Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko took part in a Belarusian-Chinese investment forum on tourism, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Beijing told BelTA.   The forum was organized by the Belarusian embassy in association with the Sports and Tourism Ministry, the Economy Ministry of Belarus and with active support of business circles, business associations of China and the Chinese special administrative region Hong Kong.  ...

Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko talked to reporters and mentioned what Belarusian cargoes would be shipped via ports in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, BelTA has learned. In his words, Astrakhan ports are mentioned by the intergovernmental agreement on the transit of Belarusian cargoes via Russia's territory. “Very large volumes. We are talking about timber, sawn timber, chemical substances, mineral fertilizers, trucks, and so on. Astrakhan colleagues offered rather attractive...

Equipment is being developed, no launch date has been determined yet. Director General of the Informatics Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Kruglikov mentioned it during the 8th Belarusian Space Congress, BelTA has learned. Sergei Kruglikov said: “We cooperate with Russia in various branches of the space industry. There are plans for a Belarusian cosmonaut to fly to the International Space Station soon. The candidate is being selected. The Belarusian...

Belarusian signal troops use only Belarusian communication solutions. Chief Signal Officer of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Chief of the Signal Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major-General Oleg Mishchenko made the statement on the air of the TV channel Belarus One, BelTA has learned. Belarusian military signal specialists celebrated their professional holiday the other day. According to Oleg Mishchenko, they have managed to radically change the approach to...

  Belarus and Kazakhstan intend to step up freight shipment by rail. The plans were mentioned during a roundtable session held in Astana to promote Belarusian Railways' transport and logistic potential for transporting exports and imports to and from Kazakhstan, BelTA has learned. The event gathered over 80 participants representing about 40 Kazakh companies specializing in mining, oil extraction, chemical industry, gas industry, metallurgy, agriculture, shipping companies,...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will host a meeting at the Palace of Independence on 20 October to discuss the formation of the Belarusian People's Congress and amendments to the electoral legislation, BelTA informs citing the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.  The bills on the Belarusian People's Congress and on amendments to the electoral legislation have already been prepared. A number of points in these bills have caused serious debate. The president and experts will...