The evaluation of safety of the Belarusian nuclear power plant by experts is part of the efforts to establish a multistep oversight system, BelTA learned from Oleg Lyubochko, Director of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center. The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center has been established in line with the president's decree in order to organize scientific and technical support for operations in the area of promotion of nuclear and radiation safety. The center has been designated to be the...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin took part in the CIS Ministerial Conference on Food Security, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Kazakhstan. The conference drew together representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the partnership and liaison office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

The work schedule of the Belarus president is always full of events. Aleksandr Lukashenko holds conferences and working meetings on the most topical matters concerning the country's development, regularly visits the regions, goes on foreign trips and welcomes foreign guests, talks to reporters, signs decrees and laws. And even if there are no public events, it does not mean that the head of state does not work. It must be said that even when he relaxes, for instance, by playing ice...

Organizations of all types of ownership built about 28,800 apartments in Belarus in January-September 2023. As much as 2,633,000 m2 of housing was commissioned, the National Statistical Committee told BelTA. As much as 992,100 m2 of housing or 37.7% of the total housing commissioned was built for people on the housing register. As much as 692,800 m2 of housing was built using government subsidies; 445,700 m2 was built for families with many children. As much as 878,600m2 of housing...

Economic cooperation between Belarus and Equatorial Guinea is growing steadily, Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar said during a working meeting with Vice Minister of Finance and Budget Pedro Abeso Obiang Eyang of Equatorial Guinea in Minsk on 18 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry of Belarus. According to Yuri Chebotar, the agreements reached following the meeting of the heads of state in September of this year became a solid...

Belarus is studying the possibility of re-equipping its cancer facilities jointly with the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom, Deputy Chair of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus Tatiana Stolyarova said at the Belarusian energy and environmental forum Energy Expo in Minsk on 17 October, BelTA has learned. “A number of promising areas of cooperation with Rosatom based on the principle of cooperation chains are under discussion. For example, we...