Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lukashevich received copies of credentials from the ambassadors of Algeria, Burundi, Kuwait and Mauritania, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting with Ambassador of Algeria to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Belarus Boumédiène Guennad, the parties praised the intensification of bilateral political dialogue and trade and...

On the sidelines of the Summit of the Future, a high-level event that brought world leaders together at UN Headquarters in New York, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic Sergei Khomenko and Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Aleinik met with President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh and Minister of Foreign Affairs Battsetseg Batmunkh, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of...

Minsk is set to host an international electoral forum on 18-21 September. The event will include a meeting of the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies and an international scientific and practical conference “International Standards in the Electoral Process: Experience and Development Prospects”, BelTA learned from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus. Attending the forum will be delegations of the central electoral bodies of the CIS member states, scientific...

The BRICS dialogue platform is attracting more and more attention of the international community, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lukashevich said at a briefing on 9 September to discuss the promotion of the Republic of Belarus in BRICS, BelTA has learned. “The BRICS dialogue platform, which is gaining momentum, is attracting more and more attention of the world community seeking a fairer balance of political and economic relations. Belarus takes an active and...

The 2024 World Power Battery Conference, which opened on Sept. 1 in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, attracted nearly 400 industry experts and company executives from home and abroad. The event, hosted by the Sichuan provincial government, aims to build an international cooperation platform for the development of the power battery industry and promote the high-quality development of green and low-carbon industries. BelTA – News from Belarus

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.335 “On providing cellular mobile telecommunication services” on 26 August, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. With a view to improving the availability of cellular communications, including in rural areas, the head of state has decided in favor of enforcing mandatory requirements for the quality and coverage of the services mobile carriers provide. If these requirements are not met, the mobile carriers will...

Belarus remains a people-oriented state and will continue supporting those, who need it. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in an extended version of the recent interview with the TV channel Rossiya. The extended version was aired by the TV channel Belarus One in the evening,  BelTA has learned . Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We have a people-first state. It is stipulated by all the documents. We have free education. Apart from higher education institutions to where...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Pakistan Andrei Metelitsa met with Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on 12 August, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties discussed the current state of the Belarusian-Pakistani relations in the parliamentary dimension as well as the ways to intensify them. The parties outlined further steps to expand cooperation between the parliaments of the two states. BelTA...

MINSK, 6 August (BelTA) – Belarusian Education Minister Andrei Ivanets revealed some preliminary results of the 2024 university admissions process as he spoke to the media on 5 August, BelTA has learned. “This year's entrance scores for a number of specialties are quite high, despite the fact that the total number of free-tuition places has been increased by almost 3,000, primarily for the most demanded specialties - teaching, engineering and healthcare,” Andrei Ivanets said....

Almost 127,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee. Since the visa waiver program was expanded, Belarus has welcomed 7,219 visitors from Europe. In addition to citizens of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia (as well as non-citizens of Latvia), 455 representatives of European countries arrived in Belarus without visas, which accounted for 6% of the total flow. Most of them were from Germany and Estonia: 181 and...