The spring field work has been completed on schedule, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Leonid Zayats said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs. “The spring planting is over. The main focus was on nonfood crops - flax, rapeseed, sugar beets. Forage crops were also planted. We managed to amass a significant amount of mineral fertilizers (an increase of 1.3 times over last year). About 1.3 million tonnes of organic fertilizers were used. The entire spring planting was...

Belarus is proud of the fact that a number of Belarus natives stood at the origins of Israeli statehood, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said at an event on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Israel at the House of Friendship in Minsk, BelTA has learned. "Today is a special day for Belarus and Israel - the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations," Sergei Aleinik...

A delegation of Belarus, led by Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky, took part in the opening of the 7th session of the UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is underway in Indonesia from 24 to 27 May, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus. The ceremony was attended by Indonesia President Joko Widodo, Chairman of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Abdullah Shaheed, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed and Special Representative of the...

Representatives of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus will take part in the international observation of the referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the CEC. Observers from the CEC were invited by Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Abdirov. The referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be held on 5 June.

The ties between Crimea and Belarus have never been interrupted, and today they can get even stronger, especially in economy, transportation and tourism, Georgy Muradov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation, said at a meeting with the Vitebsk Oblast authorities, BelTA has learned. The head of the delegation that arrived in Vitebsk Oblast on a visit said...

Belarusian agricultural workers have completed planting of vegetables, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 23 May, spring crops were planted on the area of 2,274,100 hectares. Planting was done on 91.5% of the area in Gomel Oblast, 86.6% of the area in Mogilev Oblast. Planting in Brest Oblast, Vitebsk Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Minsk Oblast has been completed. Belarusian agricultural workers continue planting buckwheat (25,000 hectares, or 75.5% of the plan),...