MINSK, 21 September (BelTA) – The cellular communication technology LTE will be deployed in all the district capitals of Belarus by the end of the year, BelTA learned from Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Sergei Popkov on 21 September.   At present LTE is available to 60% of the Belarus population. “By the end of the year we will extend the coverage to virtually all the district capitals,” noted the official.   Sergei Popkov said that the...

All conditions are in place to introduce the compulsory upper secondary education in Belarus, Education Minister Igor Karpenko said at the plenary session of the Nationwide Conference on Teaching on 24 August, BelTA has learned. The minister stressed that “the country has created all necessary conditions to switch to the compulsory upper secondary education.” “The country needs educated, highly-qualified specialists. The Education Code provides a necessary legislative corridor for...

Belarus’ national strategy for sustainable social and economic development through 2030 has been finalized to take into account global innovative trends, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government after a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers hosted by Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov on 2 May. According to Andrei Kobyakov, the Economy Ministry has submitted to the government Belarus’ national development strategy, finalized taking into account the...

MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – Belarus and Egypt will work out a roadmap for cooperation in the agricultural sector, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats told the media on 1 February. “The delegation of Egypt has arrived to Belarus to get familiar with our vegetable production, poultry, beef and grain processing methods with a view to set up similar plants in their country. They liked greenhouses and saw the Belarusian commercial dairy farms, poultry and beef production...

MINSK, 20 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that the introduction of the five-day visa-free travel rules for citizens of 80 countries that enter Belarus via the Minsk National Airport poses no risks for Belarus and its neighboring countries, BelTA has learned. “The document was in development for a year and a half. It was thoroughly reviewed by all the government agencies, first of all, in terms of the potential risks it may pose for Belarus, our partners...

MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – Belarus calls upon Russia to follow the previous well-established rules for the crossing of the common border by foreign nationals until the negotiations are over, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told a press briefing on 5 January. “As a rule, in situations when one side wants a change in the practice that has been in place for over 20 years, the parties first hold negotiations, and then implement the changes they...

MINSK, 25 November (BelTA) – Belarus and the European Union will hold technical consultations on a agreement to facilitate the process of issuing visas, Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna told the media. “We will hold technical consultations. There are issues which are still open on both the sides,” Alena Kupchyna said, adding that these matters should be discussed, including in the light of a new migration situation in the EU. The deputy minister said...

MINSK, 14 September (BelTA) - UNHCR Representative in Belarus Jean-Yves Bouchardy praised the level of cooperation with the Interior Ministry of Belarus in matters related to people seeking asylum. The UNHCR Representative in Belarus said this as he met with Belarus’ Deputy Interior Minister Nikolai Melchenko on 13 September, BelTA learnt from the Information and PR Department of the Belarusian Interior Ministry. Jean Yves Bouchardy also hailed the ministry’s activity in providing...

MINSK, 11 August (BelTA) – The national infrastructure strategy will be worked out in Belarus. This is envisaged in Council of Ministers’ Resolution No. 611 of 4 August 2016 which has been officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned. The strategy will be prepared by the Belarusian National Agency of Investment and Privatization (NAIP). The project will be coordinated by the Economy Ministry. The NAIP representatives told BelTA that the strategy will...

Belarus and Kazakhstan have initialed the roadmap meant to guide the development of bilateral cooperation in 2017-2018. The procedure was part of the latest session of the Belarusian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, BelTA has learned. According to First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vasily Matyushevsky, the sides are satisfied with the content of the action plan for the next two years. “We are sincerely glad that Belarus and Kazakhstan have a...