{"id":534347,"date":"2026-04-17T09:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=534347"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:01:39","slug":"belarusian-government-approves-medium-term-financial-program-through-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-government-approves-medium-term-financial-program-through-2028","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Government Approves Medium-Term Financial Program Through 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus\u2019s Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution approving the medium-term financial program for the republican budget for 2026\u20132028.<\/p>\n<p>As explained by the government\u2019s press service, the program defines the medium-term parameters of the republican budget:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the total volume of expenditures and revenues,<\/li>\n<li>the maximum size of the deficit,<\/li>\n<li>the maximum spending levels for state programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The specific values of these parameters were not disclosed in the press release. They will likely become available after the official publication of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The program also outlines measures of fiscal policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ensuring the balance of republican and local budgets within available revenues and sources of financing for the deficit (or surplus),<\/li>\n<li>concentrating budget funds on priority areas of the country\u2019s socio-economic development,<\/li>\n<li>timely and full repayment of state debt obligations,<\/li>\n<li>maintaining the tax burden on the Belarusian economy at a level not exceeding 26% of GDP,<\/li>\n<li>preserving the social orientation of expenditures, implementing measures aimed at improving quality of life, increasing the welfare of public sector employees, and supporting the most vulnerable groups of the population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;The program was approved in order to ensure the long-term balance of republican and local budgets, fulfillment of the state\u2019s debt obligations, as well as to assess budget risks in order to develop timely measures to minimize them&#8221;<\/em>, the press service added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Updated 10:30<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/finance-ministry-expects-belarus-to-reach-budget-surplus-by-2028\">Belarusian Finance Ministry<\/a> commented on the adopted resolution. According to the ministry, Belarus plans to achieve a balanced budget in 2027 and a budget surplus in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus\u2019s Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution approving the medium-term financial program for the republican budget for 2026\u20132028. As explained by the government\u2019s press service, the program defines the medium-term parameters of the republican budget: the total volume of expenditures and revenues, the maximum size of the deficit, the maximum spending levels for state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":502161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e1e8e6acad3.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Government Approves Medium-Term Financial Program Through 2028"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}