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  With end-of-school ceremonies approaching, school leavers are already thinking about where to continue their studies. Education remains very accessible in our country. The main thing is the desire to study, member of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Klishevich told BelTA. “The main thing is school graduates' desire to study, their ability to make efforts to enter the university. Our...

Belarus has hosted over 169,345 arrivals from the neighboring EU countries since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the start of the year, Belarus has welcomed 112,075 citizens of Lithuania, 32,719 citizens and 9,655 non-citizens of Latvia, and 14,896 Polish citizens. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, 554,331 citizens of the neighboring EU states took advantage of the program to visit Belarus, including 360,338 citizens of...

Organizations of all types of ownership built about 10,500 apartments in Belarus in January-April 2023. As much as 1,069,800 m2 of housing was commissioned, the National Statistics Committee told BelTA. As much as 457,100m2 of housing or 42.7% of the total housing commissioned was commissioned for citizens on the housing register. As much as 342,200m2 of housing was built with state support  As much as 429,400m2 of housing was commissioned in rural areas or 40.1% of the total...

Belarus and Syria have reaffirmed their commitment to keep developing cooperation in social matters. This topic was discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Syria Yuri Sluka and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor of Syria Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The parties pointed to the high potential of bilateral relations and emphasized the need to...

The output of agricultural products by agricultural producers of all types (agricultural companies, private farms and individuals) in January-April 2023 amounted to Br6.3 billion, up 3.7% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. Agricultural companies made products worth Br6.1 billion, up 4.1% year-on-year in comparable prices. Agricultural producers of all types produced 595,700 tonnes of livestock and poultry in live...

Ten scientific organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) will present about 80 R&D products and technologies at the 11th international arms and defense technology expo MILEX 2023, the NASB press service told BelTA. The R&D Center for Multipurpose Unmanned Systems will present a lineup of aerial vehicles. The Busel MKR drone is one of them. It is designed to provide video surveillance of areas and objects, accompany mobile objects and transmit video signal...