A model for regions, a statement on guest workers, amnesty, and a rethinking of Chernobyl. The President's week in review

April 30, 2025

The President of Belarus's work schedule is always packed with events. Alexander Lukashenko holds meetings and working sessions on the most pressing issues of the country's development, regularly visits regions, makes foreign visits, and receives foreign guests himself, communicates with journalists, and signs decrees and laws. And even when there are no public events, it does not mean that the head of state is not working. 

However, even during his leisure time, whether it's a hockey practice or chopping wood, Alexander Lukashenko always finds an opportunity for another assignment. As he likes to say, one must always proceed from life.

The "President's Week" project is for those who want to keep pace with the head of state, to be aware of the most relevant statements and decisions of the Belarusian leader.

It can be said that the entire working week of the head of state was dedicated to issues of regional development, with a focus on the eastern regions of the country. These are also, as a rule, the most problematic ones. On Monday, in the urban-type settlement of Kopys, discussions were held on the development of small settlements, and the next day in Shklov, the focus was on creating a model at the district level. Everywhere, Alexander Lukashenko emphasizes the development of the production sector, maintaining discipline and order, and creating conditions for a comfortable life for people, including the construction of rental housing.

On Friday, the state of affairs in the Gomel region was discussed during a report on the development of territories affected by the Chernobyl disaster. On the same day, an important personnel decision concerning the Vitebsk region was made. Sergey Levkovich, the new First Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, previously served as the President's aide in this region. Therefore, the scope of work is more than well-known, and the Vitebsk region itself faces a serious examination in the near future – after the necessary checks at the presidential level, a comprehensive meeting will be held. However, other eastern regions should not relax either, as their problems are largely common.

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