A Belarusian delegation headed by Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky took part in a session of the National Innovation Council chaired by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, BelTA has learned. The main item on the agenda was the social and economic model of Belarus and the impact that scientific, technological and innovative activities had on it. Following the meeting, President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez proposed to set up...

In 2023 Belarus will continue increasing food supplies to Russia, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats told reporters on the sidelines of the second Belarusian Food Forum in St. Petersburg, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. In 2022, Belarus' trade with Russia grew by a third, and the number of deliveries also increased. “Last year, food products worth $667 million were shipped to St. Petersburg. Those were cheeses, milk, bakery and...

Belarusian Sport and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Belarus Zsolt Csutora, BelTA learned from the website of the ministry. The parties have exchanged views on enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation, including the resumption of work of the working group on tourism set up as part of the Belarusian-Hungarian intergovernmental commission. Hungary was updated on the 2nd CIS Games which are to take place in...

Scientists of Belarus and Egypt intend to cooperate in the field of water purification and prevention of desertification, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB). The NASB delegation led by First Deputy Chairman of the NASB Presidium Sergei Chizhik visited Egypt to explore the prospects for cooperation with a number of research institutions. "An agreement was reached with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt...

Since 2015 almost 124,000 large families have opened the deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, Belarusian Labor and Social Security Minister Valery Kovalkov told the media, BelTA has learned. "The family capital program holds a special place in the system of support for large families. Since 2020, family capital has been provided in Belarusian rubles and is index annually. This year, it equals Br29,950. Since 2015, when the program was launched, deposit...

Russia will provide Belarus with $3.5 million for a project to localize the SDGs, Head of the Sustainable Development Department at the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vadim Pisarevich told reporters, BelTA reports. "We have a clear architecture for the process of achieving the SDGs. The task is to ensure its continued effective functioning. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to play its role as a coordinator in this process," Vadim Pisarevich said. “In the next...