As the first visit after the presidential election the Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko intends to go to Russia upon the invitation of President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The idea was discussed during the meeting of the Belarus President and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Alexander Surikov on 16 November, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian leader was thankful for the invitation to go to the Russian Federation on a state visit. “After the...

MINSK, 9 November (BelTA) – A staff team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will work in Belarus on 9-19 November, BelTA learned from the IMF Resident Representative Office in Belarus.

MINSK, 2 November (BelTA) – Belarus plans to expand the export of dairy products to the U.S. market, Agriculture and Food Minister of Belarus Leonid Zayats told reporters before a meeting with U.S. Agriculture Attache in Moscow Rachel Vandenberg and a delegation of American scientists and businessmen in Minsk on 31 October, BelTA has learned.

The Global Entrepreneurship Week will take place in 140 countries, including Belarus, on 16-22 November, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Economy Ministry.

European countries should work together to fight diseases. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement in his speech during the WHO European ministerial conference on the life-course approach to health promotion in Minsk on 21 October, BelTA has learned. The conference was held in the context of the World Health Organization's health policy framework Health 2020.

The Belarusian-German working group on trade and investment will hold a session in Berlin on 21 October, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told media on 15 October, BelTA informs.

MINSK, 12 October (BelTA) - According to the preliminary results, Alexander Lukashenko won the president election in Belarus, by gaining 83.49% of the vote, chairperson of the Central Election Committee Lidia Yermoshina told reporters, BelTA has learned.

Election commissions and polling stations all over Belarus were checked on 5 October. The check indicated full preparedness for the forthcoming election, BelTA learned from Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik.

Belarus and Russia have prepared an action plan to implement a unified industrial policy. The document is supposed to be signed during the session of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 29 September. Belarusian Deputy Industry Minister Dmitry Korchik made the statement during the online conference hosted by the BelTA website on 24 September. The official noted that the joint action plan to implement the unified industrial policy was discussed during the...

The prospects of setting up an international center of technology transfer will be discussed at the second session of the Belarusian-Armenian commission for scientific and technical cooperation which will take place during the visit of the Belarusian delegation led by Chairman of the State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus Alexander Shumilin to Armenia on 27-28 August, BelTA learned from the press service of the committee. “There are seven issues on the agenda, including...