The Belarusfilm studio is preparing a series of films for the 100th anniversary of Belarusian cinema, which will be celebrated in 2024, artistic director of the youth film studio at Belarusfilm Elena Turova told the media, BelTA has learned. Almost all divisions of the Belarusfilm studio, including the documentary film studio, are preparing for the upcoming anniversary. "We pitched our projects last week. The documentary film studio will prepare a series of films about our great film...

Over 94% of area was planted to winter grain crops in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 15 October, some 8,558,300 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 7,517,500 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn. Vitebsk Oblast, Mogilev Oblast and Gomel Oblast continue planting winter crops. Winter grain crops have been sown on 1,447,000 hectares (94.1% of the plan). Harvesting of corn kernels is...

Egor Gerasimov of Belarus continues moving forward at the Challenger Shenzhen in China, BelTA has learned. After reaching the singles quarterfinal, the Belarusian, paired with Russia's Evgeny Donskoy, succeeded in the doubles match of Last 16. The Belarusian-Russian duo defeated China's Xin Gao and Aoran Wang, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. They will next face Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler of Austria for a spot in the semifinal. In the singles quarterfinal Egor Gerasimov will take on...

A science to practice conference took place in Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast to discuss topical matters of automating control over army units amid active use of unmanned aerial vehicles and antidrone measures, the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. The conference was organized by the Military Academy of Belarus. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus Viktor Gulevich took part in it. An exhibition was organized within the framework of...

Belarus' foreign trade surplus amounted to $70.6 million in August 2023. The export of goods and services was estimated at $4.04 billion, the import at $3.97 billion, BelTA informs citing the statistics posted on the website of the National Bank. Foreign trade in goods and services remained on the growth track. In January-August 2023 the trade rose by 12.2% year-on-year to reach $61.9 billion. All in all, despite the sanctions Belarus' foreign trade remained structurally stable: the...

The capacity utilization rate is at a 10-year high, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry of Belarus. "A business confidence survey conducted by the Economy Research Institute at the Economy Ministry in September of this year showed that more than 80% of business managers reported growth in output (43%) or the same level output (39%). Every third reported an increase in demand for the products they manufacture. The order intakes have been more than three months on...