MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) –  We need to protect the Belarusian bike manufacturer in the domestic market, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the visit to OAO Motovelo on 5 March, BelTA informs. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the domestic manufacturer holds about a third of the bike market in Belarus. In the coming years, this share should be increased to 50-60% and then more in the future, the head of state stressed.  "Domestic producers should...

MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) – In this special time Belarusians must show themselves as a nation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Olympic meeting of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus on 26 February, BelTA has learned. “This time is special, like never before. We must show that we are a nation,” the head of state emphasized. “You should thank our people for what they did to make it possible for athletes to fight and compete.” As...

MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – The government of Belarus has approved measures to implement the law on the central budget for 2021. These measures were formalized by the Council of Ministers’ Resolution No. 95 as of 18 February 2021 that was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA informs. The document details individual budget expenditures in 2021 and sets forth lists of departmental decisions that shall be drafted and approved this year in order to...

MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) - The volume of directed lending in Belarus will amount to Br425 million in 2021. Corresponding decree No.78 of the Council of Ministers of 9 February 2021 was published on the national legal internet portal on 11 February, BelTA has learned. Lending within state programs will make up Br159.8 million, of which Br158.8 million will be directed to the state program Agricultural Business for 2021-2025, and Br1 million to the state program Housing...

A decision was made to keep re-purpusing hospitals, as well as expanding routine medical care, including in polyclinics. The sanitary service was instructed to strengthen control over the observance of the red zone rules.

MINSK, 25 January (BelTA) – A national export center will be set up at the Development Bank of Belarus in 2021, Chairman of the Board of the bank Andrei Zhishkevich said in an interview to the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “The center will be set up this year. The task is to organize this kind of toolkit on the basis of a subsidiary of the Development Bank as quickly as possible,” said Andrei Zhishkevich. Today, the Development Bank provides export loans. It is a classic mechanism...

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are teaming up to support migrants in Belarus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, BelTA learned from the UNDP office in Belarus. The partnership aims to counter the stigma and discrimination that migrants may face in the context of COVID-19 through information work and programs with concrete measures for better integration of migrants into society and, as a result,...

MINSK, 13 January (BelTA) - The first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has reached 100% capacity, BelTA learned from the press service of the Energy Ministry. "The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant reached the nominal capacity at 19.57 on 12 January," the press service informed. The thermal capacity of the unit is 3200MW and the electric capacity is 1170MW. According to the press service, static and dynamic tests will continue in line with the stage-by-stage...

MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.1 on declaring the year 2021 the Year of People's Unity. The decision was made for the sake of consolidating the society, rallying the Belarusian nation on the basis of ideas of the country's sovereignty and independence, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. In line with the presidential decree the Council of Ministers will work together with the oblast administrations and the Minsk City...

MINSK, 29 December (BelTA) – Belarus' Healthcare Ministry, Russia's Ministry of Health and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Belarus. The first batch of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V has arrived in Belarus today, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich noted that "immunization plays an essential role in the fight against the epidemiological process....