It is important to build close contacts and deepen cooperation with South African countries, Chairman of the Supreme Coordinating Council of the Union of Legal Entities “Belarusian Confederation of Entrepreneurship” Andrei Kopytok said as he met with a business delegation from the Republic of Mali, BelTA learned from the confederation. The Belarusian Confederation of Entrepreneurship is actively involved in establishing a constructive dialogue and international contacts. “It...

About a thousand journalists from 12 countries will cover the 2nd CIS Games. This is comparable to the 2nd European Games, which were held in Minsk in 2019, BelTA learned from the Information Ministry of Belarus. According to the organizers, 45 foreign media outlets from 11 countries have applied for accreditation for the Games: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Finland, Estonia. More than 2,000 athletes from 23...

Belarus has welcomed over 11,000 foreign nationals who took advantage of the visa waiver program in one week, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Belarus has hosted 650,994 arrivals from the neighboring EU countries since the launch of the visa-waiver program. They include 415,538 citizens of Lithuania, 44,612 non-citizens and 145,576 citizens of Latvia, and 45,268 Polish citizens. Since the start of the year 2023, Belarus has welcomed 266,008 visitors from...

More than 109,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 24 February 2022, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. “Since the start of the year Belarus has admitted 34,451 citizens of Ukraine: 25,071 came to Belarus via Poland, 7,490 via Lithuania and 1,890 via Latvia,” the State Border Committee informed. A total of 109,155 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 24 February 2022. According to the committee, 15,890 people arrived in...

Belarus wants to show its potential and hospitality during the Belarus-Uzbekistan Women's Business Forum, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told reporters, BelTA has learned. A meeting to discuss preparations for the forum was held at the Council of the Republic. The meeting was chaired by Natalya Kochanova and attended by members of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic, heads of central government agencies, state-run institutions...

 Belarus has harvested one million tonnes of grain of cereal crops, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. “As of 26 July a total of 1,064,000 tonnes of grain of cereal crops were threshed, with the average yield at 35.8 centners per hectare. Taking into account rapeseed, this figure is higher and is already more than 1.5 million tonnes of grain," the Agriculture and Food Ministry said. As of today's morning, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and...