ONT shows strange infographic about pension reform
ONT has shown a strange story about raising the retirement age in Belarus. On one of the graphs, the average life expectancy of 68.6 years is longer that of 68.8 years... And on the second chart, the retirement age of 60 years in Belarus is two times shorter that the retirement age of 60 years for read more
Facebook buys Belarusian company MSQRD
Facebook has bought the Belarusian company that made the application MSQRD. This software allows putting on masks online and making selfies and videos in them. Over 10 million people are using this application now. read more
Belarus has its own understanding of human rights, Lukashenka says
Belarus does not criticize Europe for its understanding of human rights but has its own stance on this issue, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in Minsk on March 9 while meeting with that Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union s special representative for human rights. read more
8 ideas for 8 March: Women's Day
If you live outside the realm of the former Soviet Union, chances are you never celebrate 8 March, Interna read more
I can't hear you - presidential administration official on new tariffs (Audio)
Council of the Republic and the government have already prepared the documents necessary for the adoption of the presidential decree on the new tariffs for housing and communal services. read more
Information Ministry issues warnings to Ezhednevnik and Nasha Niva
On March 2, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to two media outlets for their materails published online. They were the Ej.by and Nasha Niva (nn.by). read more
Russia forbids import of Liberian and Indian fruit and vegetables from Belarus
The Russian Agricultural Inspectorate has imposed new restrictions on fruit and vegetables supplies from Belarus. read more
Belarusian becomes billionaire first time in history
The Bloomberg Agency has estimated the business assets of the 39-year-old Belarusian and creator of the company Wargaming Viktar Kisly at 1.5 billion. At the same time, the personal wealth of the billionaire is more than $1 billion. read more
Lukashenka thanks Putin for support
Aliaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin are holding a bilateral meeting in Minsk. The agenda possibly includes among other issues the negotiations about a fresh loan for Belarus. Belarus seeks to get $2 billion from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. read more
Over 50% of Belarus enterprises non-profitable in 2015
About 60% of Belarusian companies last year operated at a loss or with low profitability. This is evidenced by their financial statistics. read more |