Belarus plans to cancel fee for allowing foreign vehicles travel along public motorways as from 2019. read more

Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kalinin has announced the need to dramatically reduce the volume of housing construction in Minsk and regional centers to solve the problem of excessive concentration of people in large cities. read more

Soon you will be able to board a train in Minsk and a few hours later get off in Kiev, Minsk, Vilnius or Riga. read more

Around 103,000 people in Belarus live in modern slavery, according to Global Slavery Index compiled by Australia-based NGO Walk Free Foundation. read more

The number of online shops in Belarus has grown 10% up to over 17 000 since the beginning of the year read more

Belarus and Turkey intend to raise the bilateral trade to $1 billion by the end of the year. The plans were discussed as Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Ankara on 9 July. read more

The Belarus president on 10 July signed his Decree No 273, which relieves the owners of electric vehicles from the transport tax in order to stimulate the use of electric means of transport. read more

Minsk is the cheapest European city for foreign employees sent to work abroad. read more

Western countries are interested in the resources from the Belarusian nuclear power plant, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka told the state TV channel Belarus 1. read more

As of 1 May 2018, the average pension in Belarus is BYN340.53 ($170) and the average way in May 2018 was BYN943.90 ($472). An "average" pensioner receives slightly more than one third of what an "average" worker is paid. read more