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The first summer youth festival of art and culture 4K FEST was held in the Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 29 and 30 June. Writer by:  belta

At a plenary session in Novopolotsk on 27 June the participants of the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia discussed how innovations can help Belarus and Russia achieve technological independence, BelTA has learned. The discussion was held on the premises of the Polymir plant of Naftan. The participants of the event studied samples of innovative products of Belarusian petrochemical enterprises. Business entities of the two states signed RUB6 billion worth of contracts to supply industrial...

The 11th edition of the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia will be running in Vitebsk, Polotsk and Novopolotsk on 27-28 June, BelTA has learned. The forum is themed around the topic “The role of interregional cooperation in building an innovative economy of the Union State”. A number of exhibitions will open in Vitebsk on the first day of the forum. They will include an exhibition of economic achievements of the regions of Belarus and Russia, an exhibition-fair of centers of...

Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko hosted a session of the commission on the state scientific and technical policy under the Council of Ministers, BelTA has learned. Two items were on the agenda: a draft comprehensive forecast of Belarus’ social and technological advance for 2026-2030 and till 2045 and proposals on priority avenues of scientific, scientific technological, and innovative activities for 2026-2030. Roman Golovchenko noted: “A lot of time and effort has been...

A total of 103,441 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee. These included 46,346 citizens of Lithuania, 26,694 citizens and 7,875 non-citizens of Latvia, and 22,526 citizens of Poland. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has welcomed a total of 904,047 visitors, including 541,557 citizens of Lithuania, 211,495 citizens and 63,990 non-citizens of Latvia, and 87,005 citizens of Poland. More...

AutoShow 2024, a large-scale event for those who are passionate about cars, opened in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone opened on 22 June and will be running for two days. Written by  belta.by