A special tactical exercise focusing on cleaning up an emergency will take place at the railway station Lupolovo in Mogilev on 17 November, the Mogilev Oblast branch of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry told BelTA. Representatives of the Emergencies Ministry, gas supply service, railway workers, and medics will take part in the exercise. A leak of liquefied gas in a tank car will be simulated. Participants of the exercise will have to promptly respond to the emergency and coordinate...

Space industry has become a driver of the innovative way of Belarus' development. Aleksandr Shumilin, Academic Secretary of the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), made the statement during the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Union's international business forum Space Integration in Moscow, BelTA has learned. The NASB press service quoted Aleksandr Shumilin as saying: “Belarus chose the path of innovations a...

Progress in executing this year's budget of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the formation of the next year's budget, preparation of new programs, projects, and events of the Union State of Belarus and Russia were discussed at a session of the Economic Policy, Industry, and Trade Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the Russian city of Samara on 14 November, the assembly's press service told BelTA. According to the source, the draft...

The area under leguminous crops is supposed to increase to 240,000 hectares in Belarus in 2024, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun at a press conference dedicated to Day of Workers of Agriculture and Processing Industry of Agribusiness. Vladimir Grakun said: “We have harvested 12,000 tonnes of soybeans this year. We can grow this crop but we cannot get steady harvests every year. This is why we encourage agricultural enterprises to pay...

It is important for political parties in Belarus to unite the country rather than to split it into pieces through party rivalry, Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of Belarus Vyacheslav Danilovich told the media after attending the meeting of the Belarusian head of state with the heads of political parties on 10 November, BelTA has learned. Speaking about the significance and results of the meeting, the expert drew attention to the mutual...

The Union State program on reconciling the macroeconomic policies of Belarus and Russia has been fulfilled. Aleksei Zubovich, Head of the Central Office for Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting of the Belarusian Economy Ministry, mentioned it at a joint session of the boards of the Belarusian Economy Ministry and the Russian Economic Development Ministry in Brest, the Economy Ministry's press service told BelTA. Aleksei Zubovich's report covered the realization of the Union State...