Belarus' number one economic priority is to meet people's needs, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said as she paid a visit to the Zarya agricultural company in Mogilev District on 6 April, BelTA has learned. “The economic priority of our country is to meet the needs of our people. Personnel is key. Everything depends on specialists. Today a lot depends on us: food security, preservation of the country for our children and...

Russia and Belarus confidently follow the path of deepening integration, BelTA learned from the trade representative of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus Yuri Zolotarev. Yuri Zolotarev said: “I'd like to note that over the entire course of our lengthy joint history in the capacity of independent states Russian regions and individual Russian enterprises constantly got involved and took an active stance in the Belarusian direction.” In his opinion, the two...

Mobile drugstores have been set up in Poddobryanka and Novaya Guta near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border for Ukrainian citizens, BelTA learned from the website of the Gomel branch of the Belarusian Red Cross. An outlet for issuing medications operates as part of the mobile humanitarian aid station in the village of Poddobryanka. Residents of the Ukrainian village of Dobryanka come here for aid. If necessary, medics consult the rural residents and write prescriptions, which the Gomel...

The world is witnessing a struggle of outlooks, a war between good and evil, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said as he opened an exhibition timed to the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk on 1 April, BelTA has learned. The foreign minister noted that the established principles were distorted and turned upside down in today's world: Nazism is glorified in some countries and those who liberated Europe...

The sectors that have been affected by the sanctions will recover soon, Belarusian Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at the expert media forum “The Union State: Economic Integration - Development Tasks”, BelTA has learned. "Today it is important to ensure that enterprises keep going. If GDP slows down, it will happen due to the objective reasons related to the tough sanctions. Everything depends on how quickly we can adapt to these conditions. Today, the governments of...

The Belarusian production sector will experience no logistic problems with export shipments, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko on 30 March. Roman Golovchenko said: “We've practically resolved the logistic problems we've encountered due to the blocked transit of cargoes via Baltic countries. I said back in late 2021 that there will be no problems with shipping Belarusian cargoes. I can say we didn't waste time and worked out schemes together with...