
According to her, throughout the week the organizers will be running exhibitions, NOT boring NOT...
Belarus does not operate polling stations abroad, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Igor Karpenko told the media on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
“Belarus does not set up polling stations abroad. This legislative innovation is due to the lack of security measures at polling stations, which were previously operated in other countries, and also due to the reduction of diplomatic staff numbers. We are not the only country that does this,” Igor Karpenko said.
At the...
Cooperation between Belarus and China in sport has gained momentum, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lukashevich said in an interview with BelTA.
He drew attention to such large-scale joint construction projects as the swimming pool, the National Football Stadium.
Sergei Lukashevich spoke about other aspects of cooperation in this field: “Our countries exchange sports delegations on a regular basis. Chinese and Belarusian athletes participate in competitions...
Media appearances of presidential candidates will be aired in Belarus starting from 8 January, BelTA has learned.
The Central Election Commission registered five people as candidates for president of the Republic of Belarus: incumbent president Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice Aleksandr Khizhnyak, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidukevich, individual entrepreneur Anna Kanopatskaya, and First Secretary of the Central...
20 January 2025
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 33 “On raising pensions” on 20 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
According to the decree, labor pensions will be recalculated and increased by an average of 10% on 1 February 2025.
In February of this year, Br2.2 billion will be allocated to pay pensions, of which Br196 million is additional costs associated with the increase in accordance with the decree.
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17 January 2025
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.31, which declares 2025-2029 a five-year term of quality. It will affect all the spheres of life of the state and the society. Priority goals of the five-year term include further increase in the quality of life of the people, in the competitive ability of the Belarusian economy, and the improvement of social relations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The five-year term of quality provides for comprehensive...
16 January 2025
At least five new technology parks will be commissioned in Minsk over the next five years, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Minsk City Technopark on 16 January, BelTA learned.
The head of state has no doubts that this form of the development of the manufacturing sector is efficient and relevant.
“I wanted to have a look at our brainchild [the Minsk City Technopark that was commissioned on the idle premises of Motovelo Plant]. We have plans to launch...
15 January 2025
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved the strategies of Belarus' participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS, BelTA learned from the Belarus President Administration.
The drafts of the strategy of Belarus' participation in the SCO and the strategy of actions to implement the foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus within the framework of its participation in the BRICS activities were submitted by the government to the head of state for...
14 January 2025
With the right path chosen, Belarus will have good relations with Israel, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made new personnel appointments on 14 January, BelTA has learned.
“I do not know how [new Belarus’ Ambassador to Israel Yuri] Yaroshevich will work in Israel, but it is not going to be easy there. But if he finds the right path, we will have good relations with Israel,” the president stressed. “There are many people there who would not like to build...
13 January 2025
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved a draft protocol on amending the Treaty on Establishing the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014. The head of state signed relevant decree No.9 on the draft of the international treaty on 11 January, BelTA has learned.
The document has been approved as the basis for conducting negotiations. The draft protocol is needed to update the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty taking into account the law enforcement practice.
Amendments will be...
11 January 2025
The Belarusian president’s scholarships for the year 2025 have been awarded to 49 postgraduate students, who pursue thesis research in priority areas of technical, medical, chemical, economic, pedagogical and other activities in educational institutions and research organizations. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the relevant executive order on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian president has been awarding such scholarships annually since 2007 based on the...
10 January 2025
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko set a task to renovate wastewater treatment facilities in every region during his visit to the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev informed the head of state that the city has already embarked on the renovation of wastewater treatment facilities. The project will be implemented in several stages. First, mechanical treatment facilities will be revamped;...
9 January 2025
Belarus will always be an independent state despite any world tendencies. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the ceremony held on 8 January to present the president’s prizes For Spiritual Revival, special prizes for art luminaries, and Belarusian Sports Olympus prizes, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Despite anyone’s attempt to shake us today, nothing will come out of it! Nothing will work out! We will preserve our country. It already...
8 January 2025
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an executive order on 8 January to allocate over Br90,000 from the special fund of the President of Belarus to support the talented youth, BelTA has learned.
A total of 23 special prizes and two grand prizes were awarded to the dance group of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts “Laboratory of Variety Dance” and 24 winners of international and national art competitions.
The president's order demonstrates the...
20 January 2025
Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Governor of Russia's Irkutsk Oblast Igor Kobzev held a meeting to discuss a number of new promising bilateral projects in Moscow on 20 January, BelTA has learned.
“Today we have discussed a number of matters: supplies of dump trucks, food products, construction of landmark sports facilities. We also touched upon the modernization of the tram fleet in Irkutsk Oblast. We agreed that in late February, a Belarusian delegation led by...
17 January 2025
Belarus and Vietnam agreed on measures of bilateral military cooperation for 2025, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry.
Following the agreements reached during the official visit of Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin to Vietnam, a delegation from the External Relations Department of the Vietnamese National Defense Ministry is paying a working visit to Minsk. During the visit, the parties held a meeting to agree on the measures of bilateral military cooperation for...
16 January 2025
Results of a recent opinion poll suggest that 85.5% of Belarusians plan to take part in the presidential election, Head of the Department of Economic Sociology and Psychology of Entrepreneurship, Head of the Center for Social and Humanitarian Studies of Belarusian State Economic University Irina Lashuk told BelTA.
Respondents were asked: “Are you going to take part in the upcoming election?” Some 85.5% of the respondents answered in the positive, 4.8% answered in the negative and...
15 January 2025
Best practices of Belarus-Russia Union State should be scaled up in the EAEU, Olga Lazorkina, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), told BelTA.
She believes that this year will be a landmark for both the Eurasian Economic Union and Belarus.
"Over the previous three years, we have implemented all the projects related to economy and finances, in particular within the Union State. Nowadays, we not only need to reach a new level of cooperation with Russia...
14 January 2025
The level of access to the centralized water supply system in Belarus is one of the highest in the world, First Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of Belarus Andrei Beketa said in an interview to the First News TV Channel, BelTA has learned.
“The main parameter characterizing the level of development of the water supply and sanitation system is an access to centralized water supply and wastewater treatment systems. Today, the level of access in Belarus is one of the highest...
13 January 2025
As of 1 January 2025, a total of 143,211 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 60,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1,57 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.
As of 1 January 2025, a total of 91,909 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 74,111...
11 January 2025
The main events of the Marathon of Unity in Minsk will start on 20 January, head of the working group for the nationwide social and cultural campaign Marathon of Unity Anna Lukashenko told BelTA.
“The Marathon of Unity is finishing its journey across the country. The last events will kick off in Minsk next week. But the main events of the marathon will start on 20 January,” she said.
According to her, throughout the week the organizers will be running exhibitions, NOT boring NOT...
10 January 2025
Belarus does not operate polling stations abroad, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Igor Karpenko told the media on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
“Belarus does not set up polling stations abroad. This legislative innovation is due to the lack of security measures at polling stations, which were previously operated in other countries, and also due to the reduction of diplomatic staff numbers. We are not the only country that does this,” Igor Karpenko said.
At the...
9 January 2025
Cooperation between Belarus and China in sport has gained momentum, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lukashevich said in an interview with BelTA.
He drew attention to such large-scale joint construction projects as the swimming pool, the National Football Stadium.
Sergei Lukashevich spoke about other aspects of cooperation in this field: “Our countries exchange sports delegations on a regular basis. Chinese and Belarusian athletes participate in competitions...
8 January 2025
Media appearances of presidential candidates will be aired in Belarus starting from 8 January, BelTA has learned.
The Central Election Commission registered five people as candidates for president of the Republic of Belarus: incumbent president Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice Aleksandr Khizhnyak, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidukevich, individual entrepreneur Anna Kanopatskaya, and First Secretary of the Central...
