STOCKHOLM, 12 May (BelTA) – Europe will name the second ten finalists of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on 12 May, BelTA has learned. Latvia’s Justs with the song Heartbeat will open the second semifinal. Other singers will perform at the Globe Arena in the following order: 2. Michal Szpak (Poland), Colour of Your Life; 3. Rykka (Switzerland), The Last of Our Kind; 4. Hovi Star (Israel), Made of Stars; 5. IVAN (Belarus), Help You Fly; 6. Sanja Vucic (Serbia), Goodbye; 7....

MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) – Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei will pay a working visit to Prague (Czechia) on 3-4 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vladimir Makei will take part in the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Group (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia) and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) member states. The meeting will focus on the development of the EaP, the press release of the press service reads....

MINSK, 22 April (BelTA) – Belarus’ position on improving the activity of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative has been presented in Brussels, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian delegation led by Denis Sidorenko, the Director of the European Cooperation Department at the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took part in the annual meeting of the senior officials of the Eastern Partnership initiative. “At the meeting...

MINSK, 12 April (BelTA) – Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Houlin Zhao plans to attend the events of the international expo of telecommunications, information and banking technologies TIBO 2016 which is due in Minsk on 19-22 April, BelTA learnt from the website of the Belarusian Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies. Attending the forum will also be Director General of the Executive Committee of the Regional Commonwealth in the field of...

MINSK, 7 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Egypt are expected to set up parliamentary friendship groups. The matter was discussed at a meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt Sergei Rachkov and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt Ali Abdel Al, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties considered ways to intensify inter-parliamentary cooperation. “Agreements were reached to set up friendship...

MINSK, 31 March (BelTA) – The Belarusian Interior Ministry intends to advance cooperation with colleagues from Brazil, representatives of the Ministry told BelTA. On 31 March Belarusian Interior Minister Igor Shunevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Belarus Paulo Antonio Pereira Pinto. During the meeting the sides discussed the advancement of cooperation in law enforcement affairs. Prospects of establishing practical contacts between the relevant...

MINSK, 21 March (BelTA) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent Nowruz greetings to President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the people of this country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head of state expressed confidence that the Belarusian-Iranian relations will be enhanced in all avenues. BELARUSIAN NEWS

MINSK, 16 March (BelTA) – Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna took part in a ministerial roundtable of the 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which is underway these days at the UN Headquarters, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian diplomat briefed the participants on the national measures Belarus takes to promote women’s rights as well as the position of the government on the...

MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – Big Spanish construction company ACS has plans to invest in Belarus, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Belarus in France. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France with concurrent accreditation to Spain Pavel Latushko met with Director for Russia and the CIS of Spain’s ACS Miguel Franco on 9 March. The Spanish group, which operates in 70 countries, is one of the world’s biggest construction companies. Its annual turnover makes up ?60...

MINSK, 3 March (BelTA) – Belarus and the Council of Europe are mapping out ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA after a meeting between Permanent Representative of Belarus to the European Union, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Belgium Andrei Yevdochenko and Italian MP and PACE rapporteur on Belarus Andrea Rigoni that took place on 2 March. “The parties discussed the current state...