The buckwheat harvest in Belarus has already exceeded 6,500 tonnes, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 31 August, over 97% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and 91% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 7,015,000 tonnes of grain was cropped. This included 6,045,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and about 948,000 tonnes of rapeseed. Brest Oblast and Minsk Oblast completed harvesting early grain and...

The first edition of the Belarus-Uzbekistan women's business forum will bring together about a thousand participants, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov told reporters, BelTA has learned. “A very important political event will be held in our country. Belarus will host a parliamentary delegation headed by the chairwoman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan. One of the highlights of...

Belarus has started harvesting cereal crops, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 29 August, 95.5% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and about 90% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,955,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped. This includes 6,015,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and about 940,000 tonnes of rapeseed. Belarusian farmers have started harvesting cereal crops, already threshing some...

 Planting of winter rapeseed for grain is drawing to a close in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 28 August, 95% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and about 90% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,925,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped. This includes 5,986,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and about 940,000 tonnes of rapeseed. All regions in Belarus have completed flax pulling. The...

Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Lyakhnovich held a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Belarus Alok Rajan Jha to discuss the prospects of cooperation between the two countries on 24 August, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel of the Belarusian ministry. The Belarusian minister and the Indian ambassador praised the years-long positive experience of cooperation between the two countries in the transport sector. The Belarusian airline Belavia launched...

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi has confirmed readiness to come to Belarus on a reciprocal visit. Ebrahim Raisi made the relevant statement when he met with Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, BelTA has learned. During the summit Belarusian minister of foreign affairs also met with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The two ministers discussed a number of topical matters on the bilateral agenda....