More than 5.680 million people in Belarus have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine (60.8%), of them over 5.89 million have received their second jab (54.4%), BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. More than 97.3% of healthcare workers, over 80.7% of people working in education, over 87,4% of employees of residential care facilities and social workers got two shots; 96.8% of people living in residential care facilities and also 77.3% of...

Russia and Ukraine chose the place for peace talks together, BelTA learned from the head of the Russian delegation, BelTA learned from Russian President Aide Vladimir Medinsky on 2 March. Vladimir Medinsky said: “We've decided together. The place is more convenient for us and for the Ukrainian side. Brest is a good airport. It is closer to the Polish border for the Ukrainian side because as far as I can understand they will come via Poland.” The head of the Russian...

A working meeting of Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, and Russian Federation Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov took place in Moscow on 1 March, the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told BelTA. Terms of bilateral interaction within the framework of realization of Union State programs on forming common energy markets were discussed. In particular, the sides discussed...

The delegations of Russia and Ukraine thanked Belarus for organizing the negotiation process, BelTA learned from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei after the Russia-Ukraine peace talks on the Pripyat River ended on 28 February. Vladimir Makei noted that it had been very complicated to organize contacts at the current stage. “But it is very important that both sides demonstrated readiness at some point. I think President Lukashenko's phone call to President...

One man is not enough to continue moving the country forward. Greater decentralization of power is necessary. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement after casting his vote during the referendum on amending and expanding the country's Constitution, BelTA has learned.  Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Why do we need the Constitution? The period when power concentration and a rigid power vertical were necessary is going away. Certainly, this little war has shaken up...