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MINSK, 11 June (BelTA) – The visa-free entry to the Belovezhskaya Pushcha will take effect on 12 June, Director of the Department of Tourism of the Sport and Tourism Ministry Vadim Karmazin told BelTA. “Visa-free access to the Belovezhskaya Pushcha for foreign citizens will be available via the Belarusian border checkpoint Pererov-Belovezha from 12 June 2015,” Vadim Karmazin said. In accordance with President’s decree No. 115, foreigners will be allowed to enter Belarus visa free...

MINSK, 4 June (BelTA) – Indian President’s first visit to Belarus is historic and will help step on a new level in the Belarusian-Indian relations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Manoj Kumar Bharti stated at a solemn reception organized by the Indian embassy in Minsk on 3 June to mark the visit of Indian head of state Pranab Mukherjee to Belarus, BelTA informs. “A representative delegation of Indian businessmen has arrived in Minsk as part of this...

MINSK, 26 May (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The message of greetings reads that the Belarusian-Georgian interstate dialogue is increasingly vibrant today; the countries strive to reach a high level of interaction in various fields. The Belarusian President expressed confidence that joint efforts...

MINSK, 10 May (BelTA) - China has been and remains a good, close and reliable friend, a promising partner of Belarus, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters after the talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping in Minsk on 10 May, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko stressed that the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Belarus and China is based on the principles of mutual respect, support and multifaceted cooperation. In...

MINSK, 4 May (BelTA) – Belarus will display its tourism potential at EXPO 2015 in Milan on 12 September, BelTA has learned from the marketing department of the National Tourism Agency. The presentation is included in Belarus’ business program at EXPO 2015. The event will take place on the second floor of the Belarusian national pavilion. There are plans to present Belarusian tourist routes, historical and cultural legacy, successful tourism companies. The program of the event will also...

MINSK, 25 April (BelTA) – The world community cannot address the issue of violent extremism without conscious efforts to change the rules of interstate cooperation, Belarus’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andrei Dapkiunas said at the high-level thematic debate of the UN General Assembly on promoting tolerance and countering violent extremism held in New York on 21-22 April, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The phenomenon of violent...

MINSK, 14 April (BelTA) – Officers of the Embassy of Belarus in Germany took part in commemorative events held on 12-13 April to mark the 70th anniversary of the day when the death camps Buchenwald and Dora Mittelbau were liberated, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA. On behalf of the diplomatic mission wreaths were laid in the memorial complex Buchenwald at the plaque placed in honor of the dead prisoners and at the monument erected to commemorate...

MINSK, 7 April (BelTA) – Greece will open its visa application center in Minsk in April 2015, BelTA learnt from the National Tourism Agency of Belarus. Belarusians will get an opportunity to apply for Schengen visas to Greece at the visa center in Minsk. In view of the opening of the visa application center in Minsk the Consulate General of Greece in Moscow invites Belarusian travel agencies to make applications for accreditation for 2015-2016. The accreditation will be held in Moscow...

MINSK, 1 April (BelTA) – Belarus and the European Union will continue cooperation for the sake of reaching high uniformity of customs systems, BelTA learned from the press service of the State Customs Committee after the Committee’s Chairman Yuri Senko met with Maira Mora, head of the European Union’s representative office in Belarus. The meeting was focused on cooperation in customs affairs. During the meeting the sides discussed matters concerning the implementation of current...

MINSK, 24 March (BelTA) – Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin is in favor of promoting Belarusian safety products onto foreign markets. The relevant ideas were discussed at the session of the council in charge of coordinating the government R&D program “Safety, prevention, and alleviation of emergencies” at premises of the Emergencies Ministry, the Belarus government press service told BelTA. According to the source, in his speech Anatoly Kalinin noted that in 2015...