The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) and the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center have taken part in a plantwide emergency response drill at the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA has learned. Gosatomnadzor provides regulatory oversight over emergency response events in the area of nuclear and radiation safety. Some Gosatomnadzor personnel were at the site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in order to monitor the...

BREST, 18 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian border service has registered over 2,000 attempts to push refugees from Poland and Baltic states to Belarus so far this year. Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anatoly Lappo made the statement during an awareness-raising meeting with workers of the unitary enterprise Gefest-Technika in Brest, BelTA has learned. The meeting was held to raise the awareness of those present about the evolving military political situation in the country and abroad.

The output by all types of agricultural producers (state-run enterprises, private farms, subsidiary plots of individuals) totaled Br23.9 billion in January-September 2022, up by 4.9% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. State-run enterprises manufactured Br19.6 billion worth of products, up by 5.2% over the same period a year prior in comparable prices. Agricultural producers of all types produced 1,291,300 tonnes of...

The regional force grouping of the Union State of Belarus and Russia is a purely defensive project, BelTA learned from Deputy Chief for Science of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Colonel Viktor Tumar. The Belarusian Defense Ministry quoted Viktor Tumar as saying: “For a number of years we've been watching NATO countries building up their military potential near our borders. Military infrastructure in Poland and the Baltic states is being improved,...

The military recruiting events in Belarus have an absolutely routine nature, State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich said at a briefing on ongoing military and political developments in Belarus and abroad for employees of the Belarusian potash producer Belaruskali on 13 October, BelTA has learned. Upon the instruction of the head of state, representatives of law enforcement, security agencies and the military meet with labor collectives throughout the country....

Belarus is studying the possibilities of entering the market of Afghanistan, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media in Dushanbe on 12 October, BelTA has learned. “We had a fairly high level of cooperation with Afghanistan in the past years. We supplied equipment to Afghanistan and exchanged visits within the frames of the political dialogue. Unfortunately, there is a pause at this stage, but we are interested in having and developing trade and economic...