Enterprises of the Industry Ministry of Belarus have plans to sign contracts worth more than $150 million at the International Industrial Fair Innoprom in Russia's Yekaterinburg, Industry Minister Aleksandr Rogozhnik said, BelTA has learned. This year, Belarus is participating in Innoprom as a partner country, and its total exposition area occupies more than 3,000 m2. “Taking part in the exhibition will be the country's leading manufacturers of mechanical engineering products -...

 The Belarusian Finance Ministry reported on the fulfillment of its eurobond obligations, BelTA learned from the ministry's website. On 29 June, the ministry made another payment of the interest yield on the Eurobond issue Belarus 2027 in the amount of $22.9 million in equivalent. The full amount of money was transferred to a dedicated bank account in OAO ASB Belarusbank in accordance with Resolution No. 212/10 "On temporary measures for the fulfillment of external public debt...

 Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with the Papal Legate, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches of the Holy See, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti in Minsk on 29 June, BelTA learned from the press service of he Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Papal Legate arrived in Belarus as a special envoy of Pope Francis to participate in the celebrations dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Coronation of the Budslau Icon of the Mother of God. “The...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Aleinik has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Belarus Zsolt Csutora who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Sergei Aleinik thanked the Hungarian ambassador for many years of fruitful work, a significant personal contribution to Belarus-Hungary relations and the strengthening of cooperation between...

MINSK, 27 June (BelTA) – Belarus will work out an algorithm on how to use tactical nuclear weapons in response to external aggression. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement after the ceremony held on 27 June to present shoulder boards to high-ranking officers. Representatives of mass media and political analysts took part in the ceremony, BelTA has learned. While asking Aleksandr Lukashenko a question, the political analyst Aleksandr Shpakovsky...

MINSK, 26 June (BelTA) - The first exchange transaction for white granulated sugar to Moldova has been registered at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), BelTA learned from the BUCE press service. The pilot purchase amounted to 210 tonnes. The sugar was purchased by a company that is the largest sugar importer in Moldova. BUCE expects that the pilot transaction will become the starting point for regular deliveries of Belarusian sugar to Moldova, since the same...