Belarus’ medium-term fiscal program for 2019-2021 was approved by Council of Ministers’ Resolution No. 149 on 6 March 2019, BelTA learned from the government. The program defines basic parameters of economic development and major monetary indicators, debt ceiling, major national budget parameters and expenditure ceilings for government programs in 2019-2020 (excluding the funds of the National Central Innovation Fund in 2019). The program projects the gross domestic product at...

The Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus (DBRB) supports the extension of the family capital program, BelTA learned from DBRB Chairman of the Board Andrei Zhishkevich. The official said: “There is no doubt we need a program to support families with many kids by means of providing family capital.” Andrei Zhishkevich pointed out that the program’s effectiveness is confirmed first and foremost by the achievement of the goal to improve the demographic situation in the...

Drinking water in Belarus meets the international safety standards including the standards of the World Health Organization, Head Doctor of the National Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Anzhela Skuranovich said as she attended the opening ceremony of the international conference Modern Trends in Water Supply and Sanitation Development dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Minskvodokanal water services company, BelTA has learned. Anzhela Skuranovich noted successful...

Minsk plans to host an international conference on children and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2019, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Valentin Rybakov said as he addressed the first regular session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which is running in the UN Headquarters in New York on February 5-7, BelTA has learned. The diplomat noted that this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the...

Belarus expects the BelNPP project will get equal treatment during the Espoo Convention intermediary session, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. A Belarusian delegation will take part in the intermediary session of the meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention in Geneva on 5-7 February. The meeting is slated to discuss and adopt the draft decisions relating to the general and country-specific compliance with the...