Belarus has ranked 32nd among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index 2024, going ahead of all EAEU countries, Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak said at the press conference on Environmental Safety: New Solutions to Combat Plastic Pollution”, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun to pay a visit to Belarus. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov has handed the message from the Belarusian head of state to the president of Lebanon, BelTA has learned.     

The policy pursued by the state is aimed at improving the welfare and quality of life of its citizens, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said during the session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the eighth convocation on 12 February, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees to award special, military and class ranks on 12 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Minsk will host the 3rd Belarusian-Russian Tourist Congress on 8-9 April and is going to be more ambitious than the previous editions, Filipp Guly, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Tourism Industry, said at a press conference to discuss the cooperation between Belarusian and Russian tourist businesses held in the business and cultural complex of the Belarusian Embassy in the Russian Federation, BelTA learned. 

Head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 29th International Sambo Tournament for the prizes of the President of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. 

The Belarusian Space Congress will be held in October 2025, Sergei Korenyako, head of joint programs in space and information technologies of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, executive director of the Union State program Complex-SG, told reporters, BelTA learned.

The fundamental values of Belarusian society are enshrined in the Constitution, they are  important for everyone, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with representatives of religious communities on 10 February, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Bashkortostan have everything in place to increase trade and hit the $320 million mark this year, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov on 7 February.

Belarus has sent humanitarian aid to the flood-stricken residents of Kenya, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus. 

It is important we strengthen the powers of local authorities in respect of the private sector, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss legal regulation of the status of chairpersons of district executive committees and city executive committees on 6 February, BelTA has learned.  

By participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Belarus will be able to strengthen its security in a broad sense, Olga Lazorkina, Analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) said in the latest episode of BelTA's YouTube project “After the Fact: Lukashenko’s Decisions".

 On 5 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 49 to approve the state investment program for the year 2025, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko thanked his authorized representatives at the last presidential election and the Belarusian people for their  trust and support, BelTA learned.

The Republic of Belarus has notified, on a voluntary basis, the states parties to the Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures of the snap combat readiness exercise currently being conducted in the Armed Forces, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.

Head of the Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi told the Belarus 1 TV channel about Aleksandr Lukashenko’s foreign visits after winning the election, BelTA reports.

The recent presidential election campaign was the calmest in the history of sovereign Belarus, Deputy Head of the Law Enforcement and Prevention Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Mironchik said in the latest episode of BelTA’s project “The Nation Speaks”.

It is necessary to significantly speed up the intellectual modernization of the Belarusian economy, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to award Doctor of Science diplomas and professor certificates to academic, research and teaching staff on 31 January, BelTA has learned.