New Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Imangali Tasmagambetov may visit Belarus in February, BelTA learned from State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich. Aleksandr Volfovich was in Moscow on 10 January to introduce the new CSTO secretary general to top officials of the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Joint Staff, and permanent and plenipotentiary representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member...

About Br4 billion has been appropriated for servicing the state debt in Belarus in 2023. Belarusian First Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Kiyko made the statement on the air of the TV Belarusian channel STV, BelTA has learned. Dmitry Kiyko said: “There are issues with the state debt every year. The state budget for the year 2023 has appropriated about Br4 billion for servicing the state debt. Nearly 75% of the sum in currencies of the countries that are friendly to us. The Russian...

In 2022 the amount of foreign currency sold by natural persons in Belarus exceeded the amount of foreign currency that Belarusians bought by $26.3 million, BelTA learned from the statistics released by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). In 2022 individuals bought the equivalent of $10.032 billion in cash and cashless forms and sold $10.059 billion worth of foreign currency. In December 2022 the net demand of natural persons for foreign currency totaled $109.6...

The Council of Ministers has introduced rates of export customs duties on timber and woodworking products. The measures are stipulated by the Council of Ministers' resolution No.956 of 30 December 2022, BelTA has learned. The rates of export customs duties on timber and woodworking products, which are exported from Belarus' territory to beyond the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, will stay in effect till 31 December 2023. The export duty on exporting rough logs...

It is now easier to grow heat-loving plants in Belarus, BelTA learned from Tatiana Chetyrko, Head of the Weather Forecast Service of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet) of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry. Tatiana Chetyrko said: “Agrometeorologists are already saying that a new agroclimatic zone is appearing in the territory of our country. It is favorable for...

The seventh meeting of the coordinating council of the international technical assistance project " Ecotourism development to promote green transition to inclusive and sustainable growth", which is implemented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection in partnership with the United Nations Development Program and with the financial support of the Russian Federation, was held in an online format, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural...