Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko convened a large meeting with the senior staff of the national security agencies in Minsk on 20 February, BelTA has learned.  "We are going to discuss the most pressing issues in the field of national security candidly and, most importantly, in a manly manner. We will also assess the real situation in Belarus and around it as objectively as possible," the head of state said as he opened the meeting. The president stressed that the...

On 19 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 64 to promote and improve remote financial solutions, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. In particular, the document expands the range of legal entities authorized to carry out remote identification of customers and due client data verification using the interbank identification system. To improve the security and quality of the services, the document details the requirements for remote...

On 16 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 56 "On the Secretariat of the Belarusian People's Congress", BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.   The document approved the provisional regulation on the Secretariat. It is a permanent working body that enables the Belarusian People's Congress to exercise its powers.  The decree comes into force after its official publication and is valid until the Belarusian People's Congress...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to the people of Lithuania as the country celebrates the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. “Belarus has always been interested in a peaceful prosperous Lithuania. We have been building economic and humanitarian ties together, trading, visiting each other, creating families. Lithuanian Klaipeda has traditionally been a sea gate for Belarusian...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as the country celebrates National Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.  “Today Serbia and the Serbian people, as they have done many times in the past, are persistently fighting to preserve their identity and strengthen the country's sovereignty based on national interests and their own assessment of world processes,” the message of greetings reads....

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to the staff of the Belarus Branch (representative office) of the International TV and Radio Company MTRK Mir on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its establishment in Belarus, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Over these years, your team has achieved the main thing - it has won the trust of tens of millions of residents of the vast Eurasian space. Today Belarus’ MTRK Mir Branch...