Belarus wants to gain the status of an IT regional leader, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said in an interview to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, BelTA has learned. According to the minister, Belarus wants to build an IT-country in order to make maximum use of the opportunities of the economic digital transformation, and acquire the status of a regional leader in the IT sector. "We have set this task as a priority," he stressed. "We are creating not even...

The House of Representatives plans to hold three parliamentary hearings in 2018, Speaker of the lower house Vladimir Andreichenko said at the meeting of the Council of the House of Representatives on 31 January, BelTA has learned. According to Vladimir Andreichenko, this year the MPs will closely monitor the existing legislation. First of all, the matter is about three parliamentary hearings. "We will hold the parliamentary hearing on the improvement of the country's power engineering...

Belarus is doing its best to create the conditions so that the children can live in peace and can be proud of their country, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the New Year party for students who have excelled in education, creative work and sport on 26 December, BelTA has learned. "I am sincerely happy to meet with the best aspiring young people in this festive atmosphere," Alexander Lukashenko said. "It is very important for us to see future stars, future scientists here...

More than 76,500 foreign tourists have taken advantage of the visa-free entry to Belarus, Aleksei Begun, Head of the Citizenship and Migration Department of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told a press conference on 18 December, BelTA has learned. "As of 18 December, over 76,500 foreign citizens have visited Belarus using the visa-free entry. From 1,000 to 1,500 visa-free foreign tourists arrive in Belarus daily. The overwhelming majority of them comply with the terms of stay. Needless...

Nomination of candidates to deputies of the local councils of the 28th convocation started in Belarus on 10 December, BelTA has learned. This period will last till 8 January 2018 inclusively. According to the law, a candidate can be nominated by a labor collective, a political party and through the collection of signatures. A citizen has the right to get nominated in one of the constituencies to the local council of each territorial level (regional, district and rural). With regard...