We need fundamental reforms in the country's education system, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss law and order matters on 19 April, BelTA has learned. Education Minister Andrei Ivanets said that education puts issues of personal development in the forefront now. He separately dwelt on measures to prevent juvenile delinquency. “A new person has come to the system. I expect reforms from you there. Not a revolution, but reforms. You are a man of...

It is necessary to diversify suppliers of medicines in order to prevent shortages on the domestic market, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the healthcare minister, the prosecutor general and the KGB chief, BelTA has learned.  “Saying that someone does not sell us something is a poor excuse... You know, medical equipment and medicines are not under strict sanctions. If the Americans don't sell drugs to you, buy them in India, Cuba. It's just a matter of...

Choosing the Khatyn Memorial Complex to work at on the nationwide voluntary labor day (aka subbotnik) was a no-brainer. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he participated in the nationwide subbotnik on 16 April, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Khatyn was a hands-down winner when I saw the list of locations I could work at. But most importantly it is history. It will turn 80 next year.” “It is symbolical because today you and I have started...

The working visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Russia's Far East is over. The jet of the Belarusian head of state has left Vladivostok for Minsk, BelTA has learned.Governor of Russia's Primorye Territory Oleg Kozhemyako and State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev accompanied Aleksandr Lukashenko to the airport. Aleksandr Lukashenko held talks with Oleg Kozhemyako and visited a number of cultural and educational facilities on Russky Island...

Belarus is ready to establish joint enterprises in Russia's Primorye Territory, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media after his meeting with Governor of Primorye Territory Oleg Kozhemyako in Vladivostok on 13 April, BelTA has learned. “Trade is simple: buy and sell. We have agreed that we should move forward to setting up joint assembly plants here,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko. Oleg Kozhemyako said that Aleksandr Lukashenko visited Primorye Territory 24 years ago -...

Belarus and Russia have preserved their unity and are determined to strengthen it, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast on 12 April, BelTA has learned.  “The Far East is distant, but ours. We have one Fatherland, even though we live in two states. We, unlike some republics, have preserved this unity, and we are determined to strengthen it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.  He noted:...