BelTA was established on 23 December 1918. For a long time the news agency worked in tight cooperation with the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS). In 1991 BelTA became the official news agency of the sovereign Republic of Belarus.
The Belarusian Telegraph Agency delivers news in real time. The news is available on the proprietary website in Russian, Belarusian, English, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Polish.
Every day BelTA produces and distributes up to 250 news items to highlight the most important events in the political, social, economic, cultural, and sport life of Belarus, news about actions and decisions of the country’s authorities, about international relations and contacts.
Every day BelTA’s photo service produces over 100 photos in over 20 series from all the regions of Belarus.
BelTA has offices and staff reporters in all the oblast capitals of Belarus and in Moscow.
BelTA’s information partners include news agencies, online media outlets, and media resources in CIS and non-CIS states. The agency exchanges information with mass media in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and other CIS countries, as well as Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Venezuela, Indonesia, Iran, Qatar, China, Cuba, Malaysia, the UAE, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, Syria, and Türkiye.
In terms of citations in the world mass media, BelTA is one of the leading news agencies in the CIS countries.
The Belarusian Telegraph Agency is a diversified enterprise. BelTA publishes the 7 Dnei news and analysis weekly, the quarterly magazine Economy of Belarus in Russian and Belaruskaya Dumka, the monthly magazine that examines politics, culture, policy, and ideas. Apart from that, BelTA publishes books, booklets, posters, and offers printing industry services.
BelTA offers development, maintenance and informational support, promotion (optimization) of websites for government agencies, companies and institutions.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Full registered name: The republican unitary enterprise Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Short registered name: UE BelTA
26 Kirova Street, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
Phone: +375 17 311 33 20
Fax: +375 17 378 43 46
Settlement account BY44BLBB30120100088880001001
in OAO Belinvestbank office 527, code 739
33-4H, 8H, Karl Marx Street, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
BIK BLBBВY2X
TIN 100088880, OKPO 000153495000
