Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to go to the Russian Federation on a working visit on 8-9 May, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The head of state will take part in a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow on 8 May. This summit will be an anniversary one: May will mark ten years since the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty was signed. A narrow-format session and an expanded-format session will be held. Aleksandr Lukashenko is...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko called on his fellow Belarusians to keep peace and quiet as he visited St. Ilya Church in Orsha on Easter on 5 May, BelTA has learned. “The main thing is peace. This is my responsibility,” the president said. “Since time has chosen us, we must preserve peace and quiet in our land. This is the most important task for our generation.” According to the head of state, this year Easter is celebrated just ahead of a great secular holiday -...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.186 on 2 May to approve a draft agreement on a unified system of customs transit of the Eurasian Economic Union and third parties as the basis for negotiations, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The State Customs Committee has been authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreement. Written by  belta.by

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko demanded to eradicate land mismanagement as he visited Subsidiary No.1 Tsemagro of the Belarusian Cement Plant in Kostyukovichi District to inspect the spring fieldwork on 30 April, BelTA has learned.    According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the country is actively engaged in land reclamation efforts. The president called upon the farms to get involved in the work, adding the need to interest and compensate the costs. “Think how we can do it,”...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko commented on the changes in the work of individual entrepreneurs as he talked to residents of the town of Kostyukovichi on 30 April, BelTA has learned. "We have streamlined this area. The relevant decisions have been made: you are an individual entrepreneur when you get registered on the list of individual entrepreneurs and carry out the permitted type of activities. Because everyone has become individual entrepreneurs, and there is no one left to...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa as the country celebrates Freedom Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.  “Thirty years ago, your valiant people defeated the shameful phenomenon of apartheid, finally achieved fair treatment of citizens, the right for everyone to shape the future of their country. Since that moment, your state has embodied the ideals of sovereign equality,...