Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to participants of the national research to practice conference “State policy in the sphere of history: problems and prospects of preserving the historical truth and memory”, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The message reads: “We are Belarusians, a nation with a rich history that spans centuries. We are proud of our past, of the great accomplishments and of the trials that our forefathers have gone...

 Belarusian Forestry Minister Aleksandr Kulik informed a BelTA reporter about the development of the country's forestry industry. Aleksandr Kulik said: “The forestry industry changed beyond recognition in the last decade. I mean the technical solutions forestry enterprises use and how forest areas are earmarked for cutting. There is also a contemporary timber record-keeping system. And most importantly we invest heavily in forest protection. We buy fire trucks and firefighting...

In January-August of 2023, Belarus was the most popular destination for Russian tourists. This is a continuation of the trend of 2022, according to Filip Guly, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Tourism Industry Union, BelTA has learned. The sanctions pressure has had a certain impact. "In addition, this is a natural process of the post-pandemic market. A significant factor is an extensive flight program with Russian regions. In 2023, residents of Ufa, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod,...

A single center for demonstration, sale and maintenance of Belarusian machines has been set up in Primorye Territory of Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia. On 11 September, the center was visited by Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi, who arrived in Vladivostok at the head of the Belarusian delegation to the Eastern Economic Forum. "Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi inspected the progress in the investment project to create a single...

Belarus and Russia are working on new import-substitution projects, Head of the Economy and Sectoral Programs Department of the Standing Committee of the Belarus-Russia Union State Svetlana Ivanova said at the International Forum of Economic Cooperation held on 8 September to mark Minsk's 956th anniversary, BelTA has learned. Import substitution is one of the topics of the Union State construction, Svetlana Ivanova said. “Belarus and Russia have a lot of technological developments...

Belarus is taking part in the international tourism forum “A new stage of cooperation between the CIS member states in the field of tourism” that is taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 7-8 September, BelTA learned from the National Tourism Agency. The forum has brought together tourism industry professionals from the CIS countries: heads of tourism administrations, entrepreneurs and experts in the tourism industry. Belarus is represented by the Tourism Department of the...