The International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk does not lose its kernel – the art of brotherly peoples of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine who stood at the origins of it, and is loyal to one of the main ideas – to use art to build bridges between people and preserve ethnic diversity, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the opening ceremony of the festival on 10 July, BelTA has learned. The International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk brings...

MOSCOW, 2 July (BelTA) – Dynamically developing Belarus-Russia relations rely on the principles of alliance and strategic partnership, the press service of the Russian President said in the run-up to his visit to Minsk, BelTA has learned. Vladimir Putin will attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Belarus' liberation from the Nazi invasion and the Independence Day of Belarus. According to the press service, the Russian President will attend the opening ceremony of the new...

MINSK, 27 June (BelTA) - Agricultural producers should feel free in marketing their products, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during his working trip to Gomel Oblast on 26 June, BelTA has learned. "Agricultural companies should have the right to sell their product whoever they want to. They should feel free in marketing the product they made," the President stressed. "Perhaps we need not to be afraid to set them freewheeling. We should try," Alexander...

SOLIGORSK DISTRICT, 19 June (BelTA) – The matters that concern workers of OAO Belaruskali will soon be sorted out. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the promise at the meeting with representatives of Belaruskali personnel on 19 June, BelTA has learned. "I know of your problems and worries, I've received your signals concerning traders and swindlers, import substitution, executives and other things. They are not catastrophic, we will sort them out," assured the head...

MINSK, 13 June (BelTA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 14th National Song and Poetry Festival in Molodechno, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. "This prestigious cultural forum has an honorable mission to develop and promote Belarusian literature and music," the message of greetings reads. Molodechno has brought together the most famous singers united by the love for the native language and...

MINSK, 6 June (BelTA) – Regional ties between Belarus and Russia is a priority in the Belarusian-Russian cooperation and a foundation for the whole range of trade, economic, sci-tech, social and cultural relations, runs the final statement of the first Belarus-Russia regional forum held on 5 June, BelTA has learned. "Strengthening of interregional ties helps address the issues related to the enhancement of the quality and level of life of the people of the two countries, finding...

MINSK, 30 May (BelTA) – The Heads of Government Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States will meet in Minsk on 30 May, BelTA has learned. It is expected that the CIS Prime Ministers will consider over 20 draft documents on cooperation. The participants of the meeting will analyze the progress made in 2013 in the implementation of the CIS interstate innovation cooperation program through 2020 and its action plan for 2012-2014. The Premiers are expected to sign agreements...

MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko invites European businessmen to implement investment projects in Belarus. The head of state made this statement as he met with representatives of the Swiss business community on 23 May, BelTA has learnt. Alexander Lukashenko emphasized that raising foreign investments into modern technologies is one of the objectives of Belarus’ economic policy. “There are many promising investment projects we would like to...

THESSALONIKI, 16 May (BelTA) – The Presidents of Belarus and Russia have been really supporting the fundamental values of the people of their countries, Counselor to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, President of the Fund for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples Doctor of Philosophic Sciences Valery Alekseyev told media, BelTA has learned. “I am grateful to our Presidents that they really support the fundamental values. What is the Orthodoxy for us? It is a basis of our...

MINSK, 8 May (BelTA – In the run-up to Victory Day Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sent his best greetings to the compatriots on this great and sacred holiday, BelTA learnt from the press service of the head of state. “69 hardworking and heroic years separate us from the fireworks which were launched into the sky in 1945. But that spring will forever remain a symbol of unparalleled feat of our great grandfathers, grandfathers and fathers. The Great Patriotic War...