{"id":121812,"date":"2025-01-15T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"government-to-promote-belarusian-software-amid-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121812\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to promote Belarusian software amid sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/telegram-pixabay-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 15, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Council of Ministers has approved a concept until 2030 to maintain Belarus&#8217;<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>digital sovereignty, according to Directive No 1074 published on the National Legal Internet Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It calls for legislation prioritizing the development and use of Belarusian software and the compilation of its national register. The document also stresses the need to minimize the risks of IT companies\u2019 relocation, diversify suppliers of high-tech equipment and reuse software developed under government programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus must secure import substitution of \u201ccritical information-technological solutions&#8221; for companies and government agencies as well as \u201cdigital knowledge and skills exchange with partners from friendly countries,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few years, democratic countries have imposed multiple restrictions on Belarus over human rights abuses, alleged vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election, a brutal crackdown on protesters, the forced landing of a Ryanair flight, a migration crisis at the European Union border, as well as support of Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities listed Albania, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the European Union, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, North Macedonia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom as \u201cunfriendly\u201d states for introducing sanctions against Belarus over human rights abuses and complicity in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Law legalizing piracy, gray imports extended for two years<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 5, Pozirk. The Belarusian government has extended the law that legalizes piracy and \u201cgray\u201d imports of goods from the so-called \u201cunfriendly\u201d countries until late 2026, says a document published on the National Legal Internet Portal. The law adopted in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/116853\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, Pozirk. The Council of Ministers has approved a concept until 2030 to maintain Belarus&#8217; digital sovereignty, according to Directive No 1074 published on the National Legal Internet Portal. It calls for legislation prioritizing the development and use of Belarusian software and the compilation of its national register. 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