We must stay ahead of people's needs or respond quickly, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to review the socio-economic and socio-political development of Minsk, BelTA has learned.

The construction of a peaking and backup energy source continues at premises of the Novopolotsk cogeneration plant. The foundations of gas turbines and step-up transformers have been completed, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast energy company Vitebskenergo.

The economy has overcome a recession and has moved onto a growth trajectory, BelTA learned from Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar.

Ivan Mamaiko, a member of the Standing Commission on National Security of the House of Representatives, commented on the main provisions of the law “On the amendment of laws on ensuring national security in the Republic of Belarus” in an interview with BelTA.

Representatives of the Belarusian Justice Ministry and the Belarusian Notary Chamber will participate in the St Petersburg International Legal Forum which is due on 18-22 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Justice Ministry.

In January-April 2021, organizations and individual businessmen transported 117.9 million tonnes of cargoes, or 96.4% year-on-year, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed the law “On the amendment of laws on ensuring national security in the Republic of Belarus”. Previously the document was passed by the House of Representatives, approved by the Council of the Republic, and registered in the National Register of Legal Acts which testifies to the fact that it had been signed by the head of state, BelTA informs.

The open-air tourism exhibition "Braslav for Sustainable Tourism" due in Braslav District on 14-15 May will bring together tour operators from all over the country, Irina Umpirovich, the head of the sport and tourism department of the Braslav district administration, told BelTA.

Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich congratulated parents of many children who work at the Belarusian Energy Ministry on the International Day of Families that is marked on 15 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry.

Belarusian Railways carried 1.175 million passengers on 7-12 May, BelTA learned from the press center of Belarusian Railways.

As of 1 May 2021 the broad money supply in Belarus amounted to Br49.939 billion, 1.9% down from 1 April, BelTA learned from the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). Broad money supply includes cash in circulation and bank accounts of individuals and corporations.

As of 1 May 2021, 98,561 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, 16,182 of which were opened under the new program for 2020-2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with senior members of the Constitutional Commission of Belarus on 13 May, BelTA has learned.

A solemn procession went from Lenina Square to Pobedy Square where flowers were laid at a monument in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans, and underground resistance fighters of Vitebsk Oblast as part of the celebration of Victory Day in Vitebsk on 9 May.

Belarusians will never allow anyone to look at the country with disdain. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement on 9 May as part of the ceremony to lay wreaths at the Victory Monument on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, BelTA has learned.

Belarus was among the few countries that increased the inflow of net foreign direct investment last year, Belarus' Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said in an interview to the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper, BelTA has learned.

If Western countries impose new sanctions, Belarus may take symmetric and asymmetric measures, including against European business, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media, BelTA has learned.

Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Guangzhou Andrei Popov visited the city of Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China, BelTA learned from a Belarusian diplomatic mission.

Thanks to an established top-down power structure and executive discipline, the public administration system functions properly and smoothly even in the most complicated situations, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he hosted a government session on 6 May to discuss the ways to improve the civil service law, BelTA has learned.

Vitebsk Oblast rescuers have held their first online parade for the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and former firefighters.