Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election as President of Brazil, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state. "The sovereign people of Brazil have once again demonstrated a high level of confidence in the course that the state will follow under your confident leadership. It was during your previous term that I made my first and so far my only visit to your wonderful country. Together with you, we have...

Over 306,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 306,388 arrivals: 197,800 Lithuanian citizens, 73,151 citizens and 22,479 non-citizens of Latvia and 12,958 Polish citizens. "Over the past week, Belarus hosted 5,819 visa-waiver arrivals: 4,184 citizens of Lithuania, 946 citizens and 282...

Two more Belarusian peat plants can now sell peat to China. Deputy Director General of the Belarusian fuel and gasification industrial group Beltopgaz Valery Kovalev mentioned it during a conference held in Kossovo, Ivatsevichi District, Brest Oblast on 28 October to discuss the development of the peat industry. Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich took part in the conference, the ministry's press service told BelTA. Valery Kovalev noted that the Belarusian peat plants Glinka...

 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...