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The Belarusian nuclear power plant turned out to be a gift and salvation of the country. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned it as the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC) officially launched the production of compound feed and amino acids in Pukhovichi District, Minsk Oblast, BelTA has learned.

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С февраля нового года в Чехии заметно подорожают сигареты, а также другая табачная продукция. Причина – одобренный правительством план постепенного повышения акциза на табачные изделия: в 2024 году – на 10%, а в 2025, 2026 и 2025 годах – на 5% ежегодно. Впервые налог будет распространен и на электронные сигареты, сообщает агентство ČTK.

Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik told reporters about the state of affairs in Belarus' tourism industry prior to the ceremony to award winners of the Discover Belarus nationwide competition at the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater, BelTA has learned. “The Discover Belarus competition is a kind of bottom line that allows us to take stock of the industry's performance. Today we see that our efforts to promote domestic tourism are bearing fruit.

Belarus is ready for a dialogue with Poland but on mutually respectful terms, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said in an interview to ONT TV channel on 12 November, BelTA has learned. «We did not initiate the deterioration of relations with Poland.

An entrance to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An archive photo

Belarus and its neighbors Lithuania and Poland will no doubt restore their ties in the future, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the BelNPP personnel and builders, workers of social infrastructure and residents of Ostrovets on 3 November, BelTA has learned. One of the questions asked by residents of Ostrovets District concerned the possibility of restoring Belarus' relations with neighboring Poland and Lithuania, especially given the fact that elections have recently taken place in one of these countries, with the other ones to be held soon as well. The Ostrovets District residents asked the president whether it was possible that the voters in Lithuania would be able to make the authorities in Lithuania work in the interests of their state rather than dance to the tune of Washington or Brussels.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko praised the people of Poland who showed their will at the parliamentary elections held on 15 October. “Poles did really well. I didn't expect this outcome. They just refused to play this game with PiS [the ruling Law and Justice Party that lost the majority in parliament].

The Belarusian news agency BelTA is launching the Polish-language page. The agency runs six pages of its website. The largest are in the state languages: Russian and Belarusian.

Since the start of the year 2023, Belarus has welcomed 352,966 residents of the neighboring EU states, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. This included 214,553 citizens of Lithuania, 80,732 citizens and 24,820 non-citizens of Latvia, and 32,861 Polish citizens.

Belarusians do not want Poles to consider them enemies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media during his working trip to Brest Oblast on 6 October, BelTA has learned. “We do not want Poles to view us as strangers, enemies. We have never aimed at aggravating relations with Poles, never mind fighting them. We do not need this.

Viktor Khrenin

The demands of the leadership of Poland and the Baltic states on the withdrawal of PMC Wagner from Belarus are unreasonable and stupid, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting of the Security Council, BelTA has learned. The president noted that the leadership of Poland and the Baltic countries is whipping up hysteria over the deployment of PMC Wagner members on the territory of Belarus. “They went as far as to demand their immediate withdrawal from Belarus. At the same time, they themselves are increasing military budgets, amassing large military formations at our border,” he noted.

After a helicopter of the Polish army violated Belarus' state border on 1 September, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Poland in Belarus Wojciech Filimonovich was summoned to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BelTA has learned. Belarus demanded explanations from Poland and a thorough investigation of the incident.

Belarus has hosted over 309,000 visa-waiver travelers since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Some 694,614 people from the neighboring EU countries have visited Belarus since the launch of the visa-waiver program, including 438,969 citizens of Lithuania, 48,404 non-citizens and 158,4545 citizens of Latvia, and 48,696 Polish citizens.

The West should not worry about the Collective Security Treaty Organization military exercise, which is due to begin in Belarus on 1 September, BelTA learned from Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Asked whether the West should treat this military exercise as some special signal, Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Not really. Frankly speaking, I didn't even learn details of this exercise.

An entrance to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An archive photo

The EU countries are Belarus' neighbors and we should not sever contacts with them, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to the labor collective of Minsk National Airport, BelTA has learned. “Now we make money primarily in the East: in Russia, China. But we must not discard contacts with the high-tech West. They are nearby, the European Union is our neighbor.

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I am sure we will never have to use nuclear weapons, but we must have them, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a solemn meeting to mark Belarus' Independence Day in Minsk on 30 June, BelTA has learned. «I once told you at a large forum: if you don't know what to do in a given situation, and your enemies go out of their way to persuade you of something, do the opposite. If they make a push against nuclear weapons, do the opposite,» Aleksandr Lukashenko said. The president recalled how the Belarusian opposition, self-exiled today, striving for power yesterday, would say: «When we come to power, we will shut down the Belarusian nuclear power plant, we do not need it.» «Why did they say that? Because they were told so from abroad, above all, by our neighbors — Poland, Lithuania.

Belarus is preparing new measures in response to Western sanctions. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik made the statement on the air of the TV channel Belarus One, BelTA has learned. Sergei Aleinik reminded that Belarus is working hard to minimize consequences of the sanctions-fueled pressure. The efforts are aimed at not o

Belarus is in favor of cooperation with its western neighbors in combating illegal migration, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich said as he met with Deputy Director General for Management and Reform of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Amy Pope in Geneva, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties discussed a wide range of cooperation issues and separately dwelt on the fight against human trafficking. An agreement was reached on further interaction on anti-trafficking issues. “There

The West is masterminding a violent scenario to overthrow the government in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with participants of the 52nd meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services in Minsk on 1 June, BelTA has learned. “As far as Belarus is concerned, Poland, Lithuania and, unfortunately, Ukraine provide a training ground for members of illegal armed groups; these countries are trying to create dormant extremist cells in our country. We have fresh evidence of this,” the president noted. The head of state recalled the recent joint operations with Russia, that resulted in the seizure of explosives and hence the prevention of terrorist attacks in Belarus.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko commented on the statements made in Poland about «the impending uprising in Belarus» as he talked to journalists in the Kremlin, BelTA has learned. «We are keeping an eye on these people that this confused Polish general was talking about. They say they are putting together regiments or battalions. At least they proclaim that they are doing this.

The aggressive policy of the Polish leadership against Belarus manifests both in their statements and in the decisions taken, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin told media at a military training area. «When in Washington, the Polish PM made an extremely dangerous statement that will seriously affect the structure of international relations. He said that Old Europe failed and that there is a new Europe and that Poland is the leader of this new Europe. Hearing thi