It is necessary to draft a program to promote Belarus' tool industry, Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at a meeting hosted by the Materials Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry. According to Aleksandr Chervyakov, the country has the necessary competencies, scientific traditions, enterprises that can make innovative products, but there is no single, clear-cut system of interaction between...

An estimated 537,100 tonnes of corn has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 3 October, some 7,955,000 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 6,914,300 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn. Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 68,600 hectares of land already cleared. Some 537,100 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed, with the...

Over 7.9 million tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 2 October, some 7,908,900 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 6,868,300 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn. Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 63,000 hectares of land already cleared. Some 491,400 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed,...

The total amount of documents (agreements, protocols, contracts) signed by enterprises of the Industry Ministry of Belarus on the sidelines of the INNOPROM. Qazaqstan international industrial forum is estimated at about $64 million, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry. The international forum was running in Astana on 25-27 September. Taking part in it were Belarus' industry giants, including MAZ, MTZ, Gomselmash, BKM Holding, BMZ, Mogilevliftmash, Kozlov...

 Belarus has consistently and persistently opposed illegal restrictive measures that harm the whole world, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he received the credentials of foreign ambassadors in Minsk on 28 September, BelTA has learned. Addressing the diplomats, the president stressed that the countries they represent have repeatedly experienced the effect of illegal restrictive measures by the West. Just like Belarus. "Therefore, we have consistently and...

Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) Mikhail Myatlikov has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uganda to Russia Moses Kawaaluuko Kizige to explore the possibilities of business cooperation, BelTA learned from the press service of the BelCCI. The parties discussed promising areas of interaction between the BelCCI and the Ugandan Embassy, including assistance in building contacts with business associations of Uganda in order to...