On 26 August Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.336 to grant Belarusian citizenship to 243 people, including 23 minors, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. These people arrived in Belarus for the sake of permanent residency more than five years ago. They successfully work in agriculture, civil engineering, transportation, in the sphere of services and trade, in the healthcare system, and the education system. Many of them have started a...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.333 “On peculiarities of handling the property of insolvent organizations” on 23 August, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document simplifies the procedure for the alienation (transfer) and state registration of enterprises as property complexes as well as permanent structures (buildings, structures), isolated premises, unfinished permanent structures, parking spaces as part of bankruptcy proceedings,...

Belarus is working out 15 new strategic investment projects worth $3 billion with China, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang in Minsk on 22 August, BelTA has learned. “There are 15 new investment projects of strategic level worth up to $3 billion are under active consideration with Chinese partners,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. According to him, the most important ones include the third...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.328 on 21 August to regulate how natural persons can perform handicraft activities, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document approves the regulation on the performance of handicraft activities by natural persons. The Council of Ministers has been tasked with compiling a list of handicraft activities by 1 September. As from 1 September natural persons will have to get registered as craftsmen according to this...

Belarus and Pakistan intend to take cooperation to an even higher level, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Minsk on 20 August, BelTA has learned. The head of state welcomed the Pakistani speaker of parliament, adding that he was very glad to see him in the hero city of Minsk in the year when the two countries mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic...

Belarus remains a people-oriented state and will continue supporting those, who need it. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in an extended version of the recent interview with the TV channel Rossiya. The extended version was aired by the TV channel Belarus One in the evening, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We have a people-first state. It is stipulated by all the documents. We have free education. Apart from higher education institutions to where...